Medieval History
The ancient western custom of covering altars and images with Lenten array and Lenten veils has been covered on this blog a number of times. If you want to know more about the custom and its purpose look at the article here and further examples of it see here, here and here. It was a custom that seemed to be in decline, but recently there have been one of two revivals of it. The first few images here are of the array introduced by Fr Anthony Howe at Christ Church Staincliffe in the West Riding of Yorkshire. An old stencilled frontal was acquired for the high altar and new veils made to go with it. The last image comes courtesy of Fr David Ackerman and shows the high altar at Windrush in Gloucestershire. The frontal is an old Warham Guild frontal long unused that he found hidden in a chest in the church and reused for the first time this Lent. The altar arrangement with the riddel posts is a recent revival of the old arrangement and dates from 2010.
- Grantham Lent Array
At the glorious fourteenth century church of St Wulfram in Grantham, Lincolnshire is this dramatic example of Lenten array photographed here by SarumSleuth. The array entirely coveres George Gilbert Scott's magnificent towering reredos....
- Some News Of Recent Work At Windrush In Gloucestershire
I was pleased to receive the following photographs from Fr David Ackerman, rector of Windrush in Gloucestershire. It is worth repeating Fr Ackerman's message in full: "I thought you might be interested in seeing the attached...
- The Lent Array
in Westminster Abbey. The high altar at Westminster has a glorious set of Lenten array dating from the 1920s and 30s. The frontal and dossal, decorated with ox blood red stencilling, were first introduced in 1921. The blue stencilled...
- It's That Time Of Year Again, Time To Put Up The Lenten Array!
The Lenten array at All Saints, Cuddesdon in Oxfordshire, all three altars draped in unbleached linen with blood red decoration. The stencilled shields containing instruments of the Passion, are from the Lenten array frontal at St Mary's...
- Lenten Array
Lenten array designed by F C Eden at North Cerney, Gloucestershire So Lent is upon us once again. Until a few years ago it was fairly common to see the altars of English churches covered with unbleached linen hangings known as Lenten array. This striking...
Medieval History
Lenten array 2011
The ancient western custom of covering altars and images with Lenten array and Lenten veils has been covered on this blog a number of times. If you want to know more about the custom and its purpose look at the article here and further examples of it see here, here and here. It was a custom that seemed to be in decline, but recently there have been one of two revivals of it. The first few images here are of the array introduced by Fr Anthony Howe at Christ Church Staincliffe in the West Riding of Yorkshire. An old stencilled frontal was acquired for the high altar and new veils made to go with it. The last image comes courtesy of Fr David Ackerman and shows the high altar at Windrush in Gloucestershire. The frontal is an old Warham Guild frontal long unused that he found hidden in a chest in the church and reused for the first time this Lent. The altar arrangement with the riddel posts is a recent revival of the old arrangement and dates from 2010.
- Grantham Lent Array
At the glorious fourteenth century church of St Wulfram in Grantham, Lincolnshire is this dramatic example of Lenten array photographed here by SarumSleuth. The array entirely coveres George Gilbert Scott's magnificent towering reredos....
- Some News Of Recent Work At Windrush In Gloucestershire
I was pleased to receive the following photographs from Fr David Ackerman, rector of Windrush in Gloucestershire. It is worth repeating Fr Ackerman's message in full: "I thought you might be interested in seeing the attached...
- The Lent Array
in Westminster Abbey. The high altar at Westminster has a glorious set of Lenten array dating from the 1920s and 30s. The frontal and dossal, decorated with ox blood red stencilling, were first introduced in 1921. The blue stencilled...
- It's That Time Of Year Again, Time To Put Up The Lenten Array!
The Lenten array at All Saints, Cuddesdon in Oxfordshire, all three altars draped in unbleached linen with blood red decoration. The stencilled shields containing instruments of the Passion, are from the Lenten array frontal at St Mary's...
- Lenten Array
Lenten array designed by F C Eden at North Cerney, Gloucestershire So Lent is upon us once again. Until a few years ago it was fairly common to see the altars of English churches covered with unbleached linen hangings known as Lenten array. This striking...