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Salisbury Cathedral

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Cathedral in Salisbury , Wiltshire, England. With the exception of its crowning tower and spire, it is a building of uniform Early English design, built to one plan between 1220 and 1258 (unlike any other English cathedral except Exeter). The cathedral was dedicated to the Virgin Mary on completion. Its 123-m/404-ft spire is the tallest in England. History A cathedral church for the see of Salisbury, commenced at Old Sarum by Bishop Herman (d. 1078), and completed by St Osmund in 1092, was destroyed by fire. The bishopric of Wessex was originally established at Sherborne, but for various reasons the see was transferred to New Sarum (Salisbury), where in 1220 Bishop Richard Poore commenced the erection of the present cathedral; it was finished by Bishop Giles of Bridport in 1258. Its designer is unknown, though he may have been a churchman, Elias de Derham. Features The unity and perfect proportions of its style and restrained but most beautiful enrichments are perhaps its leading…
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Salisbury Cathedral
Architect: Unknown Completed: c. 1270 Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Style/Period: English Gothic Salisbury, or rather the Cathedral of St. Mary, was the spearhead of a plan to build a new city, originally called New Sarum, to replace a much earlier nearby settlement, Old Sarum. This Early…
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Full text Article Salisbury Cathedral

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Cathedral in Salisbury , Wiltshire, England. With the exception of its crowning tower and spire, it is a building of uniform Early English design, built to one plan between 1220 and 1258 (unlike any other English cathedral except Exeter). The cathedral was dedicated to the Virgin Mary on completion. …
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Full text Article Salisbury Cathedral: from the meadows

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Salisbury Cathedral: from the meadows
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The North-West Porch of Salisbury Cathedral, 1832 (w/c with pen and brown ink over pencil on paper)
Artist: Boys, Thomas Shotter (1803-74) Location: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, USA Credit: The North-West Porch of Salisbury Cathedral, 1832 (w/c with pen and brown ink over pencil on paper), Boys, Thomas Shotter (1803-74) / Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, USA / The…
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Salisbury Cathedral from the long bridge with an angler in the foreground
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Salisbury Cathedral from Lower Marsh Close, 1820 (oil on canvas)
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Full text Article The Bridge of Harnham and Salisbury Cathedral, c.1820

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The Bridge of Harnham and Salisbury Cathedral, c.1820
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Full text Article Early English

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In architecture, the first of the three periods of the English Gothic style, late 12th century to late 13th century. It is characterized by tall, elongated windows (lancets) without mullions (horizontal bars), often grouped in threes, fives, or sevens; the pointed arch; pillars of stone centres…
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To dance erotically by rotating the pelvis, evoking the motions of a sexual coupling. Rowing contests held annually at Oxford and Cambridge between the colleges, where the boats try to bump one another, not to overtake. A light-hearted custom of marking a person's birthday. The celebrant is lifted…
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