Abbey Ruins by Staticon

Photography • Architecture • posted on May 24, 2013

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Another picture that wasn't up to much until turning it into a pastel drawing in Photoshop - the savior of so many ordinary pictures. :-) Reading Abbey was founded by Henry I in 1121 and was largely destroyed in 1538 during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries. The song 'Sumer is icumen in', which was first written down in the abbey about 1240, is the earliest known four part harmony from Britain. The original document is held in the British Library. Sadly, the ruins are currently fenced off from the public as they have become unsafe but plans are being made to strengthen them and re-open them. ------------------------------------------ Original Photograph 9 May 2013 Postwork in Photoshop