Photographed these from the floor of the nave only a few months ago, but going up a ladder really enhances how special these wall paintings are. #Wallpaintings #StCuthbert #Medievalchurches

“With Verdure Clad”: Carved foliate decoration in the Norman C12 St Mary de Haura church, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, 02.01.26, compared with C12 mosaics plants in the Komnenian Daphni Monastery, At... The church of Mary de Haura [de havre; of the harbour] was built built between ca. 1125 to ca. 1219, with funds from the 2nd Baron of Bramber, when he returned from the First Crusade Sussex: West, …

A deeper dive into the form and meaning of the foliate decorations of the C12 St Mary de Haura, Shoreham, West Sussex #art #sculpture #norman #romanesque #foliage #medieval #medievalchurches #Shoreham

A medieval church tower is suspended on stilts in the midst of a construction site that has dug down around and beneath it. In the background, sky scrapers tower above it.

The feats of engineering we are capable of blow my mind sometimes. Once this medieval tower might have been knocked down for development, now it's put on stilts and excavated around...

All Hallow's Staining. Photo credit: PA

#construction #conservation #medievalchurches

New Medieval Books: Bastions of the Cross - Medievalists.net This book sheds light on several lesser-known medieval churches in northern Ethiopia. It offers fresh insights into the region’s architectural and artistic heritage.

New Medieval Books: Bastions of the Cross: Medieval Rock-Cut Cruciform Churches of Tigray, Ethiopia, from ‪@dumbartonoaks.bsky.social‬ and ‪@harvardpress.bsky.social‬ www.medievalists.net/2025/06/new-... #historybooks #medievalchurches #Ethiopia

De middeleeuwse Donatuskerk in Leermens, Groningen, is één van de oudste kerken in het noorden van het land.

#leermens #groningerkerken #hogeland #staatingroningen #medievalchurches

Medieval Manx Crosses Return to Jurby Church on the Isle of Man - Medievalists.net Two early medieval Manx Crosses have been rediscovered and returned to Jurby Church on the Isle of Man, now displayed in a specially designed cabinet. The church also features new accessibility…

Medieval Manx Crosses Return to Jurby Church on the Isle of Man www.medievalists.net/2025/04/medi... #MedievalChurches #IsleofMan #Manx

My hometown always enchants me.
#italy #italia #tarquinia #medievalchurches #borgomedievale #lazio #maremma

Grave of 120yr old who died in 18th century

Stumbled upon after a walk to Brimham Rocks - St Mary’s abandoned 13th century church in Pateley Bridge, including gravestone of Mary Myers who died in 1743 aged “near 120” #oldchurches #medievalchurches