Heart Monument of Robert de Ros - Bottesford Leicestershire

walwyn Wed, 10/15/2025 - 21:53

 

The Memorial to Robert de Ros (c. 1237–1285) is a poignant 13th-century stone effigy and heart monument housed in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Bottesford, Leicestershire.

Tomb of Mabilia de Murdak - Gayton Northamptonshire

walwyn Wed, 10/15/2025 - 19:52

The Tomb of Mabilia de Murdak (also spelled Mabilla or Mabila) is a small 14th-century medieval monument. The tomb is part of a collection of stone memorials in the north chapel (or Gayton Chapel), which includes effigies of local nobility tied to dramatic family events, such as murder and pilgrimage.

Oak Cross-Legged Knight Effigy - Cold Higham, Northamptonshire

walwyn Tue, 10/14/2025 - 15:04

Effigy of John de PateshullThis is one of fewer than 100 surviving wooden knight figures in England, and transcends mere memorial: it immortalizes Sir John's legacy as a minor but dutiful baron, who was possibly involved in Edward III's French campaigns

Pieta by Bertin Duval - Alençon France

walwyn Sun, 10/12/2025 - 17:55

 

 

Renaissance-era stained glass window depicting the Pieta, created by the master glass painter Bertin Duval in 1530 and installed in the choir of Notre-Dame Church in Alençon

Good Samaritan - Market Bosworth Leicestershire

walwyn Sat, 10/11/2025 - 14:25

 

 

This vibrant Victorian stained glass window, created by the prolific English glass painter William Wailes (1808–1881) around 1850–1860, is located in the east window of the south aisle at St. Peter and St. Mary's Church in Market Bosworth

Good Samaritan - Lutterworth, Leicestershire

walwyn Fri, 10/10/2025 - 22:58

 

 

This stained-glass window is the Good Samaritan Window at St Mary’s Church, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, designed and made by the firm of Burlison & Grylls, one of the foremost English stained glass studios of the late 19th century.

East Window - South Kilworth Leicestershire

walwyn Fri, 10/10/2025 - 22:00

 

 

 

his stained-glass window (1880-1890) from St Nicholas’ Church, South Kilworth, Leicestershire, is the east window designed and made by Burlison & Grylls, one of the leading English stained-glass firms of the late 19th century.

Tomb of Algarotti Ovidio Arminio - Camposanto Monumentale, Pisa

walwyn Fri, 10/10/2025 - 16:04

 

 

This elaborate Baroque tomb, located in the portico of the Camposanto Monumentale, commemorates Algarotti Ovidio Arminio, a disciple of Sir Isaac Newton, and is dated to the year 1765 (as inscribed).

Tomb of the Della Gherardesca Family - Camposanto Monumentale, Pisa

walwyn Thu, 10/09/2025 - 23:26

 

This elaborate Gothic funerary monument, attributed to the Pisan sculptor Lupo di Francesco (active c. 1300–1350), dates to the mid-14th century (c. 1340–1350).

Chloromyia formosa

walwyn Thu, 10/09/2025 - 15:01

Broad CenturianKingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Genus: Chloromyia
Species: C. formosa

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