Photos from the Hants TTFF trip to Fishbourne Roman Palace and Chichester Cathederal


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Sir Mark of Essex Princess Emily
Sir Mark of Essex Pricess Emily
Keith Kathryn Paul
Keith Kathryn Paul
Who was the only person to spot I was taking a photograph of them? :)

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Photographs of Mosaics

One of the earliest mosaics The medusa mosaic
One of the earliest mosaics in Britain A later mosaic, with the central image being Medusa
the flower mosaic
The remains of the flower mosaic
Roman bodging! Mosaics are flexible layers of mosaics
After this room became a workshop there was no need to replace missing tesserae, just level the floor When the subsidence is slow, mosaics proove to be very flexible Sometimes mosaics were layed one on top of another, just as is often done with lino
a mosaic from Chilgrove
A mosaic from a villa in Chilgrove Vallley, about 5 miles from Fishbourne
An overview of the mosaic with confusing perspective Detail of the mosaic with confusing perspective
A wide and detailed view of a mosaic with confusing perspective, reminiscent of the pictures by M.C. Escher but nearly 2000 years older!

The "Cupid on a Dolphin" Mosaic

An overview of the Mosaic Detail of the central design
An overview of the mosaic Detail of the central "Cupid on a Dolphin" motif
A bird believed to be the mosaicist's signature The mosaic has subsided somewhat
A bird in the border, believed to be the mosaicist's signature Despite laying nearly half a metre of rubble beneath the mosaic, it has still subsided

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Miscellaneous Pictures

The scale of the North Wing A model of the palace
Looking along the north wing shows the scale of the palace, there is a further building beyond the far wall of the modern cover-building A model of how the palace may have looked, the North Wing is the one on the right.
the East Wing of the model
The imposing East Wing of the palace, as it may have appeared to a contemporary Briton approaching from Chichester
A reconstructed Roman room
Sir Mark and Princess Emily looking at a reconstructed room from the palace
An incomplete hypocaust 3nd Centuary fire damage
The excellently preserved, but never completed hypocaust Damage from the fire in the late 3rd Centuary which led to the abandonment of the palace

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Photos from Chichester Cathederal

The South Aisle of the cathederal Stained Glass in Chappel of St George
Looking East along the South Aisle A stained glass window in the Chappel of St George
The quire from the south transept
A view of the Quire, including the organ, from the South Tanscept
16th Centuary Paintings
16th Centuary paintings in the South Transept, showing St Wilfred receiving a grant of land at Selsey from Caedwalla, King of Wessex, on which to build a church; and Henry VIII giving an assurance of the rights of the Cathederal to Bishop Sherburne
the lady chappel the impressive Bell-Arundel Screen A mosaic discovered beneath the cathederal floor
The Lady Chappel The impressive Bell-Arundel Screen, said to have been erected by Bishop Arundel (1459-1478) A mosaic discovered beneath the floor of the Cathederal

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Last updated 15:11 12/10/2001.