Medieval

Cain and Abel Spandrels - Bourge Cathedral

walwyn Tue, 08/03/2021 - 21:54

The biblical story of Cain and Abel in the spandrels of Bourges Cathedral.

Canons of Loches

walwyn Mon, 09/17/2012 - 20:28

This window, at Tours cathedral, is dated to the last part of the 13th century, was donated to Tours Cathedral by the Canons of the Collegiate church at Loches in commemoration for the Treaty of Paris (1259) between Louis IX of France and Henry III of England.

Cardinal Jean de la Grange Effigy - Amiens Cathedral, France

walwyn Wed, 09/08/2010 - 20:51

White marble effigy of Cardinal Jean de la Grange (d1402).

Chancel Windows - Tewkesbury Abbey

walwyn Wed, 06/15/2011 - 00:44

The stained glass windows in the chancel of Tewkesbury Abbey are all from between 1338 and 1340. They were most probably a gift to the Abbey by Eleanor Despenser (nee de Clare) the wife of Hugh Despenser the Younger. Eleanor is thought to be the person depicted in the panel here.

Chartres Cathedral

walwyn Sun, 11/07/2010 - 19:03

Chartres Cathedral has some of the most beautiful medieval stained glass windows to have survive the upheavals of the last 800 years. The earliest date from the mid 12th century, but most are from the 13th century.

Chartres Cathedral Gothic Sculpture

France

Eure-et-Loir

The cathedral of Chartres contains a number of Gothic sculptures. The typmanums above the west porches on the west facade and the decoration on the pillars on the south side are entirely Gothic.

Childhood of Christ

walwyn Tue, 09/25/2012 - 21:17

This window (c1260), in the apse of Tours cathedral, contains sixteen scenes from the Annunciation to the Flight into Egypt.

Children and Monuments from the late medieval period to the 17th century.

walwyn Tue, 11/08/2011 - 19:46

Monuments or memorials to children in English churches were extremely rare until the late 18th and early 19th century. In the 16th century one can find the occassional child tomb amongst the aristocracy, such as that of the The Noble Impe at St Mary's Warwick, but otherwise children rarely appear to have warranted memorials in their own right.

Christ Carrying Cross (cell 28)

walwyn Sat, 04/26/2025 - 14:08

This images of Christ Carrying the Cross is in cell 28 of the San Marco convent.

Christ in Majesty

walwyn Tue, 10/13/2009 - 22:00

These wall paintings of Christ in Majesty represent Christ as ruler of the universe. Normally he is in a mandorla and surrounded by other figures and objects. The other figures depicted change from time to time.