Show threadSimon KnottMar 9
2/2 Here's the whole thing, with another angel and more skulls. A creature of the night holds the drapery of the inscription in its teeth. #MemorialsMonday #MonumentsMonday #MementoMoriMonday
Simon KnottMar 9
An angel with a skull and sheaves of corn on the 1686 memorial to Thomas Robertson in Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh. It was inside the church originally, but was removed in the major restoration of 1883. #MemorialsMonday #MonumentsMonday #MementoMoriMonday
Debbie CameronJan 19
#monumentsMonday #memorialMonday Oban #warmemorial #WW1
Simon KnottDec 29
An unusual incised memorial to William and Elizabeth Barlee, 1610/1619, and their son John and his wife Mary, 1633/1643, at Clavering, Essex. Lots of information, a reminder that these things were partly intended to establish legal entitlements and heirdom. #MonumentsMonday #MemorialsMonday
Show threadSimon KnottDec 8
2/2 A wider view of the memorial to Sir Henry Bendyshe and his son at Steeple Bumpstead, Essex. CB Newham in his 'Country Church Monuments' observes that Stayner had a large workshop and may well have been responsible for more memorials than have been identified. #MonumentsMonday #MemorialsMonday
Simon KnottDec 8
Sir Henry Bendyshe and his first and only son, also Henry, by Thomas Stayner at Steeple Bumpstead, Essex. Sir Henry died in 1717 at the age of 43. His son had died a few months earlier. #MonumentsMonday #MemorialsMonday
Show threadSimon KnottNov 17
3/3 George Alcock, 'amateur astronomer, naturalist and teacher, presented by the British Astronomical Association in recognition of his achievements and discoveries in observational astronomy'. His 2000 memorial in Peterborough Cathedral. #MemorialsMonday #MonumentsMonday
Show threadSimon KnottNov 17
2/3 Leonard Cane, 'for 31 years a citizen of Peterborough, physician to the infirmary, member of the restoration committee of this cathedral'. His 1911 memorial in an opus sectile setting in Peterborough Cathedral. #MemorialsMonday #MonumentsMonday
Simon KnottNov 17
Constance Workman, 'deceased in childbed at London, and together with her infant son she was according to her desire here interred where she had frequently worshipped God'. Her exuberant 1681 memorial in Peterborough Cathedral. #MemorialsMonday #MonumentsMonday
Simon KnottNov 10
John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter, and his wife Ann atop their imposing 1704 memorial in St Martin, Stamford. They're dressed as wealthy Romans, and indeed their memorial was made in Rome by the sculptor Monnot. Pevsner thought them 'comfortable and at ease'. 1/3 #MemorialsMonday #MonumentsMonday