Photo: Bishop's Palace, St Davids
Bishop's Hall
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The bishop's hall, where the bishop carried out his daily business and ate with his retinue. The bishop would have sat behind a table at the far end of the hall shown in this photo. This area was covered with a wooden canopy supported by a line of five carved corbels set into the end wall. One of these survives, in the left-hand corner. The hall was well-lit, with windows glazed above and shuttered below, and it was kept warm by a large fireplace on the courtyard wall (left). The wooden roof trusses were supported by carved corbels of serene human faces (right).
Bishop's Palace (13th-14th centuries) in St Davids, Wales.
Date: 2/11/06 7:18 PM
Camera: DMC-FZ5
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