Worcestershire

Coronation of the Virgin

walwyn Sun, 08/28/2011 - 10:39

 

This detail of the Magnificat window (1501) at Great Malvern Priory, spans three lights and represents the Coronation of the Virgin.

 

 

Effigy of Robert de Harcourt - Worcester Cathedral

walwyn Sat, 05/14/2011 - 00:54

 

Monument to Robert de Harcourt (d1202). The effigy of a cross legged knight is mid 13th century.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Great Malvern Priory

walwyn Thu, 08/18/2011 - 01:51

 

 

This fifteenth century stained glass panel depicts William the Conqueror, in 1085, giving a charter to the monk Aldwin. It can be found in the north wall clerestory window of the chancel in Great Malvern Priory.

 

 

Isaac, Joseph, and Moses

walwyn Mon, 09/12/2011 - 22:04

 

The western most window in the St Anne Chapel, Malvern Priory, has twelve scenes depicting the Story of Isaac, Joseph, and Moses. It is dated to between 1440-1450 and was probably the gift of Isabel Despenser and Richard de Beauchamp, 13th earl of Warwick.

 

 

 

John Beauchamp of Holt and Wife - Worcester Cathedral

walwyn Sat, 05/07/2011 - 18:40

 

 

Tomb of John Beauchamp of Holt and his wife Joan. He was tried and convicted of treason by the Merciless Parliament in 1388, then hanged and beheaded at Tower Hill.

 

 

King John of England - Worcester Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 05/02/2011 - 02:25

Tomb of King John the youngest son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Made from Purbeck marble the sarcophagus dates from about 1230 and is the earliest effigy in the country to an English king. Originally the effigy would have lain on the floor, but as more elaborate tombs were installed in later years, John's effigy was raised up to rest on a tomb chest that was made in about 1540. 

King Solomon in the Temple

walwyn Wed, 08/15/2012 - 00:14

 

 

Stained glass window (1880) by John Hardman in the north aisle of Worcester Cathedral depicts King Solomon praying in front of the Arc of the Covenant. Musicians playing harps and trumpets are on either side of him.

 

 

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