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Magnificent
Awesome
Impressive
Huge
The Cathedral is mostly made of Stone
The most famous English king is King Henry VIII
Ethelbert is holding a Cathedral in his hand
Adam is digging. This is because in the Old Testament book of Genesis in the Bible,
Adam and Eve were thrown out of the Garden of Eden by God, when Eve was
tempted by a snake to eat the forbidden fruit of the apple tree. After that Adam and
Eve had to grow their own food, so Adam is digging the land.
Thomas Becket became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1162
King Henry II was responsible for the murder of Thomas Becket in 1170
The four knights killed Thomas Becket with swords – one blow cut the top of his
head of, and broke the sword on the stone floor.
Archbishop John Peckham and Archbishop William Warham
Pope John Paul II
It is King Ethelbert again!
Nave Pillars – very tall, thin/slender, all of stone and with many thin shafts.
Quire Pillars - shorter, alternating round and octagonal, decorative tops (flowers and
leaves etc) and with additional thin marble shafts.
There is a lamb in the roof boss
There is an eagle holding the Bible
Henry VIII had six wives (not eight!)
Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine
Howard and Catherine Parr. There is a rhyme to remember their fates:
“divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived”!
There is a candle where the shrine used to be
The items hanging above the Black Prince’s tomb are:
Shield, Gloves, Helmet and Tunic.
These are only replicas, but the originals can be seen in the glass case on your left
at the bottom of the steps, just before you get to the Bossanyi windows
The Bossanyi windows are brighter if the sun is shining, more symbolic but probably
less precious than the old windows. The medieval windows of Canterbury Cathedral
is one of the finest and most precious collections of stained glass in England