Durham Cathedral Door Knocker Drawing

The durham cathedral 3d sanctuary knocker is a digital representation of the huge bronze door knocker that adorns the main north door of durham cathedral.

Durham cathedral door knocker drawing. Religious knocker old grotesque knocker durham cathedral door sanctuary knocker vintagebygaslight. The sanctuary knocker is an ornamental knocker on the door of a cathedral or church. Some limited edition prints of 75 remain as i already sold the original. Many visitors to durham cathedral enter the building from palace green through the north door which has an imposing bronze sanctuary knocker.

This is one of my drawings that was inspired by a door knocker i saw on a cathedral in durham england. The knocker on the cathedral s northern door known as the sanctuary knocker played an important part in the cathedral s history. Sanctuary knocker also called sanctuary ring in architecture knocker on the outer door of a christian church the sanctuary knocker could be a simple metal ring which accounts for its other name of sanctuary ring or it could be highly ornamental as in the norman example at durham cathedral in england dating from the turn of the 12th century. Those who had committed a great offence such as murder in self defence or breaking out of prison could rap the knocker and would be given 37 days of sanctuary within which they could try to reconcile with their enemies or plan their escape.

Examples of sanctuary knockers can be found in durham cathedral st. According to the ecclesiastical law of the. Under medieval english common law these instruments supposedly afforded the right of asylum to anybody who touched them. At the end of part one we saw how sanctuary seekers historically emerged from the north door of the church in a new state of forgiveness.

5 out of 5 stars 438 438 reviews. Drawing illustration mixed media collage fibre arts. In this blog post open treasure gallery attendant james taylor investigates the origins of durham cathedral s famous sanctuary knocker and the associated imagery of the hellmouth as detailed in a previous blog post the monks at durham commissioned a sanctuary knocker to be placed on the north door of the cathedral during the 12th century. The sanctuary knocker on durham cathedral s north door.

The durham cathedral 3d sanctuary knocker was created by explorar after photographing the knocker hundreds of times from different angles making this world famous icon of durham available to look at in all its hideous gargoyle glory wherever you are in the world. Whilst durham cathedral does not have its own set of bronze doors the fact that the north door contains a considerable bronze sculpture in the form of the replica of the sanctuary knocker is enough to suggests that the monks of durham priory were aware of the significance of bronze as a material to mark the transition from the every day to. The original was drawn with pen ink black prismacolor pencil and coffee for stain.