Medieval History
It's Friday we can indulge ourselves with a visual treat. The late fifteenth century nave roof at Salle in Norfolk has an extraordinary amount of its original medieval polychromy. Much of the work is a powdering of standard motifs, the IHS, crowned MR's (Maria Regina) for Our Lady - but there are lots of gorgeous tendrils of foliage between. Then a fabulous series of bosses, angels and grotesque heads. Of course the colours have softened down over the years, but the effect of the colouring is still striking.
- Medieval Wineglass Pulpit
Burnham Norton church close to the north coast of Norfolk has amongst its treasures a medieval wineglass pulpit. Perhaps this was used for the proclamation of the Gospel as well as for preaching and for 'bidding the beads'! The pulpit...
- The Lyng Table Carpet
One of the most tragic losses of the Reformation was undoubtedly the destruction of fine ecclesiastical textiles. Many thousands of vestments were confiscated and destroyed during the reign of Edward VI and many others were taken...
- Looking Down (at Medieval Floors)
Quite often when we visit church buildings we are so busy looking up at the soaring architecture and the fine roofs, that we sometimes forget to look at the floors. St Nicholas, Salthouse on the north Norfolk coast, has a floor that...
- Marian Tympanum
The grand Perpendicular church at Ludham to the north-west of Norwich, has it's fair share of remarkable treasures, a lovely fifteenth century hammerbeam roof covering the nave a fine early Tudor rood screen with painted panels...
- Brant Broughton Again
It wasn't just the chancel at St Helen's Brant Broughton that received the Bodley and Garner treatment, the late medieval nave was also restored. The roofs of the nave and aisles were lavishly recoloured. Bodley based the colouring of the nave...
Medieval History
Friday indulgence - Medieval Polychromy
It's Friday we can indulge ourselves with a visual treat. The late fifteenth century nave roof at Salle in Norfolk has an extraordinary amount of its original medieval polychromy. Much of the work is a powdering of standard motifs, the IHS, crowned MR's (Maria Regina) for Our Lady - but there are lots of gorgeous tendrils of foliage between. Then a fabulous series of bosses, angels and grotesque heads. Of course the colours have softened down over the years, but the effect of the colouring is still striking.
- Medieval Wineglass Pulpit
Burnham Norton church close to the north coast of Norfolk has amongst its treasures a medieval wineglass pulpit. Perhaps this was used for the proclamation of the Gospel as well as for preaching and for 'bidding the beads'! The pulpit...
- The Lyng Table Carpet
One of the most tragic losses of the Reformation was undoubtedly the destruction of fine ecclesiastical textiles. Many thousands of vestments were confiscated and destroyed during the reign of Edward VI and many others were taken...
- Looking Down (at Medieval Floors)
Quite often when we visit church buildings we are so busy looking up at the soaring architecture and the fine roofs, that we sometimes forget to look at the floors. St Nicholas, Salthouse on the north Norfolk coast, has a floor that...
- Marian Tympanum
The grand Perpendicular church at Ludham to the north-west of Norwich, has it's fair share of remarkable treasures, a lovely fifteenth century hammerbeam roof covering the nave a fine early Tudor rood screen with painted panels...
- Brant Broughton Again
It wasn't just the chancel at St Helen's Brant Broughton that received the Bodley and Garner treatment, the late medieval nave was also restored. The roofs of the nave and aisles were lavishly recoloured. Bodley based the colouring of the nave...