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Winged bull for St Luke in Shalbourne by Henry Haig from a Karl Parsons design

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2022-04-20

Detail nativity, the angels,
Morris & Co - Burne-Jones
Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Winchester, -

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2021-12-15

Some of my favourite (even if one seems a bit risqué), Muchelney Abbey, Somerset

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2021-08-04

For today: Two beautiful Art Nouveau angels:

1. 1920s stained glass by Kayll & Reed of Leeds at St Helen's, Barmby on the Marsh, Yorkshire
2. 1890s cast copper altar by Henry Wilson at St Mark's, Brithdir, Gwynedd

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2021-05-19

The donkey with a very put-upon look, in a Palm Sunday scene in the Palatine Chapel, Palermo (At the time, perhaps not agreeing with Chesterton's donkey that this is his "One far fierce hour & sweet"?)

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2021-02-03

I'm equally smitten by Samson and the terrific manes.

I doubt the dental examination is all that well appreciated, though the lion's bid to star in the next is there for us all to see. Bible 1445.

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2021-01-07

I've saved this contribution until well after the watershed

Here, a miniature of Delilah binding Samson to a bed. His lavish locks are evident. Bible, 1445. Manuscripts & Archives Division, The New York Public Library.

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2021-01-07

For today's - these from the church in Quimperle, Brittany.

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2020-11-18

Stained glass from Hythe in Kent, and Southwell Minster.

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2020-11-11

"His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth." Leviathan in Job 41.21 (Leviathan with the Anti-Christ, in the Liber floridus, early 12c, by Lambert, Canon of St Omer)

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2020-11-04

For some from Alfriston and Winchelsea in East Sussex and from Kidlington in Oxfordshire.

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2020-10-14

Very late submission for
window of Saint Mary Magdalene, Saint-Georges of Chavanges church, Early C16th.
Photos: Christophe Deschanel

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2020-10-08

Detail of a stained glass window in the chancel of St Mary's Church, Battersea, depicting the "Lamb of God".

https://t.co/kTmvDJecIN

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2020-09-23

The butterfly is a symbol of resurrection. Here are some caterpillars & a butterfly from La Sagrada familia

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2020-03-18