#ecclesiastical architecture

[periodinteriors]

Rudolf von Alt (Austrian, 1812-1905), View into the chapel of Feldsberg Castle, 1850, watercolor.

[silentiumi]

The Epiphany Cathedral at Yelokhovo

[fatchance]

At Tumacácori.

Tumacácori National Historical Park, Santa Cruz County, Arizona.

[eurigmorgan]

Nave, Ely Cathedral

[ladybird-scribbles]

how do we react when a historical monument goes up in flames?

how does this differ across cultures and what can we learn from what has gone before?

how do we bring together knowledge to protect our buildings in the future?

Rebuilding Notre Dame - Cathedral Preservation & Disaster Management

How do we react when a historical monument goes up in flames? How does this differ across cultures and what can we learn from what has gone

[medusapetrichor]

[talkingpiffle]

“On mounting to the top of a rather dark and dirty stair, Wimsey and his companion were agreeably surprised to discover a freshly-painted green door with the name ‘Miss O. Kohn’ neatly written upon a white card and attached to the panel by drawing-pins. The brass knocker, representing the Lincoln Imp, was highly polished.”

--Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase, Chapter XXIX: The Evidence of the Mannequin.

Row 1: The Lincoln Imp in Lincoln Cathedral. (x)

Rows 2 & 3: Various Lincoln Imp brass door knockers. (x, x, x, x) In the late nineteenth century, James Ward Usher, a Lincoln businessman, acquired an exclusive license for reproducing the Imp’s likeness on everything from tie clips to spoons to brooches, all of which were immensely popular. (x, x)

Row 4: British drawing pins and tin, 1930s-1940s. (x)

[amht80]

St. Mary the Virgin Church, Whiston, Northants, bathed in/silhouetted by midday sunshine, August 2018