Medieval History
The Elevation of the Host at mass, part of the Seven Sacraments window in Doddiscombsleigh, Devon. Photo by Gordon Plumb.
The Elevation of the Host in Dat Boexken Vander Missen - the torch is not held but is stood up to the right of the deacon.
Friskney, Lincolnshire. A torch bearer is built into the stonework of the east window.
The mass of St Gregory by Adrien Ysenbrandt Netherlandish, about 1530s - 1540s
The mass of St Giles by the Master of St Giles, now in the national gallery.
St Martin serves St Hilary's mass. Glass in St Martin le Grand Coney Street York. Photo by Gordon Plumb.
- Warham Guild Vestments
I'm rather fond of the work of the Warham Guild, as previous posts on the subject demonstrate. In this picture the dalmatic and tunicle are rather fine examples of the Warham Guild's work, and they belong to St Mary the Virgin Primrose Hill....
- 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...
- Shadows Of Former Things
My apologies for neglecting the blog, it has been rather a hectic ten days. My day off last week, which is the day I usually write for the blog was taken up with a visit to Nottinghamshire with Gordon Plumb. We went to a couple of very fine churches....
- A Glazed Piscina - Dorchester-on-thames
Dorchester, Oxon, Sedilia, 1a, originally uploaded by Vitrearum. Dorchester Abbey in Oxfordshire was formerly an Augustinian Abbey. In the monastic chancel, which dates from the second quarter of the fourteenth century is a glorious sedilia and piscina....
- 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
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 hand held lights are always depicted. Of course none of these torches actually survive, so frustratingly we have no real idea of how they were made. They seem to take the form of a number of candles twisted together, with their wicks united at the top, which is then attached to a long pole. Any other suggestions?
The Elevation of the Host at mass, part of the Seven Sacraments window in Doddiscombsleigh, Devon. Photo by Gordon Plumb.
The Elevation of the Host in Dat Boexken Vander Missen - the torch is not held but is stood up to the right of the deacon.
Friskney, Lincolnshire. A torch bearer is built into the stonework of the east window.
The mass of St Gregory by Adrien Ysenbrandt Netherlandish, about 1530s - 1540s
The mass of St Giles by the Master of St Giles, now in the national gallery.
St Martin serves St Hilary's mass. Glass in St Martin le Grand Coney Street York. Photo by Gordon Plumb.
- Warham Guild Vestments
I'm rather fond of the work of the Warham Guild, as previous posts on the subject demonstrate. In this picture the dalmatic and tunicle are rather fine examples of the Warham Guild's work, and they belong to St Mary the Virgin Primrose Hill....
- 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...
- Shadows Of Former Things
My apologies for neglecting the blog, it has been rather a hectic ten days. My day off last week, which is the day I usually write for the blog was taken up with a visit to Nottinghamshire with Gordon Plumb. We went to a couple of very fine churches....
- A Glazed Piscina - Dorchester-on-thames
Dorchester, Oxon, Sedilia, 1a, originally uploaded by Vitrearum. Dorchester Abbey in Oxfordshire was formerly an Augustinian Abbey. In the monastic chancel, which dates from the second quarter of the fourteenth century is a glorious sedilia and piscina....
- 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...