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'Wakeham' Cenotaph - Tewkesbury Abbey

'Wakeham' Cenotaph - Tewkesbury Abbey

Attributed to John Wakeham (d1549), the last abbot of Tewkesbury, the 'Wakeham' Cenotaph, actually mid fifteenth century and pre-dates the abbot by about 100 years. The effigy is a gisant as a decomposing corpse and the canopy was modelled on the throne of the House of Lords.

15th century wooden Apostles - Dunstable Priory

15th century wooden Apostles - Dunstable Priory

These carved oak Apostles at Dunstable Priory form part of the structural and iconographic programme of the timber roof, functioning as corbels supporting arched braces or hammer-beams. Oak, the standard and most durable timber for English ecclesiastical roofs, was universally favoured for such work, allowing both structural strength and detailed carving.

 

 

Abbot John Chambers - Peterborough Cathedral

Effigy of John Chambers (d1556) last abbot and first bishop of Peterborough. Described in the 17th century as being exquisitely carved, with a mitre and robe, and feet resting on a lion, this effigy was mutilated during the English Civil War.

 

Abraham, Sarah, and Isaac

Abraham, Sarah, and Isaac

This window in the St Anne Chapel, Malvern Priory, has twelve scenes depicting the Story of Noah and the Flood, and birth of Isaac . It is dated to between 1440-1450 and was probably the gift of Isabel Despenser and Richard de Beauchamp, 13th earl of Warwick.

The bottom register of the window shows four scenes from the story of Abraham , Sarah, and the birth of Isaac.

Adam and Eve and the Fall

Adam and Eve and the Fall

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 middle register of the window illustrate the creation of Adam and Eve, the Forbidden Fruit, and the Fall.

Adam and Eve and the Virgin and Child - Stamford, Lincolnshire

Adam and Eve and the Virgin and Child - Stamford, Lincolnshire

This multi-light window of 1891, designed by Christopher Whall, presents a carefully structured theological programme articulated through an early and ambitious example of his independent Arts and Crafts work. Executed shortly after his departure from the Whitefriars studio of J. Powell & Sons, it stands among his first major ecclesiastical commissions undertaken in his own name.

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