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# Amongst the Gods
- URL: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/amongst-the-gods/
- Published: 2014-04-08T15:00:49.000Z
- Updated: 2014-04-08T15:00:49.000Z
- Description: The Ancient Timbers at Beverley Minster, UK
- Author: Andy  Marshall
- Tags: Historical, #exposure, #Import 2023-02-28 18:49

> The Minster at Beverley is one of the most beautiful ecclesiastical buildings in England

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> My lofty ambition to see the ancient roof revealed magical things…

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> I found the circle of life in the roof of the Early English transept

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> Segmented glass quarries with secrets to reveal

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## Charles Hopper

> Plumber, May 22 1750

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> Such people have been practising their ancient craft for centuries….

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> Leaving their mark for all to see. Like footprints in the sand…

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## Hidden

> in the space above the crossing, they still do it to this day

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> The timbers in the roof are gnarled and ancient.

> Look closer and you can still see the mark of the adze

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## "How

>  

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## this is how

What are these photos about?

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> With the creak of the rope…

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## before your eyes..

> …the roof boss lifts like the lid off a jam jar…

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## Beneath

> its gilded leaves is a vision below from the giddy heights

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What are these photos about?

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