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Expulsion from Eden

walwyn Wed, 08/31/2011 - 21:32

This window in the St Anne Chapel, Malvern Priory, has twelve scenes depicting the Creation story and the Fall. It is dated to between 1440-1450 and was probably the gift of Isabel Despenser and Richard de Beauchamp, 13th earl of Warwick.

The four panels in the bottom register of the window illustrates the expulsion from Eden.

Faith, Hope, Charity - Staverton, Northamptonshire

walwyn Tue, 03/16/2010 - 20:10

Faith, Hope, Charity

Faith, Hope, and Charity by Heaton, Butler & Baynes (1896). Staverton.

Ford Madox Brown

walwyn Sat, 09/12/2009 - 21:26

Ford Madox Brown (16 April 1821 – 6 October 1893) was born in Calais to English parents and studied art at Antwerp. He joined William Morris' design company, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., in 1861.

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Founder's window

walwyn Tue, 11/15/2011 - 23:39

High up in the clerestory of the north wall of the chancel, are a sequence of medieval stained glass panels documenting the legend and founding of the priory at Great Malvern.

Four Evangelists - Bourges Cathedral

walwyn Sat, 08/02/2014 - 15:50

This window in Bourges Cathedral dates from 1460s and depict the four evangelists. In the tracery panels is the adoration of the Virgin.

Four Latin Fathers of the Church - Bourges Cathedral

walwyn Sat, 08/02/2014 - 16:37

This window in Bourges Cathedral depicts four of the Latin fathers of the church, whilst the tracery panels are on the theme of the Last Judgement.

Fournier, Julien Studios - Tour

walwyn Sat, 09/12/2009 - 10:45

This seems to have been a major company in the last half of the C19. Nearly every church I visited in the Loir-et-Cher had examples of their work.

Galland and Gibelin

walwyn Mon, 05/07/2012 - 19:52

In 1893 the painter Jacque Galland and glassmaker Espirt Gibelin won a competition to create 10 stained glass windows, at Orleans Cathedral, depicting the life of Joan of Arc.

Gilbert de Clare, 5th earl of Gloucester

walwyn Fri, 02/10/2012 - 19:43

Gilbert de Clare, 5th earl of Gloucester, and his father Richard de Clare, were among the 25 barons who pledged to enforce the provisions of the Magna Carta, as a result both were excommunicated by Pope Innocent III.

Gilbert de Clare, 7th earl of Gloucester

walwyn Sat, 09/06/2014 - 01:59

Gilbert de Clare (d1295) was the 7th Earl of Gloucester having succeeded to the Earldom in 1262. Gilbert and his brother Thomas first supported Simon de Montfort's rebellion against Henry III, but later changed sides.

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Expulsion from Eden

Faith, Hope, Charity - Staverton, Northamptonshire

Ford Madox Brown

Founder's window

Four Evangelists - Bourges Cathedral

Four Latin Fathers of the Church - Bourges Cathedral

Fournier, Julien Studios - Tour

Galland and Gibelin

Gilbert de Clare, 5th earl of Gloucester

Gilbert de Clare, 7th earl of Gloucester

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