Ripon Cathedral

Ripon Cathedral 2012

Narthex panels 

The glass entrance doors at the west end of Ripon Cathedral, installed in 2012 depicting 'St Wilfrid and the Pilgrimage.' They were designed, acid etched, sandblasted and engraved by Sally Scott with Nero Designs of Brixton. 
St Wilfred and the Pilgrimage

The top centre panel is 5m x 2m and is divided into three sections showing St. Wilfrid as a Bishop flanked by two angels. 

Detail of central panel with St. Wilfred and the angels.
This left panel shows St Wilfrid in a boat in a storm where he was shipwrecked off the Sussex coast. 

The Seven Sisters cliffs are in the background. 

Legend has it that he taught the local people of Sussex to fish in a time of famine.
This right hand panel shows St.Wilfrid on horseback returning to Ripon from one of his three journeys to Rome. 

Rome is shown as a medieval city on the right, Ripon Cathedral is on the left with the Alps in between. 

The two side panels each measure 4m x 1.8m.
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