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Three Marys at the Tomb - Litchborough Northamptonshire

Three Marys at the Tomb - Litchborough Northamptonshire

This two-light stained-glass window depicting the Three Marys at the Tomb, dated 1917, is attributable to Burlison & Grylls and belongs to the firm’s late ecclesiastical output during the First World War period.

Description and iconography

The composition presents the moment immediately following the Resurrection, as described in the Gospels, when the holy women come to the tomb and receive the angelic announcement that Christ has risen.

Transfiguration - Guilsborough, Northamptonshire

Transfiguration - Guilsborough, Northamptonshire

This stained-glass window depicting the Transfiguration of Christ was made in 1887 by Burlison and Grylls and presented to the church by Lady Cicely Clifton. It follows a well-established iconographic scheme, arranged in two registers beneath a Gothic architectural canopy.

 

 

Wall paintings at Ashby St. Ledgers

The parish church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Leodegarius at Ashby St Ledgers in Northamptonshire has a C14 - C15 Passion sequence painted above the chancel arch and on the side walls. The sequence was uncovered during restoration work in 1927 and is the most extensive cycle in the UK. The paintings are of a similar date to those at Burton Dassett about 20 miles away.

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