Leicestershire
Adoration of the Magi - Twycross Leicestershire
Adoration of the Magi by Herbert Bryans.
FrançaisBreedon-on-the-Hill
This parish church of St Mary and St Hardulph was formerly the church of an Augustinian Priory founded early C12. Formally a fortified hilltop a monastery was established there by the C7. The first Abbot Hedda became the second bishop of Lichfield in 691. The monastery was destroyed by the Danes and not re-established until the foundation of the Augustinian Priory in early C12, the church was remodeled in the C13 with a long and wide chancel which is today's nave.
Carvings at Breedon-on-the-Hill
Examples of the friezes and fragments of stone carvings from the 8th century Anglo Saxon monastery at Breedon-on-the-Hill.
Doom - Lutterworth, Leicestershire
This 14th century "Last Judgement" painting is above the chancel arch of the church where John Wycliffe was the vicar in Lutterworth Leicestershire.
East window Twycross Leicestershire
French medieval stained glass presented to William IV and then given to Earl Howe, who had it installed in St. James church Twycross Leicestershire.
Effigy of Sir Michael Poulteney - Misterton, Leicestershire
Alabaster tomb effigy of Sir Michael Poulteney (d1567).
Francis Shirley Tomb - Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire
Tomb of Francis Shirley of Staunton Harold (d1571), and his wife Dorothy.
George Shirley and family tomb - Breedon-on-the-hill, Leicestershire
A colossal alabaster monument almost as high as the north wall. Includes a skeletal gissant at the bottom. Built in 1598 by Richard & Gabriel Royley of Burton-upon-Trent.
Glass panels from Saint-Denis
"Presentation in the Temple" panel originally from Saint-Denis near Paris (c1145).
Glass panels from Sainte-Chapelle
Originally in la Sainte-Chapelle on the Île de la Cité in Paris. This medieval panel (c1245) and others are now in St James Twycross, Leicestershire.
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