JUNE 2009
ALTAR FOR ST GILES CATHEDRAL, EDINBURGH
A radical new altar has been designed by Luke Hughes for St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh and in June 2009 was approved by the Office of Worship & Doctrine of the Church of Scotland. The altar will be made out of a solid 3-ton block of marble, quarried near Carara and is expected to be installed in the autumn of 2009. There have been intense discussions about the liturgical symbolism of the table and this has led to visits to various quarries, including the romantic, abandoned quarry on Iona, where Columba first re-introduced Christianity in the 6th century. Eventually, the choice of stone was for a Calacata marble which will be worked by Mauro Rovai in Pietra Santa, near Pisa in Italy.
Images :
1 St Giles Cathedral, gargoyle feature
2 St Giles Cathedral, spire and features
3 the altar mock up in situ
4 mason's yard in Pietra Santa
www.stgilescathedral.org.uk
© Luke Hughes & Company July 2009
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