Thursday, November 15, 2012
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Monday, November 12, 2012
Sunday, November 11, 2012
St Lawrence
unusual golden tower topper on top of the medieval stone tower-apparently it is large enough to allow for dinner parties inside |
Labels:
art you can walk through,
buckinghamshire,
ecclesiastical,
England,
parish,
UK,
west wycombe
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Friday, November 9, 2012
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
St Mary the Virgin-Ewelme
covered door from the almshouses |
font cover-presented in 1475 |
unicorn! |
altar |
angel ceiling |
wall painting in the private chapel (part of Thomas Chaucer's tomb) |
Labels:
art you can walk through,
ecclesiastical,
England,
ewelme,
oxfordshire,
parish,
UK
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Ewelme
now the school |
peeking over the almshouses |
almhouse corridor timbers |
Ewelme was founded by Chaucer and is a great example of what noble patronage in the 15th century looked like thanks to de la Pole.
Labels:
art you can walk through,
ecclesiastical,
England,
ewelme,
oxfordshire,
UK
Monday, November 5, 2012
Dorchester Abbey
old former monastery guesthouse |
gotta love the old lady (American donor) |
older gargoyle |
oh yeah TIMBERING! |
14th century wall painting, built 1340 for use as a parish church, there is a burial vault underneath the altar to house the bodies disturbed during the construction |
close up of the 14th century painting |
11th century knight |
even the metal is painted |
altar with one of the excellent 1340s English Decorated windows |
rare Tree of Jesse 14th century window combining stained glass and sculpture (see the curved branches of the tree?) |
the light streaming in gives the wood an orange glow |
Labels:
abbey,
art,
art you can walk through,
dorchester,
ecclesiastical,
England,
oxfordshire,
UK
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Saturday, November 3, 2012
St Mary's of Henley
multiple building phases |
screen and wall painting |
check it out, painting! |
typical Oxfordshire flint and quarried stone construction |
Labels:
art,
art you can walk through,
ecclesiastical,
England,
henley on the thames,
oxfordshire,
parish,
UK
Friday, November 2, 2012
Winchester Cathedral-1450s chapel
in the foreground is a saint's reliquary in the midst of the 13th cen retrochoir-chapel in the back |
vaulting |
every wall is covered with these paintings |
acrobats! |
Labels:
art,
art you can walk through,
cathedral,
ecclesiastical,
England,
hampshire,
UK,
winchester
Thursday, November 1, 2012
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