Close-up of doorway of large, cruciform, modern romanesque church (is Sligo Cathedral)
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Where: Sligo, Ireland
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A double image of a double door in a church somewhere in Ireland. Given the extreme age of the stereo pairs collection some of the images, such as this one, are remarkably clear and 'new' looking!
Early collaboration from B-59 and BeachcomberAustralia identified this as Sligo Cathedral. As the cathedral opened in 1874, it seems likely this image dates to the mid- or late-1870s at the earliest. As well as helping identify the subjects of the "high relief" work in the tympanum today's other eagle-eyed contributors point out that this image is actually mirrored from reality....
Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton
Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence
Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1860-1883. Though definitely after 1874.
NLI Ref: STP_2407
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Source: Flickr Commons
Views: 17816
Early collaboration from B-59 and BeachcomberAustralia identified this as Sligo Cathedral. As the cathedral opened in 1874, it seems likely this image dates to the mid- or late-1870s at the earliest. As well as helping identify the subjects of the "high relief" work in the tympanum today's other eagle-eyed contributors point out that this image is actually mirrored from reality....
Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton
Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence
Collection: Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1860-1883. Though definitely after 1874.
NLI Ref: STP_2407
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Owner: National Library of Ireland on The CommonsSource: Flickr Commons
Views: 17816
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B-59
Seems to be the doorway of this church: catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000565725
BeachcomberAustralia
Sligo ! Cathedral of St. Mary the Virgin and St. John the Baptist, Sligo
B-59
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia] Sligo Cathedral Streetview: goo.gl/maps/i2sgRPfxjVS2 (but not St. Mary the Virgin and St. John the Baptist)
BeachcomberAustralia
SNAP-ish - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000338759 Edit - better likeness - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000323426
sharon.corbet
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia] The NIAH calls it Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and mentions that it was consecrated in 1875.
B-59
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Immaculate_Concept...
mikescottnz
Wasn't 'Romanesque' more often called 'Norman' in Ireland, Wales & England ? The only Norman styled cathedral in Ireland ?
sharon.corbet
Whereas the DIA calls it the Cathedral of St. Mary.
B-59
sligocathedral.ie/ has 'Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception' as well.
sharon.corbet
Apparently it got a name change at some point, as the 25" OSI calls it St. Mary's as well.
domenico milella
Congratulation for your beautiful Album.
BeachcomberAustralia
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] [https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] Apologies if I got the name wrong. I was going by this site - placeandsee.com/s?as=foto&fp=51707755 - which does not now look 100% reliable. The thrill of the chase and all that ...!
Niall McAuley
So probably 1874 at earliest...
BeachcomberAustralia
Flickr amazes me again - in 2014 https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/14912090110/
B-59
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia no problem... good sleuthing anyway!
B-59
and in 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/luvbughcj/8685312594/
j.coffey78
Thats great work folks, another mystery solved.
O Mac
No one seems to have noticed that this Stereo Pair needs to be reversed,mirrored and flipped.
Niall McAuley
Anyone got a link to a description of the scene depicted? Mary is in the middle, in the Garden of Eden with the serpent, Adam and Eve kneeling, a reference to Mary as the "second Eve". Three bishops and a Pope, all seemingly interested in books?
BeachcomberAustralia
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] No idea, but whist investigating. I found this - ... The arch over the main entrance has a series of scriptural figures sculpted in ‘alto rellevo’. The three-faced clock tower, designed by Gillet & Bland of London in 1877, is one of the finest examples of a nineteenth-century turret clock, and the carillon, comprising nine bells, has few comparable to it in Ireland. ... From sligocathedral.ie/about-us/parish-history/ Which implies the photo is post 1877 as the clock is evident in [https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]]'s first comment link catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000565725 (showing 14:22). Not too outrageous to suggest they were taken on the same day? Clockmakers - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillett_%26_Johnston
BeachcomberAustralia
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Bien descrito !
Niall McAuley
Leo Alphonso Milligan, father of the late lamented Spike, was christened here.
Niall McAuley
I think the chubby lad in the triple crown is Pope Pius IX, who was Pope until 1878, and defined the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception after which the Cathedral is now named.
Niall McAuley
I suspect that the man back-to-back with Adam might be Saint/Bishop Bonaventure, another Marian enthusiast, who originated the Angelus. The two beardy individuals would be from further back in history? Hmm, no help in the art in the Room of the Immaculate Conception, too many people depicted there to help with this one.
Niall McAuley
"alto rellevo" should be alto relievo, "high relief", where more than half the sculpted figure projects.
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Excellent (and speedy) sleuthing - by [https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] and [https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia] in particular. We can't keep up most of the time. Other than "applause from the gallery", (and a giggle at the "high relief" that this one was identified), all I can really offer is a small nugget courtesy of my Leaving Cert Art and Art History. That the proper name for this type of architectural element is a typmanum. From the original Latin meaning "decorated archy bit over a door" :) Or "drum". Also, well spotted by [https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] on the mirroring of the image. We won't flip it here - but will be sure to make a note of it :)
B-59
I think the four men are the evangelists (therefore the books) (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Evangelists)
oaktree_brian_1976
she opened in 1874, so the date is no earlier than that. This would be still new when it was taken, under 10 yrs old anyway. Norman-style architecture, from Normandy in France. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_architecture#Neo-Norman