Medieval History
Shortly after writing my recent post on stiff-leaf and posting a photo of the stiff leaf on the doorway at Skelton St Giles near York, I came across the following article.
http://www.dioceseofyork.org.uk/news-events/news/news-from-the-diocese-of-york/01384.html
The weathered south door of this excellent and complete Early English building, has been restored by a York firm called Lanstone and they have one a prize for the work in the York Design Awards. Here is a detail of the door as it was prior to restoration:
And here is the door after restoration:
What an excellent job they've done if it. There are further photos here.
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Dear Colleagues Please draw these scholarships to the attention of undergraduates considering pursuing a Masters degree. With all good wishesElizabeth Tyler The Centre for Medieval Literature (CML) is pleased to announce two fee waivers...
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Medieval History
Skelton stiff leaf
Shortly after writing my recent post on stiff-leaf and posting a photo of the stiff leaf on the doorway at Skelton St Giles near York, I came across the following article.
http://www.dioceseofyork.org.uk/news-events/news/news-from-the-diocese-of-york/01384.html
The weathered south door of this excellent and complete Early English building, has been restored by a York firm called Lanstone and they have one a prize for the work in the York Design Awards. Here is a detail of the door as it was prior to restoration:
And here is the door after restoration:
What an excellent job they've done if it. There are further photos here.
- Ma Funding For University Of York
Dear Colleagues Please draw these scholarships to the attention of undergraduates considering pursuing a Masters degree. With all good wishesElizabeth Tyler The Centre for Medieval Literature (CML) is pleased to announce two fee waivers...
- Aumbry Door
Many of our churches still retain the evidence of aumbries, the secure lockers that served as the repository for valuables before the invention of the safe. They are a common feature let into the side walls beside both...
- Powdered Arches
Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum (Allan Barton).Down Ampney, Gloucestershire is the birthplace of Ralph Vaughan Williams. The beautiful village church has a transitional north arcade, c.1200, with very early stiff leaf capitals....
- Stiff Leaf, Bad Glass And Baroque Monuments.
There will be one or two new posts this week. I apologise that things have been a bit slow of late, I have the good excuse of moving house and settling into a new parish. I had a lovely little excursion last week into Nottinghamshire and one of the churches...
- Inglesham Church, Wiltshire
I hinted last week that the Saxon Virgin and Child at Inglesham in Wiltshire, was just a taster and I would return to discuss the delights of Inglesham church in greater depth. It is one of my very favourite church buildings, one with a special atmosphere,...