Medieval History
Woodeaton, Oxfordshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.
- Clayton And Bell At Freeland
Photo by Lawrence OP The church of St Mary in Freeland, Oxfordshire was designed by J L Pearson in the Early English style. It was constructed between 1869 and 1871 at the expense of the Taunton family. The church has an exquisite and remarkably well-preserved...
- 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...
- 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...
- Palimpsest Wallpaintings
Combe, Oxfordshire, wallpaintings, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.A palimpsest is a work or art or manuscript that has been painted on on or written on, scraped off, and used again. The word palimpsest comes through Latin from the Greek words ?????...
- Elevation Squints In Screens
Church Hanborough, Oxfordshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.One of the things I sort of obsessively look for and photograph in churches are elevation squints. These little openings can often be seen cut into the dado of medieval screens and were...
Medieval History
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 out.
Above the chancel arch the fifteenth century rood beam survives. Against a faded ochre background is picked out the rather startling inscription: 'Venite benedicte patris mea ite maledicte in ignem internam', i.e. 'Come you blessed of my father, go to the eternal fire, you accursed?, I suppose a paraphrase of parts of Matthew 25. Between the words are delicate sprigs of foliage.
Among the wallpaintings here is also a rather lovely fourteenth century St Christopher, which is also worthy of inclusion in this post.
- Clayton And Bell At Freeland
Photo by Lawrence OP The church of St Mary in Freeland, Oxfordshire was designed by J L Pearson in the Early English style. It was constructed between 1869 and 1871 at the expense of the Taunton family. The church has an exquisite and remarkably well-preserved...
- 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...
- 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...
- Palimpsest Wallpaintings
Combe, Oxfordshire, wallpaintings, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.A palimpsest is a work or art or manuscript that has been painted on on or written on, scraped off, and used again. The word palimpsest comes through Latin from the Greek words ?????...
- Elevation Squints In Screens
Church Hanborough, Oxfordshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.One of the things I sort of obsessively look for and photograph in churches are elevation squints. These little openings can often be seen cut into the dado of medieval screens and were...