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Veiled in precious cloth: a seal bag from Westminster Abbey and its connections with Charlemagne’s shrine in Aachen
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1206–1216
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Mühlemann, Corinne (Mühlemann, Corinne)
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New, Elizabeth A. (New, Elizabeth A.)
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Payne, Matthew (Payne, Matthew)
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Wyld, Helen (Wyld, Helen)
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12. Reliquary pouch made of a samite. Woven in the 12th century in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk, 15 by 13 cm. (© Museum August Kestner, Hannover; photograph Christian Tepper).
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4. Microphotograph (magnification 58.5x) of the woven structure (samite) used for the back of the bag of Henry III’s great seal. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
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6. Fragment used for the back (left) and front (right, rotated 180 degrees) of Fig.2. Woven before 1267 in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk (patterned samite with three weft systems), 11.9 by 13.4 cm. (back), 10.2 by 12.3 cm. (front). (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
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7. Comparison of the identical pattern repeat in the ‘hare silks’ shown in Fig.6 (right) and Figs.8 and 9. The colour of the weft is modified along the length of the textile (latté).
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Edmund, Westminster Abbey. c.1244. Stained glass. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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1. Great seal of Henry III. 1267. Wax, 10 by 10.1 cm. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
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10. Karlsschrein. 1215. Oak, gilded silver, gilded copper, filigree, precious stones and enamel, 204 by 57 by 94 cm. (Aachen Cathedral).
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11. Fragments from a samite found in the binding of a manuscript now in Wolfenbüttel (Lectiones bibliccae per annum) perhaps originating from Strasbourg. Woven in the 12th century in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk. (Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Cod. Guelf. 71 Aug.2°).
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2. Inventory of the Shrine of St Edward with seal bag. 1267. Ink on parchment, 38.2 by 34.6 cm. (inventory); silk, 11.9 by 12 cm. (seal bag). (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
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3. Microphotograph (magnification 29.5x) of the woven structure (samite) used for the front of the bag of Henry III’s great seal. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
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5. Shrine of St Edward, Westminster Abbey, London. Consecrated 1269. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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8. Detail of Fig.9 with the starting border and left selvedge. (© Domkapitel Aachen; photograph Ann Münchow).
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9. So-called ‘hare silk’ preserved in reliquary shrine of Charlemagne, Aachen Cathedral. Probably woven before 1215 in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk (patterned samite with three weft systems), 128 by 239 cm. (© Domkapitel Aachen; photograph Ann Münchow).
Article
Sir Christopher Wren’s failed project for a crossing tower and spire at Westminster Abbey, 1713–25
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 44-57
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Higgott, Gordon (Higgott, Gordon)
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1. Model of the crossing with Wren’s project for a tower and spire, from the north west, by Elizabeth Gregory (as head carpenter). 1714–16. Oak and pearwood, 240 by 116 by 85.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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10. The south-west crossing pier of Westminster Abbey, from the south-east gallery. (Photograph Lisa Stein).
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11. The easternmost bay on the north side of the nave, showing distortion of the crossing pier at the level of the aisle vaults. (Photograph the author).
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12. Plan of the tower of the model at four levels, with Wren’s proposal for strengthening the crossing piers at bottom left, by William Dickinson. c.1714. Pen and brown ink over graphite with grey wash on paper, 33.9 by 39 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.46(b)).
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13. Detail of a survey plan of a crossing pier, by William Dickinson. 1713. Pen and brown ink over graphite with black wash on paper, 20.1 by 31.7 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.24v; photograph the author).
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14. Copy of a diagram by Wren of an aisle and crossing pier, by ‘Mr Gayfere’. c.1715–c.1735. Pen and brown ink on paper, 15.2 by 9 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM 66895*).
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15. Detail of Westminster Abbey from St James’s Park, by William Lodge, printed by Pierce Tempest. 1680s. Etching, 13 by 25.5 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.46v.(d); photograph the author).
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16. Detail of a copy of Wren’s Figure II in his Tract II (1710–30), showing a pier and a half-arch, with their centres of gravity, in Christopher Wren Jr’s manuscript for Parentalia. 1741. Pen and brown ink on paper, 32.7 by 18.6 cm. (© The Royal Society, London; MS 249, fol.483).
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18. Elevation of the proposed tower and spire over a section through the crossing, by William Dickinson. Late 1722 or 1723. With notes and sketched additions by Nicholas Hawksmoor, c.1723. Grey wash over graphite, with grey and brown ink on paper, 72.8 by 21.6 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 913).
