Medieval

North west chancel window - Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire

walwyn Fri, 01/18/2013 - 20:41

Medieval panels dated between 1330-1350 depicting three saints, including St Barnabas, and St Philip.

Notre-Dame d'Amiens

walwyn Wed, 01/26/2011 - 00:23

Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981 for the coherence of its plan, and the beauty of its three-tier interior elevation Notre-Dame d'Amiens, is the tallest completed Gothic church and largest cathedral in France. The Romanesque cathedral had been destroyed by fire in 1218, and Bishop Evrard de Fouilly employed Robert de Luzarches as the architect to build the new cathedral in the Gothic style to house the head of John the Baptist which had been bought back as a relic by Wallon de Sarton returning from Constantinople in 1206 after the 4th crusade.

Notre-Dame de Chartres

walwyn Thu, 02/17/2011 - 21:34

Designated a World heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979 the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Chartres was built from between 1145 and 1250. It's high nave is spanned by ogival pointed arches to form the vault, and the walls are supported by double flying buttresses. Chartres is the first building to have used buttresses as a structural element.

Chartres Cathedral is also unique in having retained almost all of its original 12th and 13th century stained glass.

Oak Cross-Legged Knight Effigy - Cold Higham, Northamptonshire

walwyn Tue, 10/14/2025 - 15:04

This is one of fewer than 100 surviving wooden knight figures in England, and transcends mere memorial: it immortalizes Sir John's legacy as a minor but dutiful baron, who was possibly involved in Edward III's French campaigns

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Ornament to Humanism: The Annunciation in Fourteenth and Fifteenth Century Florence

walwyn Mon, 11/11/2019 - 23:56

Frescos depicting the annunciation.

Our Lady of Orcival - Puy-de-Dôme

walwyn Fri, 08/20/2010 - 23:36

Romanesque statue and popular cult object since the Middle Ages, which legend says was carved by Saint Luke the Evangelist.

Painted Clock - Raunds

walwyn Mon, 04/12/2010 - 22:08

The painted clock a reminder of the passing of time ones mortality and the Last Judgment.

Paintings on the subject of morality.

walwyn Thu, 04/08/2010 - 11:32

The medieval wall paintings in this section are allegories designed to promote the godly life over one of evil. Such paintings were also designed to show the fate that awaits anyone who does not heed the painting's warning.

Pieta - St. Aignan-sur-Cher

walwyn Tue, 10/13/2009 - 20:13

Fom about 1420, the figures on the right are thought to be Louis II of Chalon, count of Saint Aignan, his mother, and his second wife Jeanne de Perellos.