Elswyth

From Elswyth, my record of sacred architecture and the traces of devotion carried through centuries. 

Boxgrove Priory, with its painted vaults and luminous arches, feels alive with the sound of its own stillness – a meeting of voice and silence, light and stone. The Latin inscription here speaks of music not heard but felt – the quiet harmony of faith and craft intertwined.

NON • VOX • SED • VOTUM: NON • CLAMANS • SED • AMANS: NON • CHORDULA • MUSICA • SED • COR • SONAT • IN • AURE • DEI  – from St Augustine and inscribed on the West End choir organ.

Words and images © Kate Coldrick – part of the Elswyth collection.