Effigie de Sir Michael Poulteney - Misterton, Leicestershire
Effigie sur le tombeau en albâtre de Sir Michael Poulteney (d1567).
Effigie sur le tombeau en albâtre de Sir Michael Poulteney (d1567).
Monuments or memorials to children in English churches were extremely rare until the late 18th and early 19th century. In the 16th century one can find the occassional child tomb amongst the aristocracy, such as that of the The Noble Impe at St Mary's Warwick, but otherwise children rarely appear to have warranted memorials in their own right.
Cette fenêtre dans le transept nord du Grand Prieuré de Malvern fut un don de Henri VII en 1501. Contenant des scènes de la vie de la Vierge Marie ⓘ et de la vie du Christ. Elle est connue comme la fenêtre de Magnificat, parce qu'elle contient la chanson de Marie. Luc 1:46-55.
Francis Tanfield was a member of a gentry family long settled at Gayton, Northamptonshire. The Tanfields held land in the county from at least the 14th century, and like many such families, maintained their position through estate management and service in local administration. Francis died in 1558, and his monument in St Mary’s Church was probably commissioned by his widow soon afterwards.
Great Malvern Priory is a former Benedictine priory church whose architecture, stained glass, and monuments preserve a long and complex record of religious life from the Norman period to the present. Founded in the later eleventh century as a dependent cell of Worcester Cathedral Priory, the site occupies a position of early importance within the Norman monastic expansion in western England.
Les pages suivantes cataloguent des exemples de vitraux de differentes périodes avant le dix-neuvième siècle. Cela inclut la période médiévale (avant 1500), celle des Tudor (1485 - 1603) et, de James I, jusqu'au début du dix-neuvième siècle.
Monument à Abigail Goldsborough (d1613). Cathédrale de Worcester.
45.7 cms de hauteur l'éffigie d'une dame (c1500).