Medieval History
Can I recommend this excellent and fascinating article to you, published in the report of Trinity College Oxford and starting on page 83. Written by Fr Matthew Rushton, it's a fascinating account of the college chalice and paten, presented to the college by its founder Thomas Pope in 1556. The chalice and paten, which dates from 1527, were long believed to have been in the possession of St Alban's Abbey before the abbey was dissolved. Although Fr Rushton says the evidence for this tradition is rather inconclusive, Thomas Pope was one of the commissioners charged with the dissolution of the abbey and would no doubt have benefitted from its despoliation. So, there is a fair chance the chalice and paten were monastic booty. Very little has been written on late medieval English metalwork, so this is a very welcome addition to the literature.
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Medieval History
Article on Trinity College chalice
Can I recommend this excellent and fascinating article to you, published in the report of Trinity College Oxford and starting on page 83. Written by Fr Matthew Rushton, it's a fascinating account of the college chalice and paten, presented to the college by its founder Thomas Pope in 1556. The chalice and paten, which dates from 1527, were long believed to have been in the possession of St Alban's Abbey before the abbey was dissolved. Although Fr Rushton says the evidence for this tradition is rather inconclusive, Thomas Pope was one of the commissioners charged with the dissolution of the abbey and would no doubt have benefitted from its despoliation. So, there is a fair chance the chalice and paten were monastic booty. Very little has been written on late medieval English metalwork, so this is a very welcome addition to the literature.
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The Book of Kells is widely recognised as one of the world?s most beautiful decorated manuscripts and a masterpiece of European medieval art, with images that are staggering in their richness, intricacy and inventiveness. This handsome new volume, by...
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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...
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The Metropolitan Museum has just made available a number of detail photographs of the two medieval chalices which had recently entered the museum from the Salgó collection. Both chalices date from the mid-15th century, and are decorated with a special...
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Chalice with filigree enamel Hungary, 1462 Metropolitan Museum of Art One of the most important collection of Hungarian goldsmith works outside Hungary was assembled by financier Nicolas M. Salgó, former US ambassador in Budapest. Salgó collected...
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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...