Tuesday, November 08, 2011

June 2011: Salisbury 9 South Transept and Nave

After the presbytery, we popped into the South Transept and then into the nave. I was moving a bit quickly, it was lunchtime and i was starting to feel hungry. It takes loads of fuel to move this body, you know?

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This is a list of all the Deans of Salisbury. Going back then. And the tomb of a John Salcotialias Caponi. 1700. Italian job perhaps.

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A beautiful stained glass window.



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A tomb with painted effigies of a couple. This is actually the first time I have seen paint on an effigies.

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The tomb of Richard Metford.

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Presumably the chap who got the cathedral constructed?

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Looking down the south nave.

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An extraordinarily eye catching sculpture hangs in the south transept.

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Pillars.

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This is presumably a water exit to the sewer system. You can still see the maker’s mark.

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An altar inside the south transept.

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The walls of the south transept are covered with plaques.

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The Chapel of St. Michael the Archangel.

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More regimental banners.

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This was extraordinary. Made out of wood, gilded with 5 panels of intricate wooden carving.

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The exit but we kept on going, we hadnt finished quite yet.

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A tiny door. You can see the ancient stone doorway which has worn away by the millions and billions of footfalls on the doorstep.

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Moving down the south nave.

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Another pillar has this statue as well, but nothing to tell me who this belongs to.

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Looking back at the quire.

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