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Doom - Lutterworth, Leicestershire

Doom - Lutterworth, Leicestershire

/info/node/2888At St Mary's Church, Lutterworth a large wall painting above the chancel arch represents the Last Judgement, traditionally known as the Doom. Christ sits enthroned on a rainbow at the centre of the composition while angels attend him, one sounding a trumpet that calls the dead to rise. Below, coffins open and figures emerge from the earth.

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.

 

 

Gloucester Cathedral - East Window

Gloucester Cathedral - East Window

The east window at Gloucester Cathedral was created as part of the rebuilding of the abbey church of St Peter . Built in the Perpendicular style it was the largest window in Europe. The decorative scheme portrays the Coronation of the Virgin and the glass mostly dates from the 1350s.

Wall paintings at Ashby St. Ledgers

Wall paintings at Ashby St. Ledgers

The parish church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Leodegarius at Ashby St Ledgers in Northamptonshire has a C14 - C15 Passion sequence painted above the chancel arch and on the side walls. The sequence was uncovered during restoration work in 1927 and is the most extensive cycle in the UK. The paintings are of a similar date to those at Burton Dassett about 20 miles away.

Scholastica de Gayton - Gayton Northamptonshire

Scholastica de Gayton - Gayton Northamptonshire

Scholastica de Gayton, who died in 1354, was a member of the medieval de Gayton family, long associated with the village of Gayton in Northamptonshire. She was the daughter of Sir Philip de Gayton, who died in 1316 and whose own effigy also survives in the church of St Mary the Virgin at Gayton.

French Virgin and Child - Salisbury Cathedral

French Virgin and Child - Salisbury Cathedral

This wooden sculpture of the Virgin and Child, dating to the fourteenth century (most probably the mid to late 1300s, though sometimes described as early fifteenth century), is of Continental—likely French—origin.

Richard Pembridge - Hereford Cathedral

Richard Pembridge - Hereford Cathedral

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.

 

Painted Clock - Raunds

Painted Clock - Raunds

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

 

 

St Aignan - Last Judgment

St Aignan - Last Judgment

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 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.

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