THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF SAINT PETER IN EXETER THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF SAINT PETER IN EXETER
The Image Screen shown below was begun in the 1340s on the orders of Bishop Grandisson. The Screen was added to the West Front of the Cathedral and was under construction for well over a hundred years.
Bishop Grandisson died in 1369, when the Screen was only partly built. He chose to be buried in the small chapel whose windows are seen to the right of the central door.
This reconstruction is based on minute paint traces that were analysed to determine the Image Screen's original medieval colouring.
This is a large portion of a three-part folded card on sale in the Cathedral Shop, price £1.75
Image: Stephen Conlin - Pictu Limited www.pictu.co.uk based on research by Eddie Sinclair.
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