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Written reflection
Architecture
Cathedral
Feminism
Women

Reading St Paul's Cathedral through objects

Hope Turnbull and Joanne Edwards explore the often-overlooked labour of the women who made, crafted, and shaped some of the Cathedral's most remarkable objects.
Fig. 1. Engraving of the north elevation, probably by Simon Gribelin, c.1687–88, with cut-outs from a later engraving of the finished dome (St Paul’s Cathedral, SP105)

5. Designs for the Dome, c. 1685-1710

Wren’s revisions to the design in 1685–86 created a podium for a vast, richly modelled Dome, inspired by those of Michelangelo’s St Peter’s in Rome and Jules Hardouin-Mansart’s Invalides church in Paris.
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Morning Prayer

Morning Prayer is a simple, short spoken service which takes place at 7.30am on Monday to Saturday. It lasts for around 25 minutes.
Every weekday at 7.30am