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Oxford was the setting for several key events of the English Reformations. A particularly tragic event took place in the Cathedral #OnThisDay in 1556: the Degradation of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Following 2 trials, 1 for High Treason and 1 for Heresy, Thomas Cranmer was excommunicated, and for a time was placed under house arrest here at @ChCh_Oxford. Whilst here, Cranmer dined at High Table and engaged in theological debate with scholars. But on 14th February 1556...
Cranmer was processed into the Cathedral, and a Papal Bull from Pope Paul IV was read to him in the Chancel stripping him of Holy Orders. He was then led out of the Chancel, and brought into the Cathedral Cloisters for a final humiliation where...
In this week’s #TuesdayTour we are presenting our new free photographic display in the Islamic Middle East Gallery:
“Four cities through Creswell’s Lens:
Cairo, Jerusalem, Aleppo and Baghdad”
“Four cities through Creswell’s Lens:
Cairo, Jerusalem, Aleppo and Baghdad”
K.A.C Creswell (1879-1974) was a British scholar who was among the firsts to use photography in recording historic architecture. His photographs and drawings along with his monumental books are an important primary source in Islamic architecture. vam.ac.uk/articles/cresw…
Let’s start in Jerusalem, with the minbar (pulpit) of the Mosque of al-Aqsa, commissioned in Aleppo in 1268. This remarkable example of woodwork craftsmanship awaited twenty years to be moved to Jerusalem, after the city was captured by Salah al-Din. collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1315145/…
