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Lady chapel is a
chapel inside a
cathedral or large
church dedicated to the
Blessed Virgin Mary.
Traditionally, a Lady chapel is the largest chapel of a cathedral. Generally the chapel was built eastward of the
high altar and formed a projection from the main building, as in
Winchester,
Salisbury,
Exeter,
Wells,
St Albans,
Chichester,
Peterborough and
Norwich cathedrals, in the two latter cases now destroyed.
The earliest Lady chapel built was that in the
Saxon cathedral of
Canterbury; this was transferred in the rebuilding by
Archbishop Lanfranc to the west end of the
nave, and again shifted in
1450 to the chapel on the east side of the north
transept. The Lady chapel at
Ely Cathedral is a distinct building attached to the north transept; at
Rochester the Lady-chapel is west of the south transept.
Probably the largest Lady-chapel was that built by
Henry III in
1220 at
Westminster Abbey, which was 30 feet wide, much in excess of any foreign example, and extended to the end of the site now occupied by
Henry VII's
chapel.
Among other notable English examples of Lady-chapels are those at Ottery-St-Mary, Thetford, Bury St Edmund's, Wimborne, Christ church, Hampshire; in Compton Church, Surrey, and
Compton Martin, Somersetshire, and Darenth, Kent, it was built over the chancel. At
Croyland Abbey there were two Lady-chapels.
Lady-chapels exist in most of the French cathedrals and churches where they form part of the
chevet; in
Belgium they were not introduced before the
14th century; in some cases they are of the same size as the other chapels of the chevet, but in others probably rebuilt at a later period, they became much more important features, and in
Italy and
Spain during the
Renaissance period constitute some of its best examples.
chapel is a holy place or area of worship, sometimes small and attached to a larger institution such as a large church, a college, a hospital, a palace, a prison or a cemetery, sometimes large and unattached to another building.
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cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop. It is a religious building for worship, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Orthodox and some Lutheran churches, which serves as a bishop's seat, and
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church is an association of people who share a particular belief system. The term church originated from Greek "κυριακή" - "kyriake",[1] meaning "of the lord".
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The Blessed Virgin Mary, sometimes shortened to The Blessed Virgin or The Virgin Mary, is a traditional title specifically used by Roman Catholics, Anglicans, some Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholics, and others to describe Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ.
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An
altar is any structure upon which sacrifices or other offerings are offered for religious purposes, or some other sacred place where ceremonies take place.
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Salisbury Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral located in Salisbury, England.
History
The cathedral has the tallest church spire in the UK, the largest cloister in England, and one of the four surviving original copies of Magna Carta(All copies are in Britain).
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Cathedral Church of Saint Peter at Exeter
Dedication St Peter
Denomination Church of England
Tradition Broad Church Administration
Parish Cathedral
Deanery Christianity
Archdeaconry Exeter
Diocese Exeter
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Wells Cathedral is a cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England, the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. It is technically only the second smallest cathedral city in England, since the City of London has a smaller resident population.
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St Albans Cathedral (formerly St Albans Abbey, officially the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban) is an Anglican church at St Albans, England. At 106 metres (348 feet), its nave is the longest of any cathedral in England.
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Chichester Cathedral in Chichester, West Sussex, England is an Anglican Cathedral.
History
Chichester Cathedral has superposed 'Norman' (English Romanesque) arcades in the nave and choir, with much Early English (Early Gothic) building.
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Norwich Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in the city of the same name in Norfolk, England dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity.
Construction
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Canterbury
The city lies on the Great Stour River
Canterbury ()
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Lanfranc (c. 1005 – 1089) was Archbishop of Canterbury, and a Lombard by extraction. [1]
He was born in the early years of the eleventh century at Pavia, where later tradition held that his father, Hanbald, held a rank broadly equivalent to magistrate.
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nave is the central approach to the high altar. "Nave" ( Medieval Latin navis, "ship,") was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting. The nave of a church, whether Romanesque, Gothic or Classical, extends from the entry — which may have a separate
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14th century - 15th century - 16th century
1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s
1447 1448 1449 - 1450 - 1451 1452 1453
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transept is the area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform ("cross-shaped") building in Romanesque and Gothic Christian church architecture. The transept separates the nave from the sanctuary, whether apse, choir, chevet, presbytery or chancel.
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Ely Cathedral
The West Tower (1174-97)
Dedication Holy Trinity
Denomination Church of England
Tradition Broad Church Administration
Diocese Ely
Province Canterbury Clergy
Dean Very Revd Dr Michael Chandler
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Rochester Cathedral is a Norman church in Rochester, Kent. The bishopric is second oldest in England: only Canterbury is older. It was founded by Justus, one of the missionaries who accompanied Saint Augustine to convert the pagan English to Christianity in the early 7th century.
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Henry III
By the Grace of God, King of England,
Lord of Ireland and Duke of Aquitaine
Reign 18-19 October 1216 - 16 November 1272
Coronation 28 October 1216, Gloucester
Born 1 September 1207
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1220 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1220
MCCXX
Ab urbe condita 1973
Armenian calendar 669
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Bah' calendar -624 – -623
Buddhist calendar 1764
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State Party United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type Cultural
Criteria i, ii, iv
Reference 426
Region Europe and North America
Inscription History
Inscription
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Henry VII
King of England, Lord of Ireland
Reign August 22 1485 - April 21 1509
Coronation October 30 1485
Born January 28 1457(1457--)
Pembroke Castle
Died
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Henry VII Lady Chapel is a large Lady chapel at the far eastern end of Westminster Abbey built in the Perpendicular Gothic style.
The Chapel was built in 1503 by the architect and statesman Sir Reginald Bray, one of Henry VII's closest advisors.
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Compton Martin
Compton Martin ()
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APSE standing for Ada Programming Support Environment is a program or set of programs to support software development in the Ada programming language.
This represented the second stage of the U.S.
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Motto
Eendracht maakt macht (Dutch)
L'union fait la force" (French)
Einigkeit macht stark
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