The boy king Edward VI welcomes the French Protestant Huguenots into England. A tympanum by John Prangnell, 1950, marking the 400th anniversary, above the main entrance of the French Protestant Church, Soho Square, London.
#TympanumTuesday
#TympanumTuesday & its back to St Nicholas Barfrestone for this, unbelievably elaborate romanesque portal (esp. in proportion to the size of the church itself)
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#TympanumTuesday then the southern side of St Swithuns, Quenington under a porch with a coronation of the virgin design
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#TympanumTuesday & not one but the 2 incredible Romanesque doorways at St Swithuns, Quenington
beginning with the north door with a Harrowing of Hell scene
#TympanumTuesday & it is of course the incomparable priors door at Ely Cathedral