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19. Long section through the Abbey showing proposals for an octagonal dome over the crossing (with alternatives in a half-plan, top left), and the west towers, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. May 1724. Pen and brown ink with grey wash over graphite on paper, 52.2 by 107.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 910).
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2. The north prospect of Westminster Abbey, by Wenceslaus Hollar. 1654. Etching, 21.7 by 32.8 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Langley Coll I, i (1)).
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20. Detail of a plan of the crossing, choir and sanctuary (with north at the bottom), showing Hawksmoor’s proposal for enlarging the crossing piers, by William Dickinson. June 1724. Pen and brown ink over graphite, with brown, grey and yellow-ochre wash on paper, 49.5 by 54.6 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.24).
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21. The Abbey from the north, showing the first of three alternatives for the lantern and cupola, and a proposal for the west towers, by Nicholas Hawksmoor and Thomas Hinton. 1725–26. Pen and brown ink over grey wash and graphite on paper, 51 by 70.1 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM, Hawksmoor 4A).
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22. The west front of Westminster Abbey, showing the towers built to Hawksmoor’s design, 1735–45. (Photograph the author).
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3. Survey plan of Westminster Abbey (with north at the bottom), by James Broughton. c.1697–c.1705. Pen and brown ink shaded in black and grey wash over graphite on paper, 53.5 by 74.8 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 915).
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4. Sectional model of one bay of the choir and cloister, by Elizabeth Gregory (as head carpenter), 1710. Oak and pearwood, 72.9 by 83.7 by 16.2 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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5. Elevation (with alternatives) of the proposed tower and spire, with the gable of the north transept front, and attached plan, by William Dickinson. September and December 1722. Pen and brown ink over graphite, with grey and brown wash on paper, 104 by 38.2 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 907, 907A).
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6. Detail of the model in Fig.1, showing the vault over the crossing. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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7. The quire of Westminster Abbey from the west. c.1700. Canvas, 153 by 129 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WA 1775).
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8. Plan of the vault for the crossing lantern, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. 1726–27. Pen and brown ink, with yellow ochre and grey wash over graphite on paper, 47.5 by 35 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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9. The north transept front and the crossing lantern of Westminster Abbey. (Photograph the author).
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17. The north-east prospect of Beverley Minster, published by H. Overton and J. Hoole (London) and G. Feraby (Hull). c.1717. Engraving, 48.5 by 56.7 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 35, fol.2).
Article
The medieval glazing of Westminster Abbey: new discoveries
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 9-17
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Marks, Richard (Marks, Richard)
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1. Sorting the stained glass fragments in The Cathedral Studios, Canterbury. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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2. The fragments displayed in The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries, Westminster Abbey. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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10. Fragment of initial ‘I’. c.1246–90. Yellow stained glass, 9 by 5.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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11. Fragment of initial ‘I’. c.1246–90. Grisaille glass, 8.5 by 5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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12. Fragment of grisaille glass, c.1246–90. Stained glass, 5.2 by 9.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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13. Fragment of grisaille glass. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 5.5 by 9.4 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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14. Example of borderwork, leaf. c.1260–90. Stained glass, 10 by 5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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15. Example of borderwork, leaf. c.1260–90. Stained glass, 8.5 by 4.8 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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16. Quarry with rosette design. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 11.2 by 6.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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17. Panel of grisaille glass. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 734 by 610 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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18. Fragment of background decoration. c.1330–50. Stained glass, 9.3 by 7 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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19. Fragment of garment and neck. c.1330–50. Stained glass, 8 by 8.3 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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20. Head of a prophet from the west window of Canterbury Cathedral. c.1396–1411. Stained glass, approx. 2.2 by 16 cm. (© The Cathedral Studios, Canterbury Cathedral).
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21. Fragment of a male head. c.1400. Stained glass, 6.5 by 7.7 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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22. Head of the Virgin. c.1430–50. Stained glass, 9 by 11.2 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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23. Fragment from a Pentecost scene. Late fifteenth century. Stained glass, 5.8 by 9.4 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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24. Fragment of a scene depicting the Temptation of St Anthony of Egypt. Late fifteenth to early sixteenth century. Stained glass, 6 by 14.2 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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25. Fragments of a figure of an angel. Fifteenth century. Stained glass, 13.8 by 10.4 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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26. Angel. Fifteenth century. Stained glass, 48 by 23.6 cm. (St Mary the Virgin, Martham, Norfolk; © Chris Parkinson).
