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12th Jun 23

Trinity season banner

The banner takes an unusual, historic, image of three hares to represent the Holy Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

The hares are exquisitely worked in the finest of silks to imitate the gradations of colour in the fur of the rabbit.  Each was worked by a different embroiderer and although given exactly the same instructions and the same materials, each is slightly different.

Between them the hares share just three ears – and the overall configuration and effect speaks of the vitality, strength, mystery and beauty of the Trinity.

The image reflects the multitude of medieval imagery from the natural world carved into the stones and wood of the cathedral and is a fitting contemporary artistic response to the richness of the cathedral medieval craftsmen and women.

The image of hares chasing one another in a circle with three-fold rotational symmetry is found in churches in Devon, such as the roof boss in South Tawton, Devon  and famously, in a roundel at Paderborn Cathedral in Germany.

‘I continue to be astonished by the skill of the Cathedral broderers in this work.  The exquisite realisation of the hares, worked in the finest thread, speaks of the enormous love and care that has been brought into this work and the love and care of worship in response to our loving Creator God.  Around them the intense red and green fabrics ‘sing’ in contrast.  I’m enormously grateful to the broderers, to Anna Diamond and to Canon Andy for working together with insight and skill  to  create such beautiful and imaginative work.’ 
The Very Revd Catherine Ogle Dean of Winchester

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