Lincoln Cathedral. The Cathedral Church Of The Blessed Virgin Mary Of Lincoln. (Part Four).

 

Lincoln Cathedral’s Gallery, Clerestory and Triforium.

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A carving in the Angel Choir is known as the Lincoln Imp, and, since the Late-19-Century, it has become the symbol of the City.[27][28] [Editor: The City’s football team, Lincoln City, has the nickname of “The Imps”].

The carving dates from the 13th-Century,[29] but received little attention until the Late-19th-Century, when it figured in Arnold Frost’s poem, “The Ballad of the Wind, the Devil and Lincoln Minster”.[30]

The Wren Library houses a rare collection of over 277 Manuscripts, including the texts of The Venerable Bede.

The Nave, Lincoln Cathedral.

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Lincoln Cathedral features two major Rose Windows, which are a highly uncommon feature among Mediæval architecture in England. 

On the North Side of the Cathedral is the “Dean’s Eye”, which survives from the original structure of the building, and, on the South Side, is the “Bishop’s Eye”, which was most likely rebuilt circa 1325–1350. 

This South Rose Window is one of the largest examples of curvilinear Tracery seen in Mediæval architecture. 

Lincoln Cathedral’s Pipe Organ and Screen.
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Lincoln Cathedral’s Pipe Organ “roars”.

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Curvilinear Tracery is a form of Tracery where the patterns are continuous curves. This form was often done within Pointed Arches and Squared Windows, because those are the easiest shapes, so the circular space of the Window was a unique challenge to the designers. 

A solution was created that called for the circle to be divided into smaller shapes that would make it simpler to design and create. 

Curves were drawn within the Window, which created four distinct areas of the circle. This made the spaces within the circle, where the Tracery would go much smaller, easier to work with. 

The Tower Ceiling, Lincoln Cathedral.

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This Window is also unique in that the focus of the Tracery was shifted away from the centre of the circle and instead placed in other sections. 

The glazing of the Window was as difficult as the Tracery, for many of the same reasons; therefore, the designers cut back on the amount of iconography within the Window.

Most Cathedral Windows during this time displayed many colourful images of the Bible; however, at Lincoln, there are very few images. Some of those images that can be seen within the Window include Saints Paul, Andrew, and James.

Lincoln Cathedral’s Organ Refurbishment 2017.

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One major architectural feature of Lincoln Cathedral are the Vaults. The varying Vaults within the Cathedral are said to be both original and experimental. 

They demonstrate the experimental aspect seen at Lincoln. The Vaults differ between the Nave, Aisles, Choir, and Chapels. 

Along the North Aisle, there is a continuous Ridge Rib, with a regular Arcade that ignores the Bays. 

Lincoln Cathedral Roof Tour.

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In the South Aisle, there is a discontinuous Ridge Rib, that puts an emphasis on each Bay. 

The North-West Chapel has Quadripartite Vaults and the South Chapel has Vaults that stem from one central Support Column. 

The use of Sexpartite Vaults allowed for more natural light to enter the Cathedral through the Clerestory Windows, which were placed inside of each Bay.

The history of Lincoln Cathedral.

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Saint Hugh’s Choir exhibits a series of asymmetrical Vaults, that appear to be almost a diagonal line, created by two Ribs on one side translating into only a single Rib on the other side of the Vault. This pattern divides the space of the Vaults and Bays, placing the emphasis on the Bays.

The Chapter House is a Decagonal building, with a single, Central Column, from which twenty Ribs rise, producing unusual Vaulting.

Each area of Lincoln can be identified solely by the different Vaults of the space. Each Vault, or each variation of the Vault, is unique. 

Choral Evensong in Lincoln Cathedral.

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The Vaults are attributed to the French-Norman Master Mason, Geoffrey de Noiers.[31][32] 

Geoffrey de Noiers was succeeded by Alexander the Mason, who developed the Nave’s more elaborate, but symmetrical, Tierceron Vaulting, the Crossing Vaulting, Galilee Porch, and Western Facade Screen.[33][34]

PART FIVE FOLLOWS.