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27. Panel from a window depicting the Nine Orders of Angels. Fifteenth century. Stained glass, 80 by 56 cm. (All Saints, North Street, York; © York Glaziers Trust).
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3. Tonsured head. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 5.5 by 4.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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4. Fragment of garment. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 7.7 by 7.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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5. Fragment of garment. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 5.5 by 6 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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6. Descent of the Holy Spirit. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 62.9 by 49.9 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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7. The head of a lion from a shield of the royal arms of England. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 9.8 by 5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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8. Winged beast (with tail). c.1246–90. Stained glass, 8.8 by 11.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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9. Winged beast. c.1246–90. Stained glass, 9.3 by 8.3 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Article
‘Sunbeams and shadows’: exhibiting the collection at Westminster Abbey
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 4-8
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Jenkins, Susan (Jenkins, Susan)
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1. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries, showing part of the section Building Westminster Abbey. 2018. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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2. The gallery before the installation of the displays. 2017. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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3. Floorplan of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries and the Weston Tower, showing the themed sections: Westminster Abbey & the Monarchy (orange); Worship & Daily Life (pale blue); Building Westminster Abbey (pink); and The Abbey and National Memory (dark blue). (© MUMA).
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4. Part of the Building Westminster Abbey and Worship and Daily Life sections of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries. The case on the right contains the Westminster Retable, the high altarpiece of Henry III’s Abbey (1259–69). (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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7. View of the Abbey’s interior from The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries. 2018. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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5. The Undercroft Museum, Westminster Abbey. Photograph c.1930s. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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6. The wax funeral effigy of Charles II, photographed in the Upper Islip Chapel in 1896. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Article
Painting and patronage at Westminster Abbey: the murals in the south transept and St Faith's Chapel
01/2006 | 1234 | 148
Pages: 4-14
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Howe, Emily (Howe, Emily)
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8. C.A. Stothard's nineteenth-century copy of St John the Pilgrim in the Painted Chamber, Westminster Palace, London. c.1263–72. (©The Society of Antiquaries, London).
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1. The incredulity of St Thomas and St Christopher carrying the Christ Child, wall paintings from the south transept, Westminster Abbey, London. c.1260–70. (Photograph by the author; ©The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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10. Detail of Christ from the Raising of Jairus's daughter from the Westminster Retable. c.1270–80, or slightly earlier. (©The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; photograph by Chris Titmus, Hamilton Kerr Institute, Cambridge).
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11. St Faith. c.1300. Wall painting in St Faith's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London. (Photograph by the author; ©The Dean and Chapter of Westminster, London).
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12. Detail from Fig.11 of the quatrefoil with a Benedictine monk.
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13. Detail from Fig.11 of the Crucifixion, with christ flanked by the Virgin and St John.
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14. Detail of the Feeding of the five thousand from the Westminster Retable. c.1270–80, or slightly earlier. (©The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; photograph by Chris Titmus, Hamilton Kerr Institute, Cambridge).
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15. Detail of ?King Serbert from the sedilia, Westminster Abbey, London. c.1307–08. (Photograph by the author; ©The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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16. Crucifixion from the Psalter of Robert de Lisle. c.1310. (British Library, London; Arundel MS 83 (II), fol.132).
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17. Crucifixion, detail from the Thornham Parva Retable. c.1335. Panel, 94 by 381 cm. (St Mary's, Thornham Parva; photograph by Chris titmus, Hamilton Kerr Institute, Cambridge).
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18. Prayer before the psalter from the Peterborough Psalter. c.1299–1318. (Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale; MSS 9961–2, fol.13V)
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19. Detail of St Thomas's face viewed in raking light from The incredulity of St Thomas (Fig.1).
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2. Detail of St Thomas from Fig.1.
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20. St Faith's Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, Crucifixion, detail of St John's head viewed in raking light, showing the striated Reigate stone support and remnants of corroded tin foil used to embellish the halo. (Photograph by the author; ©The Dean and chapter of Westminster).
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21. Cross-section of sample from the hem of St Thomas's mantle (photographed at 500x magnification) showing a bold, loose underdrawing in bone black and the use of lac mixed with lead white and azurite to effect the sumptuous deep aubergine colour. (Photomicrograph by the author; ©The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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22. Cross-section from St Christopher carrying the Christ Child (photographed at 200x magnification) revealing the presence of a thick dark brown varnish between the copper green background and lead white of the lettering. (Photomicrograph by the author; ©The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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23. Comparative detail from the hem of Christ's lac robe (Incredulity). (Photographs by the author).
