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The Yorkshire Museum is not all
that big but it has a strong collection of Roman British artifacts (as well as
Medieval and Natural History displays covering a couple centuries of Yorkshire
history). I liked that it paid careful attention to portraying the everyday
lives of both commonplace and notable people of Roman York. My favorite piece
was the recreation of a mosaic floor from a wealthy, Roman home. I love imagining people even two thousand years ago enjoying fine aesthetics. We also got a
kick out of our first example of a phallic symbol carving (and, for the rest of
the week, we saw a great many: in the form of charms, reliefs on stones from
public buildings, and carvings in a patch of road).
After teatime at Starbucks and
the weakest green tea of my life (don’t blame us – it was beautiful inside, offered
free wi-fi, and was so near to the Minster), we attended an evensong at York
Minister. This was our first time in the church and it did not disappoint. A
decorated section of what appeared to be organ pipes was my favorite feature.
The ceilings were, of course, extremely tall and vaulted, fusing with the magnesian limestone walls adorned with colorful and detailed stained glass. I always
find the layout of cathedrals, with different seating, worship, and choral
areas, so different in comparison to the typical Protestant church layout. I had to be reminded that the Anglican
Church, the Church of England, is, in
fact, different than the Catholic Church, no matter how similar they may be,
since that one king wanted a new wife and the Catholics said no. The service was nice and very
ritualistic; I went right ahead and joined in asking God to, please, save
Elizabeth.
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