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An example of the partial use of perspective with soft drawing and powerful shadows. The use of "antique glass" meant that no shading was needed and larger pieces of glass could be used. The background is plain. Photo:J.Hannan-Briggs: Date: 4 January 2014, 10:15: Source: Detail of East Window, Lincoln Cathedral: Author: Jules & Jenny from ...
English: Drawing of the Shrine of Little St Hugh in the south choir aisle of Lincoln Cathedral, by William Dugdale. Originally the top contained a statue of Little St Hugh, gone by the time Dugdale drew it. Dugdale incorrectly described it as the "feretory of St Hugh, one-time bishop of Lincoln".
Lincoln Cathedral, also called Lincoln Minster, [2] and formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, is a Church of England cathedral in Lincoln, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Lincoln and is the mother church of the diocese of Lincoln .
English: The Shrine of Saint Hugh, Lincoln Cathedral Hugh's primary emblem is a white swan, in reference to the story of the swan of Stowe which had a deep and lasting friendship for the saint, even guarding him while he slept. The swan would follow him about constantly, and was his constant companion whilst he was at Lincoln.
Drawing of a 13th-century statue of St Hugh at Lincoln Cathedral, by 18th-century antiquary Smart Lethieullier. This statue was posed at the head of the shrine of Little St Hugh. [6] The nine-year-old Hugh disappeared on 31 July, and his body was discovered in a well on 29 August.
The tracery is carved from locally quarried Lincoln limestone and is decorated with stiff leaf foliage carving on the outside. The window dates from the period of restoration of the Cathedral by Saint Hugh, following an earthquake in 1185. The Bishops Eye window in the south transept was built at the same time, but was reconstructed in 1330.
English: Interior of the Cathedral, Lincoln An early instance of the arms of Edward III and his four elder sons appears on the tomb on Sir Bartholomew Burghersh, K.G., in Lincoln Cathedral, c. 1355.
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