tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post8541480344913860023..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: WorcesterPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-9680973821516626862009-03-16T19:53:00.000+00:002009-03-16T19:53:00.000+00:00You're welcome, Ron, thank you. I'm very attached ...You're welcome, Ron, thank you. I'm very attached to these cathedral crypts, which so many visitors overlook - or perhaps squeamishly pass by, thinking that they might be ossuaries.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-23194453872385912672009-03-16T10:41:00.000+00:002009-03-16T10:41:00.000+00:00Lovely illuminating post, grazie mille.Lovely illuminating post, grazie mille.Ron Combohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05270358674385406494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-24302723297207174692009-03-15T16:07:00.000+00:002009-03-15T16:07:00.000+00:00Peter: I must say I've been made to feel very welc...Peter: I must say I've been made to feel very welcome at all three of the 'western' cathedrals - Gloucester, Worcester, and Hereford.<BR/><BR/>Dominic: I quite agree about misericords. They're often wonderful bits of carving, embodying folklore, mythical and real beasts, and all kinds of other scenes. A shame they're occasionally roped off from view, though.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-39608092554445889462009-03-15T10:30:00.000+00:002009-03-15T10:30:00.000+00:00Whilst you're on the subject of the lesser known, ...Whilst you're on the subject of the lesser known, Worcester Cathedral, like many churches an cathedrals has a group of hidden treasures, under the fobs of the choir stalls - <A HREF="http://www.misericords.co.uk/worcester.html" REL="nofollow">misericords. </A> Worcester Cathedral, has 42 of these beauties, 39 of which date from the 15th century, whilst the rest are Victorian replacements.<BR/><BR/>There are in excess of 200 churches, chapels and cathedrals in the UK alone, which have misericords, but by and large they sit there un-noticed and un-loved.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01268842151256264105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-51844917392954462672009-03-15T00:10:00.000+00:002009-03-15T00:10:00.000+00:00I really like Worcester Cathedral. A few years ago...I really like Worcester Cathedral. A few years ago we visited it, and had the warmest welcome we'd received in any ecclesiastical establishment. And no security barriers and pay booths either. Hope it's still so.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.com