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Scenes from the life of St Patrick at St Patrick Earlswood by Birmingham artist Bernard Sleigh 1913. Bernard trained at the Birmingham School of Art and was a member of the Bromsgrove Guild.
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Some surviving medieval decoration at Durham Cathedral. 📷 My own. #WallpaintingWednesday #DurhamCathedral
Porch interior #StAndrewOldCleeve #Somerset for #WallsOnWednesday #WallPaintingWednesday
Vacant niche above south door and (above) remnants of what looks like a highly decorated frieze
This week for #wallpaintingWednesday we are off to #Tewkesbury Abbey in #Gloucestershire for this colourful #crucifixion painted in the Chapel of the Holy Trinity.
Believed to be 14th century. An interesting double image of God the son and God the father one superimposed on the other
For #wallpaintingWednesday this week we are off to #Somerset and the wonderfully understated church of All Saints #SuttonBingham set in an isolated location near the reservoir. And full of the most wonderful early paintings. Probably c13th century. This is the #Dormition of the Virgin Mary
This week for #wallpaintingWednesday a rather gruesome image from the church at #CerneAbbas in #Dorset. One of 4 scenes from the life of #JohntheBaptist, this shows his beheading and his barely detectable head on a plate.
A very unusual painting, probably late 14th century - some say earlier
North-east of chancel #StAndrewStogursey #Somerset
The wall painting here must be mid to late C19 but it's curious that it's painted over. Normally Victorian work like this survives intact #WallsOnWednesday #WallPaintingWednesday
(Mouse caught the stained glass light just right)
North of chancel #StAndrewStogursey #Somerset
Mouse has seen comparatively recent photos showing the chancel gleaming white but there is no holding back the damp. Peeling whitewash reveals wall painting of which Mouse can find no mention #WallsOnWednesday #WallPaintingWednesday
It is #wallpaintingWednesday, one of our excuses to retreat from the cut and thrust of news coverage into something peaceful & mediaeval. Today we are in #Arezzo at the #BasilicaSanFrancesco admiring #PieroDellaFrancesco . His work was under wraps for around a decade (3 visits to Arezzo all in vain)
Interior of the 13th C Church of the Candelora shows arches defining the space and shallow arches framing medieval wall paintings all the way around. The most prominent space is covered by a large lenticular dome set on lily-shaped brackets, which transform the square of the connecting frame into an octagon, which in turn is supported by small triangular brackets. Five arched wall paintings are visible along the side and the Madonna and child is at the end.
A detailed, colourful fresco is shown, which is part of a series in the church detailing the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (an important iconography as the church was dedicated to Candlemas). Here As if prefiguring the Passion of Christ, the Virgin, wearing a red maphorion and a blue tunic, tenderly gazes at the Child while holding his hand. The Child, wearing a red tunic and a blue cloak (the reverse of the Mother's colours and clearly symbolic), gazes toward the Mother and holds a basket of eggs in his left hand. The image is framed by a motif of foliage enclosed in a further red frame. This depiction is apparently almost identical to a fresco in the Cathedral of Prizren, Serbia, dating back to around 1230, in which the Child, in the Virgin's arms, draws from a basket. The Serbian inscription refers to the Child as Krimitiel (corresponding to Tropheus in Greek), meaning "nourishment." Christ is therefore represented here as spiritual nourishment, in remembrance of the Eucharistic sacrifice aimed at the salvation of humanity.
Rock-cut #WallsOnWednesday of the Cripta della Candelora in Massafra, Puglia - a 'cave' church dating to 12th C.
Nave + northern blind arches survive w 13th C #WallpaintingWednesday, including this rare image of the Virgin holding hand of boy Jesus, who carries a basket of eggs.
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Today we visit the church of #Chesterton in #Cambridgeshire for #WallpaintingWednesday.
In a detail from the #Dome painting on the chancel arch, This wonderfully gleeful devil pushed a couple of frankly unrepentant sinners towards eternal damnation....
For #wallpaintingWednesday today we are off to #StAlbans in #Hertfordshire. Better known for its #Roman remains the abbey boasts some mediaeval gems of its own. Here, almost overlooked, a painting on a pillar of #StWilliam of #York.
Probably late 13th century.
Late 9th century wall painting of an angel which was found during excavations at New Minster in Winchester; possibly part of the monastic buildings founded by King Alfred. Now on display at Winchester Cathedral. 📸 My own. #WallpaintingWednesday #WinchesterCathedral
For #WallPaintingWednesday today we visit #Waltham Abbey in #Hertfordshire for this scene from a #DomePainting
St #Peter is offering the keys to heaven to a bishop.
