Glastonbury Abbey

[poliphilo]

The west end of the Abbey church with the tower of the parish church in the background



Carving over the southern entrance to the Abbey church



The Abbot's kitchen- the only fully intact building left on site.



Dried fish in the Abbot's kitchen.

Comments

[mummm.livejournal.com]

Wonderful, wonderful photos!

I rather fancy the one of the dried fish! *grin*

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[algabal.livejournal.com]

Very beautiful, inspiring.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Glastonbury Abbey makes me quietly, pleasantly sad- melancholy. It was the second greatest abbey in England and now it's just a field of ruins.

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

More wonderful pictures. I love the carved arch, all golden and eternal while the world slides away beyond it! Also the dried fish: I remember being very impressed by the chimneys in the Abbot's Kitchen.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

I've been trying to identify the two images on the arch. I think the top one is Adam and Eve and the lower one the prodigal son being welcomed by his father.

[saare-snowqueen.livejournal.com]

Wonderful pictures - Thank you. What is the background to the Abbey. When was it abandoned - 'Ennery the 8th or what?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes, Henry VIII dissolved it- along with all the rest. The last abbot- Richard Whyting- opposed the king and was executed as a traitor on Glastonbury Tor.

[saare-snowqueen.livejournal.com]

so much history, so much blood........... makes good for tourism though.

[oakmouse]

Lovely shots! I particularly like the fish picture. The Abbot's Kitchen was my favorite part of the old Abbey. It held such a strong sense of presence.

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

The dried fish are awesome. That's an art gallery picture IMHO. It would look great in somebody's flash modern kitchen or on the cover of a cookbook. Wish I painted in oils, I would have a go at a Really Big copy.