#AnimalsInChurchesHour Ermine moth depicted in the Traherne Windows by Tom Denny at Hereford Cathedral.

#AnimalsInChurchesHour A beetle in Tom Denny's Traherne stained glass windows at Hereford Cathedral.

#AnimalsInChurchesHour from the Barneby Elizabethan monument at S Michael's, Bockleton.

St George

Dragon

St George & Dragon

Church of St Peter & Paul, Pickering, Medieval wall painting of St George & the dragon.

#Yorkshire #FavouriteChurches #DragonsInChurches #AnimalsInChurchesHour

Hi Ian,
It is good to see you here.
To think this all started for me with your #AnimalsInChurchesHour. 😀
All the best
Malcolm

Crucified Christ on the Great Screen of Winchester Cathedral viewed through the Quire.
[full screen recommended]
#GoodFriday #ViernesSanto #AnimalsInChurchesHour

For #LoveInChurches
I lovd thee living and lament thee dead
Bvt in what measure cannot be exprest [...]
To me thy tombe shalbe my heart alone.
Brass plaque 1614, St Peter's Church, Little Wittenham.
#AnimalsInChurchesHour

Stained glass detail of an angel playing organ with hand bellows, Hereford Cathedral. #MusicInChurches #AnimalsInChurchesHour

Bell ringing chamber and back of the organ at St James the Great Church, South Leigh. #MusicInChurches #AnimalsInChurchesHour

Angels playing an organ. Cloisters of Plasencia Cathedral, #Extremadura, SW Spain. #MusicInChurches #AnimalsInChurchesHour

A pair of musical angels from Tewkesbury Abbey, playing the trumpet and bagpipes respectively. #MusicInChurches #AnimalsInChurchesHour

What about the fabulous Narnia window by Sally Scott in Holy Trinity Church, Headington Quarry, Oxford for #AGlassAct? Look closely and you'll see a tiny Aslan amongst the flowers...
#AnimalsInChurchesHour

OK, so not exactly on the theme of #ChristmasInChurches I know, but look! 👀
Two golden lions with their very own Guard Cones at the side entrance to Tewkesbury Abbey! ☺️
#AnimalsInChurchesHour #TinyLions

Not entirely clear what's going on here on this misericord from Plasencia Cathedral, Spain.
It does however appear to involve a pig, and a man with a bare bottom. 🤔
#Pigtastic #DubiousDeeds #AnimalsInChurchesHour

The tomb of John Swinfield 1294-1311 in all its #Pigtastic glory! Hereford Cathedral.
#AnimalsInChurchesHour

Binding the Past to the Present.
Poppies on puttees by Suzie Gutteridge. Temporary exhibition November 2018, Morning Chapel, Salisbury Cathedral.
#RemembranceInChurches #AnimalsInChurchesHour #Poppies

Possibly the most aesthetically pleasing angels I've ever encountered. Angels by Nicholas Mynheer, Church of St Mary the Virgin, Iffley.
[will likely need a click]
#AugustAngels #AnimalsInChurchesHour

My favourite #MementoMoriInChurches.
Salamanca Cathedral. [will likely need a click]
#AnimalsInChurchesHour

Responsibility Freedom Justice Change Society Liberty. Light projection at Salisbury Cathedral.
#LightInChurches #AnimalsInChurchesHour

14th century oak bench pews at St Peter's Church, Cassington turned red by strong sunlight on the kneelers. #LightInChurches #AnimalsInChurchesHour

Light from the Ascension stained glass window on a stone column at Hereford Cathedral #LightInChurches
#AnimalsInChurchesHour

Crowning with thorns. Stone relief / carving. Based on drawings by Eric Gill in St Mary's University Church, Oxford. #CrownsInChurches #AnimalsInChurchesHour

For God and Country. Stained glass, St Andrew's Church, Headington. #TinyLions, #Cobwebs, and of course #CrownsInChurches. #AnimalsInChurchesHour

Memorial window from Hereford Cathedral with #CrownsInChurches and some bonus #TinyLions for #AnimalsInChurchesHour
[will need a click]

Another offering for #CrownsInChurches from St Peter's Church Cassington. Dutch stained glass panels 1550 - 1650 showing a rather brutal looking crowning with thorns.
#AnimalsInChurchesHour

Heraldic glass from St Peter's Church, Cassington with three small #CrownsInChurches 😊
#AnimalsInChurchesHour

An altar cloth with the crown of thorns from Wells Cathedral for #CrownsInChurches
#AnimalsInChurchesHour

Swifts, stained glass by Tom Denny in Hereford Cathedral. #BeakyBindersInChurches #AnimalsInChurchesHour

I know I've posted this before, but hopefully I'll be forgiven! Stylised birds in stained glass at St Botolph's Church, Swyncombe. Probably Victorian copies of early 15th Century designs from Clipsham Church in Rutland.
#BeakyBlindersInChurches #AnimalsInChurchesHour

Another photo from Spain for #EasterInChurches. This is one of many "floats" used in the processions throughout Holy Week, seen here in the Iglesia de San Francisco, #Trujillo, #Extremadura. [may need a click]
#SemanaSanta #AnimalsInCHurchesHour