Like York Minster, Lincoln Cathedral also has a Great East Window

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One of my favorite English cathedrals, Lincoln Cathedral. I miss the feelings of wonder seeing a giant Gothic cathedral that had back then. I still love seeing cathedrals still, that sense of wonder is mostly gone. I've probably been too many at this point.

Lincoln Cathedral, 05.02.24

Statues of a king and queen on the outside of Lincoln Cathedral

In 1290 Eleanor of Castile died and King Edward I of England decided to honour her, his Queen Consort, with an elegant funeral procession. After her body had been embalmed, which in the 13th century involved evisceration, Eleanor's viscera were buried in Lincoln cathedral and Edward placed a duplicate of the Westminster Abbey tomb there. The Lincoln tomb's original stone chest survives; its effigy was destroyed in the 17th century and replaced with a 19th-century copy. On the outside of Lincoln Cathedral are two prominent statues often identified as Edward and Eleanor (these images were heavily restored in the 19th century) - Wikimedia.

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i went to lincoln christmas market and dragged my dad around the cathedral to look at all of the stained glass windows!

i’ve made a to-do list for tonight and tomorrow, which includes finishing off a few books i have started, some chores, and doing a bit of uni work.

6/100 days of productivity - 03/12/22

Phil Dunster spotted in a fresco in Lincoln Cathedral

Lincoln Cathedral

Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Minster, or the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln and sometimes St Mary's Cathedral, in Lincoln, England, is a Grade I listed cathedral and is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Lincoln. Construction commenced in 1072 and continued in several phases throughout the High Middle Ages. Like many of the medieval cathedrals of England, it was built in the Early Gothic style.

Some historians claim it became the tallest building in the world upon the completion of its 160 metres (525 ft) high central spire in 1311, although this is disputed. If so, it was the first building to hold that title after the Great Pyramid of Giza, and held it for 238 years until the spire collapsed in 1548, and was not rebuilt. Had the central spire remained intact, Lincoln Cathedral would have remained the world's tallest structure until the completion of the Washington Monument in 1884. For hundreds of years the cathedral held one of the four remaining copies of the original Magna Carta, now securely displayed in Lincoln Castle. The cathedral is the fourth largest in the UK (in floor area) at around 5,000 square metres (54,000 sq ft), after Liverpool, St Paul's and York Minster. It is highly regarded by architectural scholars; the Victorian writer John Ruskin declared: "I have always held ... that the cathedral of Lincoln is out and out the most precious piece of architecture in the British Isles and roughly speaking worth any two other cathedrals we have."

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📷 - Andrew Scott

It's the little oddities of Great Britain that make her so charming.

Another design commission completed for LPeregrines (Twitter)!

Lincoln Cathedral looked very mysterious today.

Take Me To Church

5 illustrations of the Lincoln Cathedral after it lost its tallest spire, and before the 2 remaining spires were removed ~ 1. by Augustus Charles Pugin, just before the 2 remaining spires were removed due to structural problems in 1807. 2. by J.M.W. Turner, 1795. 3. & 4. by Thomas Girtin, 1794. He became friends with Turner when they were teenagers, and they were both employed colouring prints with watercolours. I found the darker version of Girtin's painting associated with a news article in 'The Telegraph'. 5. by Wenceslaus Hollar, an artist from Prague who spent much of his life in England. He lived from 1607 to 1677, and was noted for engravings and etchings. The last image is a model, within the cathedral, showing how it originally looked with all 3 spires. The tallest spire was completed in 1311 and made this cathedral the tallest building in the world, until 1548 when the spire fell due to structural weaknesses & a 'fearsome gale'. An interesting article on the history of the Lincoln Cathedral, by Cory Santos, from the 'LINCOLNITE', is linked under the image of the 3D model.