[MR] Norwich Cloister Gets New Lighting

[Garth Groff]

Noble Friends,

Here's a brief BBC piece on new lighting for the Norwich Cathedral's 
cloister.: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-20204255 . What 
is most interesting about this story is the survival of the cloister 
itself. Several English cathedral cloisters still exist, but many were 
destroyed by Henry VIII. Of course, nearly all the abbey cloisters were 
knocked down, though several abbey churches like Bath and Shrewsbury 
were retained for the local parish without their monastic buildings.

Here are two pages with more history of Norwich Cathedral: 
http://www.cathedral.org.uk/historyheritage/ and 
http://www.easterncathedrals.org.uk/norwich.html . There are some really 
great art and architecture buried in these sites, though you have to dig 
around a bit.

I was pleased to notice that Norwich Cathedral has a labyrinth.

Yours Aye,


Lord Mungo Napier, That Crazy Scot