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For Mosaic 1.
Mosaic from Cobh Cathedral that may be lost plus some detail shots.
The harp symbol in the second attachment signafies that St. Colman was a Bard to the King of Munster.
The third attachment show detail of the mosaic in front of Our Lady’s Chapel.
The final attachment show a section of the sanctuary mosaic which it is proposed will be lifted up to allow the dropping of the level of the floor and then relayed. 😮Hardman of Birmingham windows from Cobh Cathedral.
South Transept – (slightly clearer version)- description provided above by Praxiteles – he just beat me to it. :p
Detail of centre of south Rose window – Mary Star of the Sea.
Detail of window in Blessed Thaddeus Chapel – Death of St. Finbarre at CloyneFranz Mayer & Co. of Munich who are responsible for stained glass in at least nine of Irelands Cathedral churches (Derry, Thurles, Letterkenny, Ballaghadereen, Waterford, Ballina, Enniscorthy, Carlow, Cobh) is an interesting firm. I found the snippet below on the site for St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Dunedin, New Zealand.
“Franz Mayer and Co., Munich. This firm has been working in stained glass from 1848 to the present day. According to Konrad Mayer (fourth generation), Franz Mayer had a school for crippled children. When their schooling finished about the age of fifteen, there were not job opportunities for these children. Franz Mayer founded his Art Studios to provide work for these handicapped children. It is said that at times as many as a hundred young people worked on church furnishings in his studios.
Regarding the windows in St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Dunedin, New Zealand the Franz Mayer and Co. firm state that the stained glass in the fourteen windows is genuine mouth-blown antic glass produced in Bavaria. The colouring of the glass is made by different metal oxides. After the artist has drawn his subject it is transferred on to pieces of glass to match the drawing in detail and colour. There can be as many as four to five hundred pieces in each window. The glass is put into a furnace and the colours thoroughly burnt in. This process results in the colour not deteriorating, and they grow more mellow and beautiful with the lapse of time.”See attached some examples of their work.
Stained glass window by Mayer of Munich in Monaghan Cathedral.
And as we cannot enjoy his masterpiece I give you this lovely piece by Peter Turnerelli – Robert Burns Mausoleum.@Praxiteles wrote:
Have you one of the “spiritual” space?
This is all I could find – it is called the Contemplation Room. Not sure if that qualifies as ‘spiritual’ space!!!!!
@sangallo wrote:
…. the chaplaincy building in UCD with its rather strange spiritual space, suggestive of an encounter between the Buddha and the Goban Saor!
Here are a couple of photos of said building. 😮
@descamps wrote:
All you theorists should take a good look at the http://www.sacredarchitecture.org/pubs/saj/books/index.php
Thanks dechamps. Great articles on this site. 🙂
Speaking of Carlow, there was a story in the Carlow People today about some of the stained glass window being smashed.
“Smashed Cathedral windows will cost thousands to repair
A number of stained glass windows in Carlow Cathedral were broken last week in an attack which is expected to cost thousands of euro to repair.
The damage was done when a man threw a bin at a number of windows in the Cathedral last Wednesday night.
The motive for the attack is not known but Carlow Gardai apprehended a man at the scene.
This is the second attack on a church in Carlow in recent times as just over a month ago vandals threw kerbing through a number of windows in St. Mary’s Church of Ireland in Rathvilly.Assessors have now examined the damage to the Cathedral although according to administrator Fr. Ger Aherne they have not yet completed their examination.
‘We don’t know how much it will cost to repair them, there were three or four panels broken,’ he said. ‘The windows are quite old and we expect the cost will be substantial.” Carlow People 18/11/05The vandals have struck inside and out.!!!! 🙁
“……… St. Mel’s Cathedral, begun to the design of Joseph Keane in 1840. While the portico lacks the sophistication of Keane’s great Dominican Pope’s Quay Church in Cork, the interior, by contrast, is now regarded as noblest of all Irish Classical church interiors. It is designed in the style of an early Christian basilica, with noble Grecian Ionic columns and a curved apse. It also shares the remarkable distinction of being the only major Catholic Church in Ireland to have actually been improved by internal reordering, when the fussy later altar was removed and replaced by a simple modem table altar, which accords harmoniously with the early Christian style of the interior. The tower and portico give a striking approach to the town from Dublin.”
(An Taisce)Is this true? I have been unable to find any photographs of St. Mel’s so am unable to judge. Does anyone have before and after shot so we can decide.
For Praxiteles re #84 Tuam Cathedral. Here is a shot of the original sanctuary showing baldachino 🙂
and one of the side altars.Another view of St. John’s in Limerick. The more I look at the sanctuary floor the more I am reminded of something from a Harry Potter movie. 😮
Is there any update on this story? I too remember exploring this wonderful building as a child. I suppose if it had to be sold by the local community at least it was to a descendant of the original family. Hopefully it is a sensitive restoration.
Re.#91 They have been getting away with it because the only ones to object are their own parishioners and in the stratospheric world of architects and clerics they do not count. Fortunately in Cobh there is a very organised and informed opposition who hopefully will prevail.They have a wonderful website -www.foscc.com
