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Mostly old stuff. Director of Programmes @ArchHFund ; Trustee @CambridgePPF ; Pres @brassmonuments ; medievalist; FSA. Threads @blanchedelatour

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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
4 years
These lovely paperbacks from @picadorbooks hit the shelves today - to celebrate DAUGHTERS OF CHIVALRY, #WomensHistoryMonth AND #WorldBookDay tell me about historic women who deserve to be better remembered (I may send out some copies of the book in return for this knowledge).
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Reminder that old stone buildings heat up slowly, so if there's a medieval church near you, it'll probably be a pretty nice place to be on Monday.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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For 800th anniversary of #Amiens cathedral, they're putting on a wonderful light show each night. Extraordinary chance to see its west front in full colour!
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One of my favourite parts of the annual carol service at @SidneySussex is the vision of Oliver Cromwell with a Christmas tree. His gaze is on it, and he doesn't look happy.
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About 10x a year I sit on a train going past this incredible sight, squirming to not leap off the train to visit. Tomorrow am hoping I get to do just that - hop off the train & into that fortress of heavy walls & impossibly thick columns. It's been 19 years since my last visit.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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On the road again today to a city where heritage has been driving regeneration, with lovely shop fronts & pedestrian streets encouraging footfall that in turn creates potential for independent shops & cafes to thrive. But can anyone tell where have I been on this beautiful day?
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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It is a mark of some pride that when I typed Putin into my phone just now, autocorrect changed the name to Pugin.
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Day 4 of the #MiniMedievalAdvent , April: the sublime early-16thC angel-festooned oak roof of St Wendreda, March. Among the very best reminders to look up!
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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Into the Fens today: St Wendreda, March, where pilgrims' offerings to Anglo-Saxon shrine financed most splendid roof in England. 120 angels w musical instruments & those of Passion carved from oak by Rollsbury bros of Suffolk. Installed 1526. Seen from ground & tower bell loft.
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Perfect sky yesterday. Had to swing by this beauty to say hi to Eleanor. Who can recognise this cross, where her body rested overnight on 6 December 1290, near a long-lost royal hunting lodge beloved by Eleanor & Edward? I love that it includes her mum's Ponthieu heraldry.
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#MiniMedievalAdvent Day 11, November: the glorious Chapter House (now library) door at @RochesterCathed , commissioned by Bishop Hamo de Hythe c1350 - tiny figure at centre his soul, surrounded by Church Father's & representations of Ecclesia & Synagogia.
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We went to King's Lynn, or Bishop's Lynn as I pedantically call it. In honour of its Hanseatic history, I wore my amber pendant from Gdansk. Join me as we explore this beautiful port town! First stop: Marriot's Warehouse, built c1570 & 1/2 surviving Hanseatic buildings in UK. /1
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Among my favourite castles: Castle Rising, built from 1140 by William d'Albini; most famous as retirement residence of Isabella of France during the reign of her son, Edward III. Wonderfully well preserved, I always get a thrill from walking up its grand stair. @EnglishHeritage
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Happy #MothersDay ! Here is Eve - looking like every mother sometimes feels - spinning while looking after babies Cain and Abel. From lost portal at Ferrara Cathedral, now in museum there. Attrib to sculptor Nicholaus, c1135.
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A special day for me w the Monumental Brass Society in Ardingley, Sussex, where I became the first female President in the Society's 136 year history. Fittingly the church is home to many brasses of women (here the 15thC Wakehurst sisters, abducted by fortune hunting brothers).
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Son announced without ceremony at breakfast that today they're meant to dress up as Tudors, and I feel in some ways my whole life has been preparing to invent that costume in 20 mins with whatever we have in the house.
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3 years
Lovely visit to #Becket exhibition at @britishmuseum today. Many gems but was particularly delighted with this 14thC alabaster, possibly from Beauchief Abbey, Derbys. 'Hang on,' I thought, 'I recognise those arms!'
