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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'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.

 

 

St. Firmin Polychrome Reliefs - Amiens Cathedral

walwyn Sun, 10/17/2010 - 20:45

 

 

Polychrome reliefs retelling the legend of St Firmin a disciple of St Saturninus of Toulouse, founded the first church in Amiens in the third century.

 

 

 

St. Margaret of Antioch.

walwyn Sun, 03/21/2010 - 16:50

Flagellation of St. Margaret

 

 

The flagellation of St. Margaret of Antioch. Ashby St. Ledgers, Northamptonshire.

 

 

 

St. Michael

walwyn Tue, 12/15/2009 - 19:17

 

The archangel St. Michael, is the principal angel and field commander of the Army of God. His name is the war-cry of the good angels in the battle fought in heaven against Satan and his followers. He is often depicted triumphant over the enemy.

 

 

 

St. Thomas

walwyn Sun, 01/29/2012 - 22:06

 

Part of a lost sequence known as the 'History of the Resurrection' this image of doubting Thomas is probably mid 14th century. It was discovered in 1846, in the north transept of Saint Albans Cathedral beneath whitewash.

 

 

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