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The ceiling
The main area of the Chapel, the Choir, has a very impressive ceiling covering its forty-eight feet length.
Type: Set of Carvings
Location: In Chapel
The Chapel has a barrel vaulted roof. Inside, the ceiling is divided into five compartments of different designs separated by elaborately carved stone bands known as ribs. From west to east, the compartments contain:
- Stars, and among them, four angels, the moon, the sun, a dove and the face of Christ with his hand raised in blessing.
- Lilies
- Double roses
- Multi-lobed leaves and four-petalled flowers
- Four-petalled flowers
Towards the centre is the pendant keystone with a pair of hands showing a shield on which is carved the engrailed cross.
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