Medieval

Scourging of Christ (cell 4)

walwyn Sat, 04/26/2025 - 17:33

This fresco of the "Scourging of Christ" is by Fra Angelico in cell 4 of the San Marco monastery.

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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 top register of the window illustrate the seven days of creation.

Seven Deadly Sins

walwyn Thu, 04/08/2010 - 12:31

C15 (c1420-1450) painting on the subject of the "Seven Deadly Sins".

Sir Richard Pembridge - Hereford Cathedral

walwyn Sat, 05/14/2011 - 21:02

Sir Richard Pembridge (d1375) was one of the earliest Knights of the Garter, being elected following the death of Thomas Ufford in 1368. He was present at all of Edward III's major victories during the Hundred Years War: Sluys (1340), Creçy (1346), the Siege of Calais (1347), and Poiters (1356) where he fought alongside the Black Prince.

South Transept Rose Window - Evreux Cathedral

walwyn Fri, 07/27/2012 - 23:09

This rose window in the south transept of Evreux Cathedral was given to the Cathedral by Louis XI of France between 1470 and 1480. It is 6.5 metres in diameter and represents the Coronation of the Virgin in Heaven. Below the rose window the lancet windows in the Gallery contain representations of eight of the Apostles.

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

walwyn Sat, 01/19/2013 - 15:32

Medieval panels dated between 1330-1350 of three saints.

St Aignan - Last Judgment

walwyn Mon, 10/10/2011 - 21:20

This early fifteenth century wall painting of Christ at the Last Judgement sitting on a rainbow between praying figures of the Virgin Mary and St John the Evangelist, can be found in the Collegiate Church of St Aignan.

St Anne teaching the Virgin to read - Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire.

walwyn Sun, 03/21/2010 - 20:36

St Anne teaching Virgin to read, St. Agnes, and other female saints. Early C14 (1330-1350).

St Anne's Chapel

walwyn Tue, 08/30/2011 - 19:43

St Anne Chapel in Great Malvern Priory is in the south choir aisle, there is no indication however that it was known to be dedicated to St Anne before the nineteenth century. This chapel has three windows with mid fifteenth century class depicting Old Testament stories.