Comments on: London Imagery: Paternoster Square http://burlaki.com/blog/2008/12/07/london-imagery-paternoster-square/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:15:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ilya http://burlaki.com/blog/2008/12/07/london-imagery-paternoster-square/comment-page-1/#comment-4806 Ilya Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:09:01 +0000 http://burlaki.com/blog/?p=1179#comment-4806 Thank you for that, Autolycus. I did not make the connection with the significance of a shepherd's image in Christanity. Thank you for that, Autolycus. I did not make the connection with the significance of a shepherd’s image in Christanity.

]]> By: Autolycus http://burlaki.com/blog/2008/12/07/london-imagery-paternoster-square/comment-page-1/#comment-4805 Autolycus Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:46:58 +0000 http://burlaki.com/blog/?p=1179#comment-4805 Paternoster = "Our Father" in Latin = the opening words of the Lord's Prayer. The sculpture is a reference to the idea of the Good Shepherd. Many of the streets around the Cathedral have similar biblical or liturgical references. This was also once the centre of the publishing trade, right back to the early days of printing, until the bombing in World War 2 destroyed the area. Paternoster = “Our Father” in Latin = the opening words of the Lord’s Prayer. The sculpture is a reference to the idea of the Good Shepherd. Many of the streets around the Cathedral have similar biblical or liturgical references.

This was also once the centre of the publishing trade, right back to the early days of printing, until the bombing in World War 2 destroyed the area.

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