Wooden door to Bath Abby
by Denise Dube
Title
Wooden door to Bath Abby
Artist
Denise Dube
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The beautiful wooden carved door of Bath Abby. The majority of the structure for Bath Abbey was conceived and constructed between 1499 and 1538. Shortly after completion, King Henry VIII invoked the "Dissolution of the Monasteries" in 1539 and stripped the Abbey of all architectural valuables. The Abbey was left into ruin.
However Queen Elizabeth ordered financing for reconstruction in 1574 which was completed in 1611.
During this reconstruction, the west doors of Bath Abbey were carved courtesy of, then Bishop of Wells and Bath, Bishop Montagu's own brother, Lord Chief Justice Sir Henry Montagu. To compliment the doors, symbols of the passion are carved in the upper corners above the archway
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October 4th, 2013
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