Treasures at Glasgow Cathedral . . .

At last we managed our overdue visit to the medieval Glasgow cathedral

St Mungo's, watched over by the Necropolis with its towering monuments

It was an overly dark day, all gloomy and rain grey,

 and little did we suspect the treasures tucked away inside!

Treasures like the crypt,  built mid-13th century
to house the tomb of the patron saint of Glasgow,
 Saint Mungo, who originally built his church on this site.

Wonderful Gothic features & carvings, green men & details galore,
Fragments of brightly painted stone found beneath the floor,
that once graced a door archway

 This perfect copy of the biography of St Kentigern,
by Jocelyn a monk from Furness Abbey, made in 1180.
I love the corrections in the margins of each page.
(original can be found in the Marsh library, Dublin)

The Blacadder crypt or aisle built 1483 -1508

quite awe inspiring to walk down into this beauty

 a sumptuous display, some of the finest carved bosses in Scotland.
Perfect examples of the work of medieval craftsmen.

 The Millennium window painted by Mr. John K. Clark
once a student & lecturer at Glasgow School of Art.

and of course I'm always drawn to colours and patterns

such as these wonderful tiles in the 15th C Sacristy

and the preserved old stained glass

A wee bit of a long post, but worth a share, it is after all

the only remaining medieval cathedral on mainland Scotland.

More information can be found here & here

and I have uploaded more images here.