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Britain - Photo and History Pages SOUTHERN AND SOUTH WEST ENGLAND Paradoxplace BRITISH ABBEYS AND CATHEDRALS
Sherborne Abbey
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Chancel vaulting
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Looking east down the nave. The mermaid roof boss (below) is in the group fanning out from the far right window.
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Looking west from the choir
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The abbey's misericords are in the back rows of the choir stalls - another extreme photo-challenge in very low light!
photos of all the misericords - the threshing (sic) one is fun
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Sepulchral plate for an early 1200s abbot - that's a mirror on the wall, because there is an un-expected bonus on the far side of the crosier .....
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