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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Heritage Development Trust @HeritageLincs is conserving 3 timber-framed houses at Michaelgate on Steep Hill in Lincoln - incl a much-altered medieval hall house - & plans progressing to bring 13thC Greyfriars back into use. Both projects are through partnership w @lincolncouncil .
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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In 1314, Mary of Woodstock, da. of Edward I, nun-at-large, joined her niece Elizabeth de Clare on a post-partum pilgrimage from Amesbury Priory to Canterbury & back via a circuitous route that stretched north as far as Reading, prob to include shrine of St Mary at Caversham. /1
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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Couldn't leave Bristol without stopping into St Mary Redcliffe, a real storehouse of late-medieval wonders - beloved by everyone from Queen Elizabeth I to Pevsner. Most of what you see is 14th-15thC, built on merchant money.
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Day 8 of #MiniMedievalAdvent , August: Radovan's Portal at Trogir Cathedral, signed by the sculptor on completion in 1240. This detail showing from left: saints, animals & mythical beasts, seasonal labours, & a hunting scene.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
11 months
The Cambridge Leper Chapel, built from 12thC & for centuries the heart of the annual Stourbridge Fair, largest in Europe. Thanks to @CambridgePPF now open regularly & reconnected to the historic fairgrounds. So lovely to spend time here on a beautiful summer evening!
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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This place though - that two-toned stonework, that extraordinary length... Surely one of the greatest of the great! @LincsCathedral 🤩
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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Bit of a pilgrimage this morning to St Michael's Mount, established as a daughter house of Mont-Saint-Michel after Edward the Confessor gifted the tidal island to that monastery. Since 17thC has been home to St Aubyn family & most medieval buildings changed beyond recognition.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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My first visit today to glorious @RochesterCathed , largely 12thC above ground. West front has large Perpendicular West window above a portal featuring Christ in his Majesty w first Bishop Justus & Æthelberht of Kent flanking. The nave is stunning Romanesque.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
3 years
There's a story here...
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
7 months
Tynemouth Priory on a stunning autumn day. An ancient site boasting the shrine of St Oswine, 7thC king of Deria, the monastery was sacked by Danes in 800 & later fortified. Expanded throughout later medieval period by lords including the Percy family. @EnglishHeritage
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
1 year
Magnificent day at @OxburghEstateNT , built from 1482 by Sir Nicholas Bedingfeld w extensive reworkings by Pugin and others. Romantically set within its moat & crenellated, the 'fortifications' have only ever been decorative & displays of power.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
8 months
Today is Michaelmas & pondering once again why so many churches on islands are dedicated to that angel. Pics: Skellig Michael from Dingle Peninsula; St Michael's, Glastonbury Tor (orig an island of course!); St Michael's Mount; & Priory of St Michael on Procida off Naples.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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I took this picture twelve days ago, having popped in for my usual pilgrimage while in town. Like so many of you am watching and it feels like my heart is breaking. #NotreDameCathedral
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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Day 10 of #MiniMedievalAdvent , October: one of the exquisite 13thC Caen stone capitals in St Mary's, Haverfordwest, created under the patronage of William de Valence. This is my favourite, showing a monkey playing a harp. Among the best capitals I've seen in Britain.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
4 years
One of the things I love about old churches is how easily you can sometimes see their earlier incarnation through changes in building material or new alignment of stone or brick. Here, San Giuseppe in Vasto, Italy.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
3 years
In love with #Lincoln . 😍
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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Reynard the Fox disguised as a cleric luring in geese through preaching and capturing them. 15thC from Byfield Church, Northants, but now c/o @stainedglassmus .
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
5 years
On #StPatricksDay here is my favourite photo of McCarthy's Tower at #Clonmacnoise . @irarchaeology
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
5 months
You may have already seen this from last week, but if not, it's worth a read. Churches are often the only accessible historic building in a community. They were often built by the community. These spaces hold communities' histories & are often beloved for reasons beyond worship.
