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St Anne's Chapel

St Anne's Chapel

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 Christopher and St Anne with the Virgin - Thenford Northamptonshire

St Christopher and St Anne with the Virgin - Thenford Northamptonshire

This two-light stained glass window, dating to around 1410, combines two devotional subjects of late medieval popularity: Saint Christopher in the left-hand light and Saint Anne with the Virgin Mary in the right-hand light. The pairing reflects contemporary concerns with protection, instruction, and the visible presence of holiness in everyday life.

St Peter and St Simeon with the Christ Child - Lichfield Cathedral

St Peter and St Simeon with the Christ Child - Lichfield Cathedral

This window contains two significant pre-Reformation figural panels depicting St Peter (left) and St Simeon with the Christ Child (right). Both figures survive from a larger late medieval glazing scheme and were reassembled during the 19th-century restoration of the cathedral, when much of the surrounding decorative work was replaced.

St. Margaret of Antioch.

Flagellation of St. Margaret

 

 

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

 

 

 

St. Michael

 

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

 

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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