Whispering place, Gloucester Cathedral
Date
29 October 1662
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p257
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 366mm
width (page): 228mm
width (page): 228mm
Subject
Content object
Description
This is an incomplete copy of the layout and structure of a narrow passage in Gloucester Cathedral behind the high altar called a ‘whispering gallery’ in the shape of half of an irregular polygon about 20 yards in length. Its description by Henry Powle was read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 5 November 1662.
Other versions of these images can be found at Cl.P/7i/29/001, Cl.P/2/33/003, RBO/2ii/040, RBO/2i/034, MS/215/031 and MS/776/232-33.
Other versions of these images can be found at Cl.P/7i/29/001, Cl.P/2/33/003, RBO/2ii/040, RBO/2i/034, MS/215/031 and MS/776/232-33.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 20 August 1662, ‘Mr. Powle was directed to be written to by Mr. Oldenburg, that he would send the society an exact description of the whispering-place in the cathedral of Gloucester’ (Birch 1:105).
On 5 November 1662, ‘Mr. Powle’s description of the whispering-place in the cathedral of Gloucester was brought in by Mr. Oldenburg, and read; and the scheme of it was ordered to be drawn in the great, against the next meeting; which Mr. Winde undertook to do’ (Birch 1:120). Text reproduced in Birch 1:120-23. This suggests that this diagram could have been copied from an original by William Winde.
On 5 November 1662, ‘Mr. Powle’s description of the whispering-place in the cathedral of Gloucester was brought in by Mr. Oldenburg, and read; and the scheme of it was ordered to be drawn in the great, against the next meeting; which Mr. Winde undertook to do’ (Birch 1:120). Text reproduced in Birch 1:120-23. This suggests that this diagram could have been copied from an original by William Winde.
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