Vocabulary to know-

Shape of a typical Gothic church – cross

Nave – long center aisle

Transept- “arms” of the cross

Choir – beyond the transept “Head” of the cross

Aisles – either side of the Nave

Nave is taller than the aisles due to theclerestory windows

All Gothic churches have vaulted ceilings

Flying Buttress – arch which displaces weightand gives support

Façade – front of the church, west sideMakes a powerful impression

Portal – main door on the Façade side

Tympanum – doors on either side of the portal

The church itself is a microcosm for life

The balance between all things on earth

Built for the ‘greater glory of God’

Canterbury Cathedralhome to:

The Church of EnglandSt. Thomas a’ BecketThe Back Prince

Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury Cathedral – traditional Gothic church, cross shaped

Man Defining GodLight and Space

Your eyes automatically are drawn upward to the “heavens” as you tryto try to take in the sizeand beauty of it all

Like God, light and space cannot be touched nor given any concrete or tangible true shape

The vast openness of thechurch and the reflectedcolored light was their definition and image of God

Faith is believing without proof

Difficult not to believe that there is somethinggreater than man when we view the talentman has been given

Surrounded by a special presence

Using arches or ‘buttresses’ the weight of the ceiling and walls is shifted outwards and down

Allowing the walls to be higher thinner and full of windows

Buttress creates aisles on either side

Looking from the back towards the front

Ceiling of the nave looking towards the back

The Arch-Bishop’s Pulpit

The Arch-bishop ofCanterbury is the spiritual leader of thechurch of England

Looking down on theleft “arm” or the transeptof the cross

Chapel of Saints and Martyrs of Our Own Time,

Chapel of Saints and Martyrs of Our Own Time

This little chapel is used to contain the crown, (corona) of Beckett's skull severed by his assassin's s sword

 

At the foot of the main alter

Chair of the Archbishop of Canterbury

King Henry’s Chapel

Ceiling in the King Henry chapel

Where the nave meets the transept of the cross

Henry ‘hinted at’ Thomas being a thorn inthe side of the King. The death of Thomasby King Henry’s knights

Altar markinglocation of Thomas Becket'smartyrdom

King meets ArchbishopSt. Thomas a’ Becket

Pilgrim worn stairs to the shrine of St. Thomas

Tomb of King Henry IV

The tomb of Archbishop Chichele

The tomb of Archbishop Chichele.

Who’s that under the Archbishop?

Prince Edward, the Black Prince

Detail of Prince Edward- Black Prince

Stain Glass Windows

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Stories from the New Testament

Old Testament stories

Noah releases the doveAdam planting

Tongues of fire at Pentecost

The Crucifixion

Close up - The Crucifixion

The Resurrection

The Resurrection- close-up

Close-up Moses striking the stone for water

The Entombment

The Ascension

 

Pilgrims headed to St. Thomas’ shrine

Guilds’ Window

Guilds’Window

Guild’s Windows

The 15th century Great Cloister,

The 15th century Great Cloister,

Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales

Father of the English language

Unified the written wordand at times pronunciation

Canterbury Tales

Series of ‘tales’ Told by people of from all walks of life to help pass the time away

Pilgrim – person on A religious journey

Heading to the shrineof the St. Thomas a’ Becket

Pilgrims traveled in Large groups forsafety

Characters havea contest as to whocould tell the beststory with thewinner getting aprize

Each story told wasa reflection on theoccupation of thestory-teller

Uniqueness in their common lives and traits

Characters represent an extremely broad cross-section of society, except for the nobility

His stories represented the people and touchedon al of the social classes that existed