And here, once again, is some inspiration in case you need it—a rather lovely shot of the medieval west front of Lincoln Cathedral :)https://twitter.com/CatherineEsse/status/850421532140740608 …
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And here, once again, is some inspiration in case you need it—a rather lovely shot of the medieval west front of Lincoln Cathedral :)https://twitter.com/CatherineEsse/status/850421532140740608 …
Lincoln is also definitely the best for viewing from a distance... https://twitter.com/CatherineEsse/status/911213182617817089 … :)
Of course, York may be the older cathedral site, but even King Edwin of Northumbria—who founded York in the 7thC—preferred Lincoln to York... ;)
Edwin oversaw the completion of a stone church in Lincoln in c. 627–8 before even York, and so much preferred Lincoln that he had the consecration of the next Archbishop of Canterbury, Honorius, take place there, rather than his own capital... ;)
(Which is, when you think about it, quite something…! Needless to say, I ponder why in more detail in my book on the Anglo-Saxon Lincoln region, but for current purposes let's just agree it must have been because Edwin knew Lincoln was best & would want you to vote for it ;) )
Plus Lincoln also had an even earlier 5th–6thC British church v close to site of the medieval cathedral, which was built in the centre of the Roman forum & could have held c.100 people... See further http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/06/romano-british-pottery-fifth-century-lincoln.html …pic.twitter.com/8jgQZYPPBp
And, of course, it would also seem to have been the site of a Late Roman bishopric from the early 4thC—indeed, the sequence of two Late/post-Roman churches in the forum may well relate to this :)pic.twitter.com/QKwFr3Hf9C
If Lincoln's long history doesn't convince you, then how about fact that @LincsCathedral was the *tallest building in the world* from 1311 to 1548 (160m), when its central spire fell in a storm? It was taller even than the Great Pyramid of Giza…!pic.twitter.com/iSYVa29d2x
Lincoln Cathedral's fabulous 13thC Chapterhouse, as drawn in 1784 by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/topdrawings/l/005add000015541u00119000.html …pic.twitter.com/NfY7KFmpxP
Decorated paten (plate for the Eucharist) & ring from the tomb of the 13thC Bishop Grosseteste of Lincoln. For more about Robert Grosseteste, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Grosseteste …pic.twitter.com/LvtOYWTdKi
Voted Lindum
Yay! :)
Entirely due to your relentless efforts on Twitter.
Hah! :)
One more time? We can do that?! I grew up in Chicago, where the saying went "Vote early and often".
Done. Again.
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