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Dr Francis Young
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The Moderator of the CoS describes selling off kirks as “a real opportunity to reimagine ourselves and to let go of some of the baggage that’s held us down.” Which is fine, if you believe churches exist only for the benefit of the church as an institution
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#MiniMedievalAdvent Day 3, March: the majestic west front of @LincsCathedral - the very favourite cathedral of John Ruskin & me - not long after the scaffolding that had been up for 36 years came down. Looking the best anyone has seen it in many centuries!
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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Kids thought Chat GPT could replace my Handbook of Dates, so I set it a challenge. Spoiler: the answer is wrong. But that's less interesting than *why* it's wrong. So I asked what its evidence was. First to note the pontificate dates are correct, which is a good start. /1
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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St John's Duxford, a lovely little church with Norman core and later medieval expansion. Surviving wall paintings include bishops and other less clear imagery; some nice corbels; early pews. In care of @TheCCT .
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Something magical about the first proper glimpse of a cathedral when walking through a town - I can't help but smile. @No1Cathedral .
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
2 years
The interior west wall at Reims, with 50 small statues of biblical scenes set in niches, much restored from 13thC originals but still breathtaking. The best door frame.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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A pre-birthday, rainy-day trip to Castle Acre Priory. Largely 12thC with later additions, everywhere you look this Cluniac site is full of surviving snippets of detail - zigzags, checkerboarding, SO MANY arches - attesting how richly decorated it once was. @EnglishHeritage
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
1 year
Reliquary of St Patrick, probably made to house the arm bone from his alleged grave 'discovered' in 1185 at Down Cathedral. 14th-15thC, silver gilt with gloriously wonky cabochon gemstones. @UlsterMuseum #StPatricksDay2023
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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For #TilesOnTuesday , part of the recently conserved 15thC floor of @GlosCathedral Lady Chapel: hearts, lions, white Yorkist roses, arms, prayers.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
1 year
12thC high status town house, possibly the Lincoln house of Henry II, built not *along* the Fosse Way as it approaches the city but directly ON the road still visible beneath. I learned about use of Roman roads as medieval foundations from @hadleywrites & very exciting to see!
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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Arrived at my destination, Haverfordwest, where the Norman castle first built c1110 by Tancred the Fleming established this area for settlement. Current ruins mostly late 13thC, rebuilt by order of Eleanor of Castile. Now undergoing conservation w plans for new heritage centre.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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Last day of #MiniMedievalAdvent , December: Eleanor of Castile in semi-shadow gazes south from the supremely elegant Geddington Cross. Still beautifully detailed after 730ish years, this is one of only 3 surviving from original dozen.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
1 year
I knew @riponcathedral had an early crypt but descending the steep narrow stairs & rocky passage felt otherworldly. Built from 672 by St Wilfrid, who'd seen underground tombs on Continent & wanted something similar under his basilica to display relics he'd collected to pilgrims.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
4 years
London is a wonderful city to walk around - on a way to a meeting and happened upon @EnglishHeritage 's Jewel Tower, built 1365 and a rare survival from medieval palace of Westminster.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
2 years
Today for #WomensHistoryMonth , a glimpse at the extraordinary surviving records that enable historians to piece together the lives of medieval women. Here some accounts of Margaret of France, second wife of Edward I, in the first years of her marriage. @britishlibrary
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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Day 7 of #MiniMedievalAdvent , July: in celebration of becoming President of the Monumental Brass Society that month, here is the late-15thC London brass of Richard & Elizabeth Wakehurst at Ardingley, Sussex, where we met the day I was elected. A beautiful object, and rosaries!
