Gordon Plumb's photography
Tattershall, Lincs, I, 2a, detail of Confirmation, originally uploaded by gordonplumb.
I want to draw your attention to the Flickr photostream of the Revd Gordon Plumb. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/
Gordon is associated, as I am, with the Corpus Vitreareum Medii Aevi (CVMA), the International project to catalogue the remaing medieval glass of Europe. www.cvma.ac.uk. He is one of the key photographers in Britain for this project and his work has appeared in all the recent volumes the project has published. Stained glass is extremely difficult to photograph, but Gordon is a master of his craft, his work, both in digital and film media, is undertaken with extreme skill. His work is underpinned with a great feel for the medium and a vast iconographical and technical knowledge of stained glass. All in all his photostream is well worth spending some time with. Below are some highlights to give you a flavour of his work. 
- Christ's Feet.
Newark, St Mary Magdalene, sII, 2e, The Ascension, originally uploaded by gordonplumb.This panel of early fifteenth century glass is at Newark parish church in Nottinghamshire and is from Gordon Plumb's photostream. It is representative of late...
- 'ymage Of Death' Roundel
Stanford on Avon, nII, A1, Henry Williams and his 'ymage of deth' roundel, originally uploaded by gordonplumb.I couldn't resist posting this lovely image from Gordon Plumb's photostream. It is worth posting on two counts, because of its...
- Sick Bed
Doddiscombsleigh, Devon, nII, 1c, Unction, originally uploaded by gordonplumb.My apologies for the lack of activity this week. I've been hit with the flu. Not a good thing for the clergyman to go down with a week before Christmas. Never mind. Rest...
- Marginalia - Images On The Edge Part I
Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.Yesterday, with the Revd Gordon Plumb as my guide, I went to the glorious estate church at Brocklesby in Lincolnshire. Brocklesby is a fascinating place. The estate is the property of the Earl...
- The Use Of Torches At The Elevation Of The Host
The use of hand-held torches at the elevation of the host at mass, is something that is depicted fairly constantly in northern European art in the Middle Ages. Even when there are no altar lights, which in many depictions of altars there aren't, these...