As mentioned earlier, there are two lecterns in the quire. At left is shown the carved wooden lectern made in France in the 17th century, and given by Sir John Stirling-Maxwell. • The brass lectern shown at right stands closer to the communion table. INDEX
Q25. PULPIT, ALTAR WH WH
The pulpit was originally used in the Lower Church from 1595 until 1801, when the Barony congregation moved to their first church building which was erected a short distance away from the Cathedral. It was then given to the Town Council, but was returned to the Cathedral in 1905. Beyond the pulpit is the richly carved communion table.
Q26. QUIRE COMMUNION TABLE WH
The front of the communion table is a long panel with a carving of the Last Supper. There is a niche at either end, each containing a figure: on one side Elijah and on the other side Elisha. • On the central pillar behind is a carved Cross, designed by J. Beveridge. It has a symbol of one of the Four Evangelists at each extremity, and the Lamb of God at the centre. This is a fitting place to conclude our tour of this historic Cathedral.
Glasgow Emblem on the Albert Bridge:
the shield has the four St Mungo symbols
CONCLUSION
I hope you have enjoyed visiting Glasgow Cathedral with me. This is my second walk-through of a Scottish cathedral: it has been a pleasurable, if challenging experience!
The main contributing photographers to this site are Ian Stubbs,Wendy Harris and Aidan McRae Thomson. I have been thrilled again at the willingness of people to share their photos! Contributions are denoted by initials: IS, WH and AMT. Originals of these photos can be found under the following links:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bolckow/albums/72157625171063551 [IS]
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pefkosmad/16984864116/in/album-72157651230667287/ [WH]
https://www.flickr.com/photos/amthomson/collections/72157676234453858/ [AMT]
Also appearing here are some photographs by Doc Phil Brown:
https://docbrown.info/docspics/ [PB]
As well there are several photographs under the Creative Common Licence, CCL, some from Google [Go], and some from the Cathedral itself [GC]. These latter are acknowledged within the text.
I take little credit for the text which comes from a variety of different sources, although I have drawn on the following:
A Walk Through Glasgow Cathedral [Cathedral Publication]
A Guide to Visiting Glasgow Cathedral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MODMRQrLUwY
Glasgow Cathedral: The Stained Glass Windows / MacNair, Ian
I also express my thanks to my wife Margie who dutifully reads through all my websites and checks the typing.
I would be glad to receive any comments, criticisms or corrections to this site. The best websites are those which contain no errors!
Glasgow Cathedral has its own website with link:
https://www.glasgowcathedral.org
Site created 07 / 2021
Paul Scott
