St Martin In The Fields, designed by James Gibbs 1720, marquetry panel on the pulpit, with patterns of radiating sunbursts.

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St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London. Church designed by James Gibbs 1720, completed 1726 in the English Baroque style. Detail of marquetry panel on the pulpit, with patterns of radiating sunbursts. Both the outer and inner sunburst have 42 rays, a number with profound religious and mystical significance. In the Kabbalistic tradition of Judaism 42 is the number with which God creates the Universe.

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Size: 3527px × 5347px
Photo credit: © Angelo Hornak / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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