Pacoulmag
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Medieval Churches, paintings, carvings, stained glass, gravestones, Cathedral, Priory, Abbey, Church traveller/crawler whenever possible Blog:
#FacesOnfriday #FindsFriday St. Christopher and the Child: the child appears comfortably settled on the saint’s arm, holding the orb in one hand and seeming to bless the saint with the other, a surprising composition. St Margaret and St Remigius, Seething, #Norfolk
#AdoorableThursday Famous doorway in the cloister, Prior's door Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, #Norfolk,
#MedievalMonday Dated 12th C, angels on capitals , St Michael with dragon facing a warrior angel, Saint-Pierre et Saint-Benoît de Perrecy-les-Forges, #Saôneetloire More pictures of angels on the blog: church-travellers.eu/les-anges-da...
#StainedGlassSunday 15th C medieval glass, with Sir Roger Drury, his wife Margery and arms of the family, probably donors. St Peter and St Paul, Bardwell, #Suffolk
#Woodensday Recent bench ends with all kinds of animals, unicorn, lion, dragon, St Peter and St Paul, East Harling, #Norfolk
#MementoMoriMonday This is what happens when you look at the sea too much! St Monans church, St Monans, #Fife
#Adoorablethursday Cistercian abbey, 12th C, ruins Jervaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire
#WednesdayWallPaintings Life of St Martin, here, St. Martin cut his cloak in half to give it to a poor man St Martin, Étigny, #Yonne
#MermaidMonday Mr and Mrs Mermaid, one with two tails, Notre-Dame, Mailhat, Puy-de-Dôme, Collégiale St Martin, Candes-Saint-Martin, Indre-et-Loire
#MisericordMonday Acorns and oak leaves for a greenman, little heart for an angel with spread wings, St Peter, Wintringham, North Yorkshire
#AdoorableThursday Ruins of the cistercian abbey, founded in the 12th C, Jervaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire
#OwlishMonday Bench end with poppyhead, sometimes animals, here an owl, St Andrew, Barningham, #Suffolk
#ScreenSaturday Two magnificent traces of the past (15th C), on the screen: Mary Magdalene with her long hair and Agnes with her little lamb St John the Baptist, Garboldisham, #Norfolk
#Adoorablethursday Famous north porch, given by Yaxley family. In the spandrels, woodwose with club and bearded man with sword, both attacked by ferocious beasts (Pevsner: "St. Blaise with a monster and Hercules with the Nemean lion") St Mary, Yaxley, #Suffolk
#TraceryTuesday Among the ‘nine orders of angels’, Virtues, Dominions, and Powers, St Edmund King and Martyr, Southwold, #Suffolk More pictures of the church on the blog: church-travellers.eu/st-edmund-ki...
#MedievalMonday Carved Jesse tree, with Jesse lying down and King's head details. Probably an old window, from the 13th C. St Illtud, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan More pictures of the church on the blog: church-travellers.eu/st-illtud-ll...
#StainedGlassSunday Medieval fragments assembled like a jigsaw puzzle, St Michael, St Albans, #Hertfordshire More pictures of the church on the blog: church-travellers.eu/st-michael-s...
#SundayStonework A priest’s seat incorporated into the wall, with ogee canopy, and carving of a swan, probably 13th C St Giles, Wigginton, #Oxfordshire
#ScreenSaturday #Medievalscreen Two saints from the magnificent church of Pulham St Mary, #Norfolk
#FacesOnFriday #MedievalGlass from Norwich Cathedral, Head of Moses and bearded man
#ScreenSaturday Part of the 15th C rood screen, here the 4 Latin Doctors with details of their lecterns. All Saints, Weasenham, #Norfolk
#MedievalMonday Very special poppy heads, some grotesques or some with tragic faces, Cley-next-the-Sea, St Margaret's Church, #Norfolk
#AdoorableThursday Beautiful doorway on the facade of #CastleAcre, Cluniac priory, founded in 1089 by William de Warenne and dissolved in 1537.
#WoodensDay Carved bench ends with reptiles, St Helen church, Gateley, #Norfolk
#TraceryTuesday Beautiful base of the medieval screen, with foliage patterns, Yaxley, St Mary's Church, #Suffolk
#MedievalMonday One of my favorite church, one of my favorite glass, South Creake, St Mary, #Norfolk
#StainedGlassSunday East window, Crucifixion, by Brian Thomas, Great Yarmouth, Minster Church of St Nicholas, #Norfolk
#StainedGlassSunday #MedievalGlass with angels in the tracery Chedgrave, All Saints Church, #Norfolk
#SteepleSaturday Round tower, but octagonal on top, St Mary the Virgin, Rushall, #Norfolk