Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In 1849 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert paid an official visit to the cathedral. The Book of Glasgow Cathedral: A History and Description, edited by George Eyre-Todd, is a significant collection of writings from a number of different authors on the history and other aspects of the cathedral which was printed in 1898 by Morison Brothers of 52 ...
Reims Cathedral: 37.95 m (124.5 ft) [13] Reims: France: Holds the world record for statues: 2303 stone figurines are represented on it. 21 Cathedral of St. John the Divine: 37.7 m (124 ft) [17] New York City: United States: 22 Cathedral of La Plata: 37.5 m (123 ft) La Plata: Argentina: 22 Nantes Cathedral: 37.5 m (123 ft) Nantes: France: 25 ...
The museum is located in Cathedral Square, on the lands of Glasgow Cathedral at Castle Street. It was constructed in 1989 [6] on the site of a medieval castle-complex, the former residence of the bishops of Glasgow, parts of which can be seen inside the cathedral and at the People's Palace, Glasgow.
He was born in Glasgow on 17 June 1754 the son of Rev John Hamilton minister of St Mungo's Parish (now better known as Glasgow Cathedral, and his second wife, Mary Bogle daughter of John Bogle of Hamilton Farm. [1] In 1787 he was a joint founder of the Glasgow Golf Club. [2] By 1790 he was a successful Glasgow merchant dealing in sugar, rum and ...
Wishart's tomb in the crypt of Glasgow Cathedral Wishart's defaced effigy. On 10 February 1306 Robert Bruce and a small party of supporters killed John Comyn, a leading rival, in the chapel of the Greyfriars, Dumfries. [2] It was an act of political rebellion: perhaps even more serious, it was an act of supreme sacrilege.
The pulpitum is a common feature in medieval cathedral and monastic church architecture in Europe. It is a massive screen that divides the choir (the area containing the choir stalls and high altar in a cathedral, collegiate or monastic church) from the nave and ambulatory (the parts of the church to which lay worshippers may have access). [1]
Provand's Lordship The rear of Provand's Lordship Interior of Provand's Lordship. Provand's Lordship is a medieval historic house museum in Glasgow, Scotland, located in the Townhead area at the top of Castle Street within sight of Glasgow Cathedral and next to the St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art.
Cathedral of Saint Markella (Genuine Orthodox Church of America) (not in communion with the Ecumenical Patriarch) 40°46′50″N 73°54′38″W / 40.780586°N 73.910654°W / 40.780586; -73.910654 ( Cathedral of Saint Markella (Astoria, New