Medieval History
Combe, Oxfordshire, wallpaintings, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.
- Painted Rood Beam
Woodeaton, Oxfordshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.Woodeaton, Oxfordshire has a super little medieval church with loads of texture. The walls have the crumbling remains of layer after layer of wallpaintings, including loads of red ochre lining...
- Duntisbourne Rouse, Gloucestershire
Duntisbourne Rouse, Gloucestershire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum. The tiny church of St Michael, Duntisbourne Rouse is on a dramatic site on the hillside overlooking the valley of the river Dunt in the Cotswolds. The nave is essentially Saxon (11th...
- A Medieval Painted Chest
Brightwell Baldwin, Oxfordshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.Medieval chests are fairly common in English churches, but painted chests are a rarity. The painted chest at Brightwell Baldwin probably dates from the second half of the fourteenth century....
- Floor Levels - The Case Of Dorchester Abbey
Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.The question of original floor levels in medieval church buildings came up in discussion on another post. Generally speaking the great ranks of steps you see in many of our medieval churches...
- Fourteenth Century Wallpainting
South Newington, Oxfordshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.South Newington in north Oxfordshire has a superb array of medieval wallpaintings. There is a spectacular series in the north nave aisle dating from the early part of the fourteenth century...
Medieval History
A small remnant of former glories.
Combe, Oxfordshire, wallpaintings, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.
Where medieval wallpaintings do survive they are often far from complete. All that survives of this fifteenth century Annunciation at Combe in Oxfordshire is a mere fragment of a once vibrant and lively figure of the Archangel Gabriel. Much of the painting has been lost due to neglect, decay and indifference in the centuires since the Reformation.
- Painted Rood Beam
Woodeaton, Oxfordshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.Woodeaton, Oxfordshire has a super little medieval church with loads of texture. The walls have the crumbling remains of layer after layer of wallpaintings, including loads of red ochre lining...
- Duntisbourne Rouse, Gloucestershire
Duntisbourne Rouse, Gloucestershire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum. The tiny church of St Michael, Duntisbourne Rouse is on a dramatic site on the hillside overlooking the valley of the river Dunt in the Cotswolds. The nave is essentially Saxon (11th...
- A Medieval Painted Chest
Brightwell Baldwin, Oxfordshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.Medieval chests are fairly common in English churches, but painted chests are a rarity. The painted chest at Brightwell Baldwin probably dates from the second half of the fourteenth century....
- Floor Levels - The Case Of Dorchester Abbey
Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.The question of original floor levels in medieval church buildings came up in discussion on another post. Generally speaking the great ranks of steps you see in many of our medieval churches...
- Fourteenth Century Wallpainting
South Newington, Oxfordshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.South Newington in north Oxfordshire has a superb array of medieval wallpaintings. There is a spectacular series in the north nave aisle dating from the early part of the fourteenth century...