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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St Martin's, Haverfordwest, which yesterday the vicar kindly opened for me. Still in active use, this is town's oldest church. Medieval core v present, incl c1400 sedilla, squint from Lady Chapel & late cross slab set into recess in north wall that was reused by 1587 burial.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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Magnificent double-aisled St Helen's, Bishopsgate, where a nunnery paralleled parish church from the 13thC. Fab collection of monuments, incl alabaster of Sir John Crosby whose bequest funded major building works. Particularly taken by Captain Martin Bond, 1643, in his tent.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
5 years
Bird- and dog-headed men fighting alongside other beasts on this 9-10th C slab from Murthly, Scotland - near an ancient stone circle and later encompassed by a royal park, complete with hunting lodge. I wonder if it illustrates a specific tale/s? #FolkloreThursday
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
1 year
Ceramic baptismal font, Toledo; made by Muslim potters who remained locally active, 15thC. The symbols v interesting: Cross of Golgotha & IHS monogram but beneath latter spot 2 hands - these were an Islamic symbol of protection adopted by Christians. @royalacademy #FontsonFriday
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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Stunning Coronation Chalice of the Kings of France, c1200, gold, enamels and precious and semi-precious stones. From which the new king drank in the mass accompanying his installation at Reims. Or as 7y.o. puts it: it's the cup that, turns out, *isn't* the Holy Grail.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
2 years
Yesterday's churches in Devizes reminded me how much I love blind arcading. Considering cancelling house extension and spending money instead commissioning trompe l'oeil muralist to paint an arcade along my entrance hall and up the stairs.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
3 years
Gloucester has one of highest concentrations of listed buildings in UK: timber-framed houses, vestiges of medieval monastery, Victorian dockyards. Conserving more would improve beauty of city, boost tourism & provide homes for local start-ups, community businesses and charities.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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Popped into @HalifaxMinster over lunch. An enormous stunner with a 15thC timber font cover, 17thC box pews (cut down to suit 19thC tastes, ahem!), ceiling originally c1700 showing arms of early vicars and local gentry, and misericords including this lovely mermaid.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
7 months
One more gem from Wales: Mwnt church, a chapel of ease from 13thC dedicated to the Holy Cross, nestles into hill 76m tall that juts into Cardigan Bay, the highest point in many, many miles. Spectacular in last week's sun. (Niches at left inside are remains of rood loft stair.)
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
5 years
The more people know about women like the nun-writer at Barking, the more we in the 21st C can overcome the frustratingly lingering impression that medieval women were all uneducated and did not find a space for themselves in the intellectual activities of the day.
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Eleanor Parker
5 years
My latest piece for @HistoryToday is about a twelfth-century woman writer in Essex, and her request: ‘It is asked of all who hear this work that they do not revile it because a woman translated it. That is no reason to despise it.’
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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This majestic vessel - so-called King John Cup, though it's 14thC so too late - deserves images from every angle. Silver gilt & vibrantly enamelled w images of ladies & youths hunting, a symbol of courtship. It was a wine goblet rather than eucharistic chalice. @storiesoflynn /4
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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St Mary Magdalene, Newark: another big 15thC wool-money church, w an unusual medieval feel to it led by surviving rood screen by carver & MP Thomas Drawswerd of York, early 16thC choir stalls & loads of ancient detail. Two chantry chapels still flank its high altar, set for mass.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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Driving across country for Christmas means a chance to swing by St Mary's, Thame, with a late-medieval remnant of the Pieta on a crossing pier and alabaster effigy of Sir John Williams, keeper of Eliz I during Mary's reign & Sheriff of Oxon during burning of Oxford martyrs.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
7 years
Playing 'Spot the castles' in this glass fragment mosaic from Trumpington parish church.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
1 year
Can never resist taking this photo of lovely Ely - must have dozens of near identical shots - but heading north again this morning. Only 3 cathedrals glimpsable in my day, but I'll end at possibly my favourite (in this country anyway).
