Medieval History
The Abbey, which is expected to host up to 3,000 guests at the royal wedding in April, including Royals and heads of state from around the world, is to receive a grant from an American bank to conserve more than 10 of its most important treasures.
Among the artefacts to be restored in the run-up to the wedding include the Cosmati Pavement, the medieval tile mosaic in front of the High Altar where Prince William and Miss Middleton are expected to take their vows.
A 14th century portrait of King Richard II, which hangs on a pillar by the Great West Door and will be one of the first things that members of the wedding procession see as they enter the Abbey, will also be restored.
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Medieval History
Westminster Abbey to get million pound makeover in time for the royal wedding
The Abbey, which is expected to host up to 3,000 guests at the royal wedding in April, including Royals and heads of state from around the world, is to receive a grant from an American bank to conserve more than 10 of its most important treasures.
Among the artefacts to be restored in the run-up to the wedding include the Cosmati Pavement, the medieval tile mosaic in front of the High Altar where Prince William and Miss Middleton are expected to take their vows.
A 14th century portrait of King Richard II, which hangs on a pillar by the Great West Door and will be one of the first things that members of the wedding procession see as they enter the Abbey, will also be restored.
Click here to read this article from The Telegraph
- £200,000 Goes To Monastic Sites In Eastern England
The Heritage Lottery Fund is spending almost £200,000 on two projects for medieval monasteries in eastern England ? the first two discover excavate the site of Ramsey Abbey and the second to promote Wymondham Abbey. Students at Abbey College will receive...
- 12th Century Bardney Abbey In Lincolnshire To Be Re-excavated
A 12th Century abbey in Lincolnshire is being re-excavated almost 100 years after it was first uncovered. A grant of £48,300 from the Heritage Lottery Fund is helping towards the costs at Bardney Abbey near Lincoln. The work to uncover part of the...
- Dig Unearths More Than 45,000 Medieval Artefacts In Just Seven Weeks
More than 45,000 medieval marvels unearthed in Lincolnshire have excited archeological experts. The finds were brought into the light at a single site in Sempringham, south of Sleaford, during a dig that took ten archeologists seven weeks to finish. Sempringham...
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Westminster Abbey has commissioned conservation work on the Coronation Chair in which nearly every British monarch has been crowned since 1308. Only three sovereigns were not crowned seated in the large oak chair - Edward V, Edward VIII and Mary II....
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