A Blog from Westminster Cathedral
I have always thought the chandeliers remarkably reminiscent of a cardinal's galero- is this merely a felicitous coincidence?
Interesting - but the shape of the chandeliers ante-dates Cardinals' galeros by some centuries. They are modelled on the chandeliers in Byzantine churches, like Haghia Sophia, where the light bulbs would have been little oil containers.
Early morning light casts the shadow of the chandeliers - modelled on byzantine orginals - across a nave pier.
I have always thought the chandeliers remarkably reminiscent of a cardinal's galero- is this merely a felicitous coincidence?
ReplyDeleteInteresting - but the shape of the chandeliers ante-dates Cardinals' galeros by some centuries. They are modelled on the chandeliers in Byzantine churches, like Haghia Sophia, where the light bulbs would have been little oil containers.
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