norwich cathedral, st. ethelbert's gate

norwich cathedral

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norwich cathedral, st. ethelbert's gate

norwich cathedral, st. ethelbert's gate

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town side of st.ethelbert's gate , also known as the great gate. it was the main entry from the town to the monastery, built in 1316 with lots of early flushwork and precocious lierne vaults to the entry.externally far too heavily restored by william wilkins c.1806
norwich cathedral, st. ethelbert's gate

norwich cathedral, st. ethelbert's gate

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green man boss above the carriageway of st.ethelbert's gate, built in 1316 with precocious lierne vaults to the entry.
norwich cathedral, st. ethelbert's gate

norwich cathedral, st. ethelbert's gate

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green man boss over the entry to the close called st.ethelbert's or the great gate, built in 1316 with early lierne vaults
norwich cathedral, st. ethelbert's gate

norwich cathedral, st. ethelbert's gate

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inner face of st.ethelbert's gate , also known as the great gate, which was the main entry from the town to the monastery. built in 1316 with lots of early flushwork and precocious lierne vaults to the entry. all of the walls were far too heavily restored by william wilkins c.1806; he even altered some of the flushwork details
norwich cathedral, carnary chapel

norwich cathedral, carnary chapel

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originating as a charnel chapel rebuilt in this collegiate form in 1316, from when date the foiled occuli, walls, turrets etc., the upper tracery and porch dating from c.1450
norwich cathedral, carnary chapel

norwich cathedral, carnary chapel

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the porch with its complicated lierne vault dates from the late mid c15
norwich cathedral, carnary chapel

norwich cathedral, carnary chapel

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the porch with its complicated lierne vault dates from the late mid c15
norwich cathedral angel

norwich cathedral angel

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original angel from the shallow porch around the main west door which dates from c.1430. the porch was once bigger; the entire west front has suffered from restoration and much is now about as mediaeval as disneyworld.
norwich cathedral

norwich cathedral

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north side of the nave, the norman cathedral being begun in the east in 1096 and reaching the west end c. 1145. the spire was rebuilt in the 1360s and again in the 1460s. the north aisle windows are early c14, the added upper level of gallery windows early c16
norwich cathedral

norwich cathedral

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vaults of the two s.aisle bays taken over c.1530 by bishop nykke for his tomb and chantry chapel
norwich cathedral

norwich cathedral

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memorial of dean henry fairfax, +1702, by william stanton
norwich cathedral

norwich cathedral

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memorial of dean henry fairfax, +1702, by william stanton
norwich cathedral

norwich cathedral

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c16 glass in s.aisle , donor 'w.a.' with saint apollonia carrying her pincers and tooth
norwich cathedral

norwich cathedral

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c16 glass in s.aisle of the baptist, st.sebastian, and the donor who has bows and an archer on his sleeve insignia, whilst the altar has crossed pitchforks and a wickerwork ?beehive or ?gabion
norwich cathedral

norwich cathedral

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late c16 glass in s.aisle of joseph in the well
norwich cathedral

norwich cathedral

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c17 glass in s.aisle with ? st.dominic refusing mitres. any hounds of the lord out there to clarify this?
norwich cathedral

norwich cathedral

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glass in s.aisle , a mix of c15, 16 and 17 fragments
norwich cathedral

norwich cathedral

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c16 glass in s.aisle ; scene in an inn, with a youth expounding visionary themes [shown in illuminated 'thought balloons'] to two older men. the left hand bright idea seems to feature a man with a halo, that on the right a man with a flowering rod. mr. s.k. of ipswich points out that this is joseph interpreting the dreams of the pharaoh's baker and cupbearer.
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