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C13 Coffin Lid with Foliated Cross - Gayton Northamptonshire

C13 Coffin Lid with Foliated Cross - Gayton Northamptonshire

This finely carved coffin lid features a long-stemmed cross whose arms terminate in deeply incised, curling foliage, a design symbolising both the Cross of Christ and the Tree of Life. The leafy ornament, known as a foliated cross, became popular in the 13th century and is often associated with clerical burials or those of prominent parishioners.

C14th English stained glass fragments - Pattishall Northamptonshire

C14th English stained glass fragments - Pattishall Northamptonshire

This fragmentary but evocative window from Holy Cross Church, Pattishall, preserves elements of a 14th-century English stained glass narrative cycle. The surviving lights depict a kneeling orant figure with hands raised in prayer, and beside it, a group showing Christ with a disciple or saint, set beneath delicately painted Gothic architectural canopies.

Chancel Windows - All Saints, Brixworth

Chancel Windows - All Saints, Brixworth

The two windows in the north wall of the chancel in the Saxon church of All Saints, Brixworth are by Burlison & Grylls , dated 1913 and 1915, they are from the first quarter of the 20th century.

 

 

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