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THE MONUMENTAL EFFIGIES OF GREAT BRITAIN : CHARLES A STOTHARD

Jan 16, 2022

anniversaries, art, battles, buildings, religion

Arundel Castle, Aveline de Foix, Bere Ferrers, Blanche of the Tower, Branchepeth Church, British Museum, Canterbury Cathedral, Charles Alfred Stothard, Devon, Edmund Crouchback, Edward II, Edward III, Edward the Black Prince, effigies, Elizabeth of Suffolk, Harfleur, Hatfield Broadoak, Henry IV, Ingham Church, Joan “Beaufort”, Joan of Navarre, John Duke of Suffolk, John of Eltham, Lord Ligonier, Magna Carta, Michael Earl of Suffolk, Miles Stapleton, Monumental Effigies, Pontefract Castle, Ralph 2nd Earl of Westmorland, Ralph Earl of Westmorland, Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Richard II, Robert Baron hungerford, Robert de Vere Earl of Oxford, Salisbury Cathedral, Sir john Wingfield, Staindrop Church, Westminster Abbey, William Fitzalan, William of Windsor, Wingfield Church

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Effigies of Ralph Neville 2nd Earl of Westmorland d.1491 and one of his wives. Branchepeth Church, Durham. These effigies, which were wooden, are now lost to us having since been destroyed by a disastrous fire in 1998. Made in very dark oak it was difficult to get good photos of…
The HANDSOME Duke of Burgundy….?

Jan 15, 2022

anniversaries, art, genealogy, humour

annulment, Archduke Philip, Arthur “Tudor”, blue eyes, Catherine of Aragon, cloth, consummation, Dukes of Burgundy, Edmund Earl of Suffolk, executions, fair hair, Habsburgs, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Joanna the Mad, Kings of Castile, Malus Intercursus, marriages, mediaeval canon law, storms, treaties

At the moment I’m trawling around medieval rulers in Europe. And lo! I’ve come upon this gentleman: His contemporary likenesses aren’t much better, so why was he called Philip the Fair/Handsome? Was it tongue-in cheek? If you look through the various recreations of him in this link below, if they’re even halfway accurate you can…
What a difference a daub makes….

Jan 12, 2022

art, humour, Science

“Tudor” propaganda, airbrushing, altered portraits, facial reconstruction, NPG

Where Richard III is concerned, his physical appearance is all important. His enemies alter his portraits to give him an evil, scheming aspect that suits their agenda. His friends prefer more flattering portraits that show him as he really was. There is one portrait in the National Portrait Gallery (above) that is perhaps the most…
A Norfolk mystery solved

Jan 9, 2022

archaeology, art, religion

decryption, Latin inscriptions, Norfolk, Portable Antiquities Scheme, psalms, silver, Twitter

This BBC article explains how a Californian follower on Twitter solved the case of an inscription on a mediaeval silver seal matrix. The wording on the rim is almost certainly Declina a Malo et fac bonum (“decline from evil and do good”) from Psalm 36:27 (ie 37 nowadays).
The White Lion of Mortimer….

Dec 30, 2021

anniversaries, art, battles, heraldry

coins, Mortimers, Queen’s Beasts, Richard Duke of York, Wakefield, white lion

It isn’t often that I like a new coin, but the addition of the White Lion of Mortimer to the Queen’s Beasts series is an exception. It’s beautiful. To read about it go here.
More technology reveals …

Dec 29, 2021

anniversaries, art, buildings, religion

“Canterbury Ancestors”, Canterbury Cathedral, fire of Canterbury, Henry II, Norman buildings, St. Thomas Becket, stained glass, technology, windolyser

… that Canterbury Cathedral has some of the world’s oldest stained glass. The “windolyser”, which is a new non-destructive technique designed to date windows in situ, has placed some of the “Canterbury Ancestors” some years before both Becket‘s matyrdom and the fire, four years later, that destroyed the building around them, showing that they were…
From St Nicholas to Sir Christmas to Old Father Christmas to Santa Claus….

Dec 23, 2021

art, buildings, culture, Events, religion, The play’s the thing

Bacchus, carols, Charles Dickens, Christmas, Coca Cola, Coventry plays, Ebeneezer Scrooge, Father Christmas, Father Time, Green, King Frost, King Winter, Norse gods, pagan festivals, Puritans, red, St. Nicholas, Winchester Cathedral

“….the beautiful, unspoiled Mediterranean town of Patara is the birthplace of the bearded gift-giver, who we look out for with such excitement on Christmas Eve. Or rather, the birthplace of the third century Christian saint whose life of kindness and miraculous do-goodery created a legend which has evolved down the centuries, and given us the…
Anne Beauchamp Countess of Warwick – Wife to the Kingmaker

Dec 22, 2021

anniversaries, art, battles, buildings, sources

Abergavenny Castle, AJ Pollard, Barnet, Beauchamp Pageant, Beaulieu Abbey, Bisham Abbey, Calais, Caversham, Cecily Neville, Countess of Warwick, Despencer estates, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth Berkeley, George Neville, Henry Duke of Warwick, Henry VI, Henry VII, Honfleur, Ireland, Isobel Despencer, John Neville Marquis of Montagu, John Rous, Louis XI, Margaret of Anjou, Middleham Castle, Paul Murray Kendall, Reading Abbey, Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, Rous Roll, Royal College of Arms, Sheriff Hutton, Sir James Tyrrell, Tewkesbury, Wars of the Roses, Warwick Castle, William Catour

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Anne Beauchamp and her husband, Richard Neville, ‘The Kingmaker,’ Earl of Warwick. From the Latin version of the Rous Roll. Donated to the College of Arms by Melvyn Jeremiah. Anne Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick, daughter of Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and his second wife Isobel Despenser, was born…
The Renaissance, wedding dresses….and Robert de Vere….

Dec 19, 2021

anniversaries, art, battles, genealogy, law, religion, Science

Agnes Lancecrona, Anne of Bohemia, Battle of Bosworth, blue, Eugenie of York, Henry VII, marriage, Philippa de Coucy, Radcot Bridge, renaissance, Richard II, Richard III, Robert de Vere Duke of Ireland, Royal Marriage Secrets, scoliosis, wedding dresses, Wilton Diptych

Well, I wasn’t looking for observations on when the Renaissance commenced, rather was I trying to find information on the wedding of Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland, Marquess of Dublin, and 9th Earl of Oxford KG. The wording of my Google search brought up a site in which I found the following: “….During…
The Scottish rulers of Huntingdonshire….!

Dec 14, 2021

anniversaries, art, genealogy

ceremonial swords, Earls of Huntingdon, Guichard d’ Angle, Richard II, Robin Hood, royal tutors, Scotland

This replica sword is, apparently, based on one owned by the Earl of Huntingdon. Which one? Well, the description at the beginning of the above site opens with “Historically, the Earl of Huntingdon is a title held by the Scottish rulers of Huntingdonshire, but in folklore, this title belonged to the legendary Robin Hood….” …