unless otherwise stated.
The Quire (Choir) of Exeter Cathedral,
looking East toward the Lady Chapel.
Photo: 30 April 2014.
Source: Own work.
Author: Diliff.
Attribution: "Photo by DAVID ILIFF.
License: CC-BY-SA 3.0".
(Wikimedia Commons)
The present building was complete by about 1400, and has several notable features, including an early set of Misericords, an Astronomical Clock and the longest uninterrupted Vaulted Ceiling in the world.
The Choir of Exeter Cathedral,
under the direction of Lucian Nethsingha, sing Psalm 84
to Anglican Chant for Choir and Organ. Paul Morgan (Organist).
Available on YouTube at
The Organ,
Exeter Cathedral.
Photo: 10 February 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Mattana.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Exeter Cathedral.
Date: 2011.
Source: http://www.wyrdlight.com
Author: Antony McCallum.
Attribution: WyrdLight.com
(Wikimedia Commons)
Following the appointment of Walter Bronescombe as Bishop, in 1258, the building was already recognised as outmoded, and it was rebuilt in the Decorated Gothic Style, following the example of nearby Salisbury Cathedral. However, much of the Norman building was kept, including the two massive Square Towers and part of the walls. It was constructed entirely of local stone, including Purbeck Marble. The new Cathedral was complete by about 1400, apart from the addition of the Chapter House and Chantry Chapels.
Altar Panels,
Exeter Cathedral.
Photo: 10 February 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Mattana.
(Wikimedia Commons)
A North-West view of Exeter Cathedral, in England, in 1830.
Engraving by W Deeble. based on a drawing by R Browne.
(Wikipedia)
On 4 May 1942, an early-morning air raid took place over Exeter. The Cathedral sustained a direct hit by a large high-explosive bomb on the Chapel of Saint James, completely demolishing it. The Muniment Room, above, three Bays of the Aisle and two Flying Buttresses were also destroyed in the blast. The Mediaeval Wooden Screen, opposite the Chapel, was smashed into many pieces by the blast, but it has been reconstructed and restored.
Stained-Glass Window,
depicting Moses with the Tablets of Stone.
Exeter Cathedral.
Photo: 10 February 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Mattana.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Exeter Cathedral.
Interior view of the Nave,
looking East.
Photo: 30 April 2014.
Source: Own work.
Author: Diliff.
Attribution: "Photo by DAVID ILIFF.
License: CC-BY-SA 3.0".
(Wikimedia Commons)
The 18 m (59 ft) high Bishop's Throne, in the Quire (Choir), was made from Devon Oak, between 1312 and 1316; the nearby Choir Stalls were made by George Gilbert Scott in the 1870s. The East Window contains much 14th-Century Glass, and there are over 400 Ceiling Bosses, one of which depicts the murder of Thomas Becket. The Bosses can be seen at the peak of the Vaulted Ceiling, joining the Ribs together. Because there is no Centre Tower, Exeter Cathedral has the longest uninterrupted Mediaeval Vaulted Ceiling in the world, at about 96 m (315 ft).
Statue in front of Flying Buttresses,
Exeter Cathedral.
Photo: 10 February 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Mattana.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Lady Chapel,
Exeter Cathedral.
Photo: 30 April 2014.
Source: Own work.
Author: Diliff.
Attribution: "Photo by DAVID ILIFF.
License: CC-BY-SA 3.0".
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Exeter Cathedral Astronomical Clock is one of the group of famous 14th- to 16th-Century Astronomical Clocks to be found in the West of England. Others are at Wells Cathedral, Ottery St Mary Church, and Wimborne Minster.
The main, lower, dial is the oldest part of the clock, dating from 1484. The fleur-de-lys 'hand' indicates the time (and the position of the Sun in the sky) on a 24-hour analogue dial. The numbering consists of two sets of I-XII Roman numerals. The silver ball and inner dial shows both the age of the Moon and its phase (using a rotating black shield to indicate the Moon's phase). The upper dial, added in 1760, shows the minutes.
The Astronomical Clock,
Exeter Cathedral.
Photo: July 2005.
Source: taken by user in English Wikipedia.
Author: Unknown.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Library began during the Episcopate of Bishop Leofric (1050 – 1072), who presented the Cathedral with sixty-six books, only one of which remains in the Library: This is the Exeter Book (Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501) of Anglo-Saxon poetry. Sixteen others have survived and are in the British Library, the Bodleian Library or Cambridge University Library. A 10th-Century Manuscript of Hrabanus Maurus's De Computo and Isidore of Seville's De Natura Rerum may have belonged to Leofric, also, but the earliest record of it is in an inventory of 1327.
Si quis illum inde abstulerit eterne subiaceat maledictioni.
Fiat.
Fiat.
If any one removes this he shall be eternally cursed.
So be it !
So be it !
Curse written by Bishop Leofric (1050 - 1072)
on some of the books in his Library.
The earliest printed book in the Library is represented by only a Single Leaf:; this is Cicero's De officiis (Mainz: Fust and Schoeffer, 1465 – 1466). There is a good collection of early medical books, part of which came in 1948 from the Exeter Medical Library (founded 1814), and part on permanent loan from the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (1300 volumes, 1965). A catalogue of the Cathedral's books, made in 1506, records over 530 titles, of which more than a third are Service Books.
Deutsch: Kathedrale von Exeter.
English: Exeter Cathedral.
Español: Catedral de Exeter.
Suomi: Exeterin tuomiokirkko.
Photo: 8 July 2008.
Source: Cathedral_of_exeter.jpg.
Author: Derivative work from Cathedral_of_exeter.jpg
by Markus Koljonen (Dilaudid)
Original photograph by Torsten Schneider on 13. Nov 2005.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Some books were lost, but a large part of them were saved due to the efforts of Dr Robert Vilvaine, who had them transferred to Saint John's Hospital. At a later date, he provided funds to convert the Lady Chapel into a Library, and the books were brought back. By 1752, it is thought the collection had grown considerably to some 5,000 volumes, to a large extent by benefactions. In 1761, the Dean, Charles Lyttelton, describes it as having over 6,000 books and some good Manuscripts. He describes the work which has been done to repair and list the contents of the Manuscripts. At the same time, the Muniments and Records had been cleaned and moved to a suitable Muniment Room.
Deutsch: Im Inneren der Kathedrale von Exeter.
English: Interior of Exeter cathedral, showing
the 17th-Century Organ Case (enlarged in 1891).
Photo: May 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: K@rl Karl Gruber.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Cathedral Organ stands on the ornate Mediaeval Screen, preserving the old classical distinction between Quire (Choir) and Nave. The first Organ was built by John Loosemore in 1665. There was a radical rebuild by Henry Willis in 1891, and, again, by Harrison & Harrison in 1931. The largest pipes, the lower octave of the 32 ft Contra Violone, stand just inside the South Transept. The Organ has one of only three trompette militaire Stops in the Country (the others are in Liverpool Cathedral and London's St Paul's Cathedral), housed in the Minstrels' Gallery, along with a chorus of diapason pipes.
Ceiling Bosses,
Exeter Cathedral.
Photo: 10 February 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Mattana.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Great West Door,
Exeter Cathedral.
Photo: 10 February 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Mattana.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Choir consists of Trebles, either boys or girls from the Exeter Cathedral School, and a "back row" of adult male singers. There are 6 Lay Vicars and 6 Choral Scholars on each side, Decani and Cantoris. There are three voice parts on the back row, Alto, Tenor and Bass and, consequently, there are, at any given time, two singers per voice part on each side of the Choir - one Lay Vicar and one Choral Scholar.
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