Stiffleaf's photos

brighton st. nicholas.sussex, c12 font

13 Sep 2009 332
Just right for Brighton: Jesus takes a dip.

wilby c15 glass fragments

wilby c15 angels in glass

30 Aug 2009 235
c15 musician angels inhabiting canopy

wilby, st.sitha in c15 glass

wilby church, st.margaret in c15 glass

30 Aug 2009 245
mags bursts out of her dragon, which she subdues with a cross

wilby eagle and lion in c15 glass

wilby c15 glass st michael with scales and st. ba…

wilby church suffolk mid c15

wