Comments | quarryquest: Waltham Abbey Church

quarryquest

Waltham Abbey Church

Mar 06, 2011 00:20

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foliate heads, green men, picspam, history

Comments 7

vilakins March 6 2011, 01:32:23 UTC

Chunky pillars, yes, but its still beautiful, and awe-inspiring in its size.

clara_posts March 6 2011, 07:07:38 UTC

We went there last year. It's amazing. And they have a DOOM!!!!!!

quarryquest March 6 2011, 11:24:20 UTC

I was trying to get a photo of that but the light was awful. Probably go back again and hunt green men and have another try later.

clara_posts March 6 2011, 17:25:19 UTC

Mine are here:

http://mizz-history.livejournal.com/956721.html#cutid1

vjezkova March 6 2011, 08:29:41 UTC

Amazing! I really love Norman and Gothic architecture above all.
I have never heard of Waltham Abbey and now it is on my list of "want to see". I am also very proud of myself because I can recognise typical Norman decorations in England. MInd you, our Romanesque style is monumental but it is more pristine - or with different decorative patterns. Definitely not that zig-zag pattern.

quarryquest March 13 2011, 11:53:46 UTC

My father says that they must have had directions they followed on a parchment somewhere. I am familiar from school visits with Durham Cathedral (built only slightly later) and they have exactly the same decorative patterns on the columns. This is what I said when I first came into Wathham Abbey - that it was a mini Durham.

vjezkova March 13 2011, 12:23:14 UTC

You took this thought from my head! Exactly what I wanted to add about Durham! The pillars there are monumental but almost identical. I was there three years ago and still I return to my pictures taken there. Pity I didn´t have a digital camera then...