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24. Detail of the hem of St Faith's lac mantle (St Faith). (Photograph by the author).
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3. Detail of Christ from Fig.1.
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4. Detail of St Christopher carrying the Christ Child from Fig. 1.
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5. Westminster Abbey, south transept looking south, showing monuments to the poets Nicholas Rowe and John Gay covering the murals. (Photograph taken before 1936; ©English Heritage NMR).
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6. Detail of The celebration of the Feast of the Relics from the Litlyngton Missal. English school, c.1383–84. (Westminster Abbey, London; MS 37, fol.254r; ©The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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7. First Seal, White Horse from the Douce Apocalypse. c.1270. (Bodleian Library, Oxford; Douce 180, p.13).
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9. Detail of St Peter from the Westminster Retable. c.1270–80, or slightly earlier (©The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; photograph by Chris Titmus, Hamilton Kerr Institute, Cambridge).
Article
The Origin of the Herlufsholm Ivory Crucifix Figure
01/1977 | 886 | 119
Pages: 12-17+19
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Young, Patricia A. (Young, Patricia A.)
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10. Head of Christ from the Herlufsholm Crucifix Illustrated in Fig.8. Photo Courtesy Statens Museum, Copenhagen.
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11. Drapery of Christ from the Herlufsholm Crucifix Illustrated in Fig.8. Photo Courtesy Statens Museum, Copenhagen.
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12. Coronation of the Virgin. (North-West Portal, Notre-Dame, Paris). Foto Marburg.
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13. Archangel Gabriel. (Chapter House, Westminster). Photo Courtesy of the Office of the Dean.
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14. Adoration Group. (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen). Photo Courtesy Statens Museum, Copenhagen.
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15. Censing Angel. (South-East Transept, Westminster Abbey). Photo Courtesy of the Administrator General, Westminster Abbey.
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8. Herlufsholm Ivory Crucifix Figure, Front View. (Herlufsholm Abbey Church). Photo Courtesy Statens Museum, Copenhagen.
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9. Reverse View of the Herlufsholm Crucifix Illustrated in Fig.8. Photo Courtesy Statens Museum, Copenhagen.
Article
Westminster Paintings and Master Peter
11/1949 | 560 | 91
Pages: 305-309
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Noppen, J. G. (Noppen, J. G.; Noppen, John George; N., J. G.)
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2. The Feeding of the Five Thousand. Detail from the Westminster Retable. Here Tentatively Attributed to Master Peter, and Dated 1256-58. (Westminster Abbey.)
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3. St Christopher. Here Tentatively Attributed to Master Peter and Dated after 1253. Height of Figures, about 2.7 m. (South Transept, Westminster Abbey.)
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4. Inscription at the Foot of Wall-Painting of St Christopher (Fig. 3).
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5. The Coronation of King Edward the Confessor. Copy Made by C. A. Stothard in 1819 of a Painting in the Painted Chamber at Westminster. (Society of Antiquaries.)
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An English Mid-Fourteenth Century Picture
07/1943 | 484 | 83
Pages: 158+160-163+165
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Tristram, E. W. (Tristram, E. W.)
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Plate II. A-St. Edward the Confessor. B-The Pilgrim. By Master John of St. Albans. About 1250. Polychrome Stone Carvings. (Triforium, South Transept, Westminster Abbey). From Water-Colour Drawings by Professor E. W. Tristram. An English Mid-Fourteenth Century Picture
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St. Edward the Confessor and the Pilgrim. English, about 1350. Panel, 76 by 42 cm. (Mr. Vincent W. Yorke, Forthampton Court near Tewkesbury). From a Water-Colour Drawing by Professor E. W. Tristram.
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An English Early Gothic Head
04/1936 | 397 | 68
Pages: 156-158
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Borenius, Tancred (Borenius, Tancred; B., T.; Borenius, Dr.; Borenius, T.)
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Head of a Youth, in Painted Stone, from Clarendon Palace, Wiltshire. English. About 1230-40. Height, 19 cm. (Mrs. Christie-Miller)
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Henry the Third's Craftsmen
02/1931 | 335 | 58
Pages: 73-74+79
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Noppen, J. G. (Noppen, J. G.; Noppen, John George; N., J. G.)
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