Durham Cathedral - stained glass - Chapter House
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Description
"This is a small panel of old stained glass in the wall between the Eastern Cloister and the Chapter House. The glass is positioned so as to be seen from the other side (i.e. from the Chapter House looking out to the cloisters), but the Chapter House was not open to the public at the time of our visit. The Royal Arms as depicted here (though reversed due to being viewed from the wrong side) were originally adopted by Henry IV in 1399 and continued in use by his son, Henry V until 1422. They were then not used until restored by Edward IV in 1461 and remained in use by all subsequent monarchs up to and including Mary I, but one year into her reign in 1554 when she married Philip of Spain she impaled them with his arms. In 1558 on Mary's death, her sister Elizabeth I reinstated them once again, but she was the last monarch to use them, and they have not been the Royal Arms since 1603. So it is fair to say that this glass dates from somewhere between 1400 and 1600." Photo by Rob Farrow, 2022. -
Owner
Rob Farrow -
Source
Geograph (Geograph) -
License
What does this mean? Creative Commons License
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Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7296689
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
Last modified: 2 weeks, 3 days ago
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Picture Taken: 2022-09-10 -
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