For #wallpaintingWednesday this week we are in #Newington in #Kent with this 15th century painting of St #Joseph worked in an ochre monochrome. It seems to be a particularly well executed piece....
Today we have this nicely drawn "cartoon" of #KingEdmund from #Lakenheath Church in #Suffolk. Beyond the striking red outlines there's clearly a lot of colour that's been lost over the years
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From a #Dome painting the parish church of #Lutterworth in #Leicestershire the dead arising on judgement day.....
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C12th Maltese consecration cross illuminated by a shaft of light that shows it is deeply incised into the plaster of the wall, red and yellow paint remnants remain. Image (c) Andy Marshall
Swirly border of a frame painted onto the walls of St. Thomas A Becket in red. Image (c) Andy Marshall
13th Century wall paintings clustered around a window at St. Thomas A Becket, Capel, Kent. We can see scenes from the story of Cain & Abel, decorative patterns and a scene with many people, possibly the last supper. Image (c) Andy Marshall
Decorative zig-zag wall painting pattern in red and yellow on white ground (medieval). Image (c) Andy Marshall
Time travel this #WallpaintingWednesday at St. Thomas a Becket, Capel, Kent! See C12th consecration crosses, rare C13th scenes of Cain & Abel, C15th and C16th religious texts, plus decorative details. Check out our website for more info: visitchurches.org.uk/visit/our-ch... #Kent #medieval #history
Wallpainting detail of St. Christopher carrying Baby Jesus on his shoulder. St. Christopher and the Christ Child both have flaming red hair and St. Christopher has a red beard. The Christ Child wears a green robe and blesses St. Christopher with his right hand, holding an orb in his left. (c) Andy Marshall
Wall painting of a mock reredos in red and yellow (c) Andy Marshall
Interior of Whitcombe church, a small single cell building, with whitewashed, partly exposed walls, a three light east or west window and dark wooden roof beams. Suspended from the ceiling are several white gas lamps in a neat row. (c) Andy Marshall
Close up of wall painting of mock reredos, imitating carved wood in red and yellow (c) Andy Marshall
This #WallpaintingWednesday take a look at Whitcombe Church, Dorset. This lovely church evokes the rustic atmosphere of old Dorset life and hosts colourful medieval wallpaintings that were uncovered during the restoration of the church in 1912. More info: www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/our-ch...
For today's #wallpaintingWednesday an #Annunciation probably 15th century from St #Thomas and St #Edmund Church in #Salisbury, #Wiltshire.
Often overlooked because tourists (not just members of the #GRU) flock to #SalisburyCathedral instead, the church is well worth a visit too.
Image shows a much eroded St Christopher. Just visible at the top left is the hermit and his shack, but clear at the bottom are Christopher's lower legs, and some very fun fish. The painting appears to be a palimpsest and there is the suggestion that another, earlier St Christopher lay underneath.
Close up of the fish. Each one seems to be a distinct species. And look at their noses!
Fabulously nosey fish. Don't think I can spot any eels for @greenleejw.bsky.social. #wallpaintingWednesday at St Vincent, Newnham. 📷 my own, more info in Alt text #medieval #churchcrawling
This morning for #WallpaintingWednesday we have Anger from the seven deadly sins painted on the wall of #Hassett Church in #Suffolk. Probably 14th century - this is one of a number of wall paintings that survive in the church.
And finally from Mouse.. comparatively recently uncovered Norman Romanesque decoration in red ochre. Motifs drawn from nature typical of the period. A wonderful find indeed. Respond and capital, nave arch to tower #StMaryChriston #Somerset #WallsOnWednesday #WallPaintingWednesday
Detail from a #crucifixion scene uncovered below white plaster at #Turvey Church in #Bedfordshire. This shows the face of #StJohn. Some suggest the painting is 14th century but personally that feels far too late to me. 13th (even late 12th) century seems more likely?
Thoughts?
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For #wallpaintingWednesday this week some scenes from a crucifixion frieze running along the nave of #Peakirk Church in #Cambridgeshire. Probably 14th century and ascribed considerable importance because of their rarity....
South aisle #StJohnAxbridge #Somerset #WallPaintingWednesday #WallsOnWednesday
Enigmatic fragment of painted wall. A kind of medieval magic eye picture, if you will
South aisle #StJohnAxbridge #Somerset #WallPaintingWednesday #WallsOnWednesday
The merest hint of wall painting to the left and right of the arch to the south transept. It's not clear how much is preserved but the original scheme must have been extensive
this week for #wallpaintingWednesday we have a martyrdom of King and St #Edmund from #Troston Church in #Suffolk. The church also has a fine St George and is tucked away in a largely forgotten corner of Suffolk. Well worth a visit.
Paintings probably 14th century though nobody seems very certain.
