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35 days ago by inel

Today’s glorious sunshine highlighted the flying buttresses on the south side of St. George’s Chapel nave. These sun-struck arches transmit the horizontal force from the high nave vault to the external buttresses or piers. They form an exoskeleton along north and south sides of the nave, as shown be ...

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141 days ago by Steve Ornstein

Dr. Rabbi Moshe Dror continues with his discourse. The connection of the theme of cathedrals and light is far more than just the elegance and eloquence of the writings of George Gilder. This association goes back at least one thousand years to the beginning of the glory days of what we call the Goth ...

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152 days ago by inel

Here are a few rare and privileged sights of St. George’s Chapel in this morning’s snow. This is the nave, as seen from King Henry VIII Gate: And this is a closer view of the south quire: For some reason, square Christmas cards are very popular in Britain—much more so than in California—and I find t ...

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