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
1 year
Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well (poss named Photine). Following a chance meeting, she was early witness whose testimony won Jesus many followers. For this tradition says Nero threw her down a well to her death. The Eastern Church celebrates her as Equal to the Apostles
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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#daughtersofchivalry has arrived, and (despite deeply unromantic EasyJet flight) I am dizzy with its shining golden beauty - a fitting tribute to the extraordinary lives of the women within it. Thank you, thank you! @georgeisediting @picadorbooks ⁩ ⁦ @AgentClarkLAW
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
1 year
I got off the train. @durhamcathedral as magnificent as I remembered. Built from 1093 by 1st Prince-Bishop William de St-Calais to house shrine of St Cuthbert. The delicate Galilee Chapel added late 12thC; holds reburial of Bede. The Neville screen (1380) almost new by comparison
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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Yesterday I walked to an event from work. Here's my journey on a map of London c1290: from the Infirmary at St Mary Spital to Bishopsgate, along the wall to Bradstrete, Lothebury and Cattestrate to Melkstrete, down to Westcheap then past the Shambles to Newgate.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
2 years
Superb day in Eastleach, possibly the perfect Cotswold village, home to a fabulous pub and two 12thC churches: Sts Michael and Martin in care @TheCCT w/ lovely early pews and beautiful corbels.
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St John the Baptist, Cirencester. Massive, Perpendicular & chock full of interesting details: fan vaulting, a St Christopher mural, a 15thC (heavily restored) pulpit. The large number of chapels all connected w squints to allow priests to synchronise masses.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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Bit of a hint here although @chartres_Fiona didn't need it! Fab day in Leicester with lots of historic gems, incl a 15thC guildhall & bit of surviving castle wall. Disappointed that St Mary de Castro closed earlier than advertised so I didn't get inside today but plenty to see!
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
2 years
Heading to Devizes, a place-name that doesn't fit usual English pattern of obvious Roman/Saxon/Scandi/Norman origins. Turns out Devizes comes from Castrum ad Divisas - the castle at the boundaries (between several manors). In 17thC was 'The Devyses'. Might use the 'The' today...
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
1 year
Touring Suffolk churches on very wet day. First stop: marvellous, ancient, Pentlow, 11thC (or even earlier??). Early apse, 14thC round tower and some cracking 16-17thC tombs.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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More from Rochester: the mighty keep built from 12thC in stone & still able to be climbed up steep winding stairs to the top. Here & there, you can spot fine detailing around doors & fireplaces that hint at the grandeur of its past. @EnglishHeritage .
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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More merchants, more guilds! This is 15thC St George's - another massive wooden roof so heavy the walls had to be buttressed. Here in 1593, Shakespeare performed among the Earl of Pembroke's Men. The giant cross beam shows the floor level contemporary w that performance. /3
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
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Beautiful afternoon in @ClareCollege for unveiling of stunning large-scale carving of 14thC College seal by masterful @CardozoWorkshop . Thanks to @ClaireFromClare for invitation & stunning replica by @cbnewham !
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
2 years
For #InternationalWomensDay sharing fave recent find: the personal seal of Elizabeth of Rhuddlan as Countess of Holland, c1297-1300. Eliz stands holding bird between arms of Holland and England. Inscribed 'Elysabete Comitisse Hollandie Zelandie Duc Friesie'.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
3 years
How I feel trying to work in this heat.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
5 years
For #PawsandClaws , the upper section of cast of tomb slab to Murchardus MacDuffie of Colonsay (orig at Oronsay Priory, Argyll) showing stag hunt with dogs and other beasts in foliage, 1539. I love the sword doubling as cross here. #AnimalsInChurchesHour
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
6 months
Delighted tonight to join celebration at @Kings_College on completion of conservation works & installation of solar panels to provide electricity for King's Chapel. Along w @GlosCathedral , this exemplar project helps show heritage can be part of solution to climate crisis.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
3 years
After exceedingly long Monday, diving with relish into this beautiful book. Thank you @StanleySBill !
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
7 months
Opposite St Mary de Castro is surviving Great Hall of the castle, where the oldest beams have been dendro dated to 1180s & two tall windows w chevron decoration remain. Divided into 2 courtrooms in 19thC so illustration useful for understanding the space. Care of @dmuleicester .
