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Choir Screen Figures in the Ripon Cathedral |
Esmond Burton
1947 |
The choir screen in Ripon Cathedral features eight carved and painted kings and bishops who played a part in the history of the cathedral, with another 24 statues of angels in niches above. The screen dates from the fifteenth century, the statues are added in 1947. They were unveiled in August 1947 by the Princess Royal.
For this site, we only photographed the eight large statues.
 Eadhed Eadhæd, medieval Bishop of Lindsey and sole Bishop of Ripon (c. 679) in the Medieval era (Wikipedia). |
 Archiep.us Willibrord Utrecht Willibrord (c. 658-739), Northumbrian missionary saint; the first Bishop of Utrecht; he was oblate in the Abbey of Ripon (Wikipedia). |
 Archiep.us Thurstan Ebor Thurstan (107-1140), Archbishop of York (Wikipedia). |
 Archiep.us M. Hutton Ebor Matthew Hutton (1529–1606), archbishop of York, 1595-1606 (Wikipedia). |
 Athelstan Rex Æthelstan (c. 894–939), King of the Anglo-Saxons (924-927) and King of the English (927-939) (Wikipedia). |
 Henricus II Rex Henry II Curtmantle (Henri Court-manteau) (1133-1189), son of Geoffrey V of Anjou and Matilda - grandson of Henry I; king of England 1154-1189 (Wikipedia). |
 Jacobus I Rex James I (1566-1625), King of England, 1603-1625 (Wikipedia). |
 Archiep.us C.Th. Longley Cantuar Charles Thomas Longley (1794 - 1868), Archbishop of Canterbury, 1862-1868 (Wikipedia). |
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