The letter '2' as in the title, is one of the early Arabic numerals that are engraved onto the fan vaulted ceiling by the stone masons.

 

 

 

 

You may be interested in the many ways in which the moon is significant to the Chapel:

 

• The chapel is dedicated to St Nicholas and St Mary. St Mary, also known as Queen of Heaven, the Virgin Mary, or mother of Jesus, is represented by the crescent moon in Christian iconography.

• Anne Neville, wife of Richard III died during a solar eclipse, which set off a chain of events that led to Henry VII becoming King, through the work of his mother, Margaret Beaufort. In Philippa Gregory's 'The White Queen', Margaret sees a vision of her husband becoming King during the solar eclipse. It was due to Henry VII and Margaret Beaufort that work recommenced on the chapel after standing with its walls half complete for 50 years.

• Elizabeth I, whose visit to the chapel is documented in our third piece, is often portrayed as Cynthia, goddess of the moon.

• Pink Floyd's 'Brain Damage' starts with the line 'the lunatic is on the grass'. The grass Roger Waters was referring to was the grass behind King's chapel. 'Lunatic' means literally, 'moon struck'. There is also of course the famous line 'I'll see you on the dark side of the moon'.