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
4 years
This jewelled brooch with canopied Annunciation scene is extraordinary (below, St Christopher, a bishop and kneeling patron, the arms perhaps a later addition). We should bring back wearable sculpture.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
7 months
This afternoon, lucky to wander around Cardigan too - already being regenerated with well-maintained historic buildings occupied by local independents. Bonus Nash house (needing some love) built on grounds of Benedictine priory & converted into hospital in early 20thC.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
11 months
The chequered Trinity Guildhall, built 1422-8 by some of the town's many wealthy merchants. I love how the roofs all look like upended ships' hulls! Inside you can find the old courtroom & an ancient panel showing the royal arms & 'Vivat Regina'. Elizabethan? /2
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
3 years
Have you ever seen a more perfect A? From a late-12thC William of Malmesbury in @theUL (Ii.2.3). Almost has a Dali-esque melting quality, but the colour 😍
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
2 years
It's #OwainGlynd ŵr Day. Yesterday I was in Machynlleth, where in 1404 he was crowned Prince of Wales in rebellion against Henry IV. The Senedd is a bit later really according to dendro but Glyndŵr's spirit is alive and well inside.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
6 months
Day 5 of #MiniMedievalAdvent , May: surviving scenes of jewel-toned 14thC stained glass at St Mary Magdalene, Newark, now out of order. Spot the Adoration of the Magi at centre left. What other biblical scenes can you see?
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
11 months
The best thing here is 8'+ Flemish brass to Robert Braunche & his wives, merchant & mayor in the horrid year 1349. Possibly the best condition Flemish brass in England, you can see all the orig detail, including the scene of feast at bottom - spot the peacock the lady carries. /6
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
1 year
Fell in love with @Kings_College Chapel again today. Begun under Henry VI in 1446 but finished in mid-16thC under Henry VIII, the enormous fan-vaulted space is a giant sculpture you can walk inside. Stained glass design by Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester & Founder @CorpusOxford
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
3 years
Easy to see how the medieval world can capture the mind of a fantasy writer: this gilt reliquary (from Hedalen Stave Church in Norway, w Adoration of the Magi, Martyrdom of Becket, saints and dragons, 13thC) may well have inspired Every Fantasy Novel Ever.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
4 years
6) The fabulous feast-ceiling at @Riddlescourt painted for 1598 visit of King James, with thistles and crowns and joyful masks. What a treat it was to see this remarkable survival - untouched since its creation. #ChristmasCardHonMentions
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
2 years
Happened upon these pics of the stonking 12thC font at Southrop showing the Virtues in act of triumphing over Vices: Patience scourging Wrath, Temperance trampling Luxury, Modesty stabbing Excess in the neck. #FontsOnFriday
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
1 year
The atmosphere in @StBartholomews is heavy with incense & connection to the distant past - celebrating 900 years since Rahere returned from pilgrimage praying for souls lost in White Ship disaster to found this Augustinian Priory.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
7 months
Here's the 15thC Newarke Gate, known locally as the Magazine because used in Civil War to store ammunition. Deceptively big for a gatehouse, was most recently in use as a regimental museum but before held prisoners in 19thC. Lovely old beams & fair amount of interesting graffiti.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
1 year
Another beautiful day among historic gems in Coventry: Holy Trinity, St Mary's Guildhall, Swanswell Gate, and Whitefriars' Priory. Thanks as ever to @HistCovTrust for the incredible work they're doing to save buildings, give them purpose, & inspire their community.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
5 months
#MiniMedievalAdvent Day 9, September: late-medieval glass roundel showing animal-headed demons w human faces on their tummies dragging souls into the gaping mouth of hell, now in the dining room at @ntmichaelsmount . Almost Bosch-like.
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Dr Kelcey Wilson-Lee
1 year
“There is a huge amount of public wellbeing & civic pride that makes a big impact on the city...& the heritage is a big part of that." @ArchHFund v proud to have supported this project & brilliant @HistCovTrust . Go see it soon!
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