Medieval History
Doddiscombsleigh, Devon, nII, 1c, Unction, originally uploaded by gordonplumb.
- A Practicality.
Glass at Doddiscombsleigh in Devon. So you are medieval priest in a rural parish, with very fews clerks to hold your liturgical books for you. What do you do at a baptism with your nice new copy of the Sarum Manual? Well you either...
- Christ's Feet.
Newark, St Mary Magdalene, sII, 2e, The Ascension, originally uploaded by gordonplumb.This panel of early fifteenth century glass is at Newark parish church in Nottinghamshire and is from Gordon Plumb's photostream. It is representative of late...
- Gordon Plumb's Photography
Tattershall, Lincs, I, 2a, detail of Confirmation, originally uploaded by gordonplumb.I want to draw your attention to the Flickr photostream of the Revd Gordon Plumb. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/ Gordon is associated, as I am, with the...
- The Use Of Torches At The Elevation Of The Host
The use of hand-held torches at the elevation of the host at mass, is something that is depicted fairly constantly in northern European art in the Middle Ages. Even when there are no altar lights, which in many depictions of altars there aren't, these...
- The Hanging Pyx
Bodleian, Rawlinson A417, f 37v., originally uploaded by Vitrearum. The Blessed Sacrament was always reserved in a medieval church, for two reasons. Firstly so that it was always available to be taken to the deathbed of the faithful so that they could...
Medieval History
Sick bed
Doddiscombsleigh, Devon, nII, 1c, Unction, originally uploaded by gordonplumb.
My apologies for the lack of activity this week. I've been hit with the flu. Not a good thing for the clergyman to go down with a week before Christmas. Never mind. Rest assured normal service will resume after Christmas.
In the meantime I draw your attention to Gordon Plumb's lovely series of shots of the fifteenth century Seven Sacraments window at Doddiscombsleigh in Devon. This is the panel of the Sacrament of Extreme Unction.
- A Practicality.
Glass at Doddiscombsleigh in Devon. So you are medieval priest in a rural parish, with very fews clerks to hold your liturgical books for you. What do you do at a baptism with your nice new copy of the Sarum Manual? Well you either...
- Christ's Feet.
Newark, St Mary Magdalene, sII, 2e, The Ascension, originally uploaded by gordonplumb.This panel of early fifteenth century glass is at Newark parish church in Nottinghamshire and is from Gordon Plumb's photostream. It is representative of late...
- Gordon Plumb's Photography
Tattershall, Lincs, I, 2a, detail of Confirmation, originally uploaded by gordonplumb.I want to draw your attention to the Flickr photostream of the Revd Gordon Plumb. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/ Gordon is associated, as I am, with the...
- The Use Of Torches At The Elevation Of The Host
The use of hand-held torches at the elevation of the host at mass, is something that is depicted fairly constantly in northern European art in the Middle Ages. Even when there are no altar lights, which in many depictions of altars there aren't, these...
- The Hanging Pyx
Bodleian, Rawlinson A417, f 37v., originally uploaded by Vitrearum. The Blessed Sacrament was always reserved in a medieval church, for two reasons. Firstly so that it was always available to be taken to the deathbed of the faithful so that they could...