Medieval History
I can't resist posting these images of the fifteenth century arch braced ceiling at Holy Trinity in Blythburgh in Suffolk. The whole surface of the ceiling is covered in delicate polychromy, with stencilled monograms and stylised foliage forms. The colour and gilding, rather muted now in its faded state, would once have added a gloriously rich covering to this Perpendicular glass house. What more can I say, sheer perfection.
Photos by Eric Hardy
- 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...
- Malvern Link
I'm grateful to a Facebook friend Julie Allsopp, who has recently taken the following photos of the once glorious conventual chapel of the Holy Name at Malvern Link in Worcestershire. This chapel, dating from...
- Transitional
Martin church near Horncastle in Lincolnshire, has a fabulous chancel arch. This narrow arch is a text book example of the Transitional style, the moment when Norman architecture gradually gave way to Early English Gothic. ...
- Southwark Cathedral Lent Array
As a contrast to Tapper's work at Westminster here are some pictures of Sir Ninian Comper's Lenten array in Southwark Cathedral, photographed by SarumSleuth. Comper's array is near contemporary with that at Westminster...
- The Lent Array
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...
Medieval History
Medieval polychromy
I can't resist posting these images of the fifteenth century arch braced ceiling at Holy Trinity in Blythburgh in Suffolk. The whole surface of the ceiling is covered in delicate polychromy, with stencilled monograms and stylised foliage forms. The colour and gilding, rather muted now in its faded state, would once have added a gloriously rich covering to this Perpendicular glass house. What more can I say, sheer perfection.
Photos by Eric Hardy
- 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...
- Malvern Link
I'm grateful to a Facebook friend Julie Allsopp, who has recently taken the following photos of the once glorious conventual chapel of the Holy Name at Malvern Link in Worcestershire. This chapel, dating from...
- Transitional
Martin church near Horncastle in Lincolnshire, has a fabulous chancel arch. This narrow arch is a text book example of the Transitional style, the moment when Norman architecture gradually gave way to Early English Gothic. ...
- Southwark Cathedral Lent Array
As a contrast to Tapper's work at Westminster here are some pictures of Sir Ninian Comper's Lenten array in Southwark Cathedral, photographed by SarumSleuth. Comper's array is near contemporary with that at Westminster...
- The Lent Array
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...