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This lovely silk replica of the Bell Harry Tower Ceiling can be worn as silken "jewelry" to enhance your wardrobe, or used as a wall hanging or table overlay in your home. It is a beautiful reminder of Spirit and the magnificence and history of Canterbury Cathedral
In AD 597 St Augustine of Canterbury was the first bishop to arrive in England, thus Canterbury became the first and prime Anglican Cathedral in England.
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Bell Harry Tower Ceiling Silk Square: 35" x 35", Hand-screen printed, 100% Silk Satin, hand-rolled hem. #642 $70
Shown on Smoked Bamboo Textile Hanger for 35" silks. (Concave) #636 $30
Also available Smoked Bamboo Textile Hanger for 35" silks.
#639 $30
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 Canterbury Cathedral evokes the richness of English history, the development of European architecture and the importance today of the worldwide role of the Anglican Communion. A pagan temple was
originally on this site; this became a Roman temple which then became an early Christian church. Christianity had all but died out in the British Isles when Pope Gregory the Great sent Saint Augustine with a company of monks to begin reconversion with the kingdom of Kent. In AD 597 they landed and made their way to King Ethelbert and his Christian wife, Queen Bertha. Saint Augustine of Canterbury, the first bishop to arrive in England, was given the old Church, so Canterbury became the first and prime Cathedral in England.
After the Norman conquest of 1066 there was a fire that destroyed the Anglo-Saxon cathedral and the first Norman rebuild began. After centuries of development what are left are glorious examples of architecture from then on until the massive late-Gothic Bell Harry Tower of 1498 and its famous vaulting were completed in 1503.
The Tower dominates the Canterbury skyline and forms one of the most memorable elements in the Cathedral's profile. The name derives from Prior Harry (Henry) of Eastry who was prior from 1285 to 1331. He gave a bell to be hung in the original tower, which was replaced by the present Tower. It stands above the crossing of the nave and central transept.
The pivotal historical figure of Canterbury Cathedral, Archbishop (later saint) Thomas á Becket, was killed in his own cathedral on the orders of King Henry II in 1170. Already a site of pilgrimage for early saints, a pilgrimage to Canterbury took on a new meaning after Becket's death. Geoffrey Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales happily records these pilgrimages. The Cathedral is also world famous for its 12th-and 13th-century stained glass and the tombs of King Henry IV and the Black Prince.
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