The Great West Front,
Wells Cathedral.
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Many of the figures survive and many have been identified in the light of their various attributes. There is a hierarchy of size, with the more significant figures larger and enthroned in their Niches rather than standing.[109]
Immediately beneath the upper course are a series of small Niches containing dynamic sculptures of the dead coming forth from their tombs on the Day of Judgement.
The Niches in the lowest zone of the Gable contain nine Angels, of which Cockerell identifies Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and Uriel.[111]
The Great Organ, Wells Cathedral.
Toccata from Suite, Op.5.
Composer: Maurice Duruflé.
Played by: Jeremy Cole,
Director of Music, Wells Cathedral.
Available on YouTube
In the next zone, are the taller figures of the twelve Apostles, some, such as John, Andrew, and Bartholomew, clearly identifiable by the attributes that they carry.[112]
The uppermost Niches of the Gable contain the figure of Christ the Judge at the centre, with The Virgin Mary on his Right and John the Baptist on his Left.
The figures all suffered from iconoclasm.[112] A new statue of Jesus was carved for the Central Niche, but the two Side Niches now contain Cherubim. Christ and The Virgin Mary are also represented by now headless figures in a Coronation of The Virgin in a Niche above the Central Portal. A damaged figure of The Virgin and Christ Child occupies a Quatrefoil in the Spandrel of the door.[113]
The stairs leading from the North Transept
of Wells Cathedral to the Chapter House.
Photo: 9 July 2014.
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Photo by DAVID ILIFF.
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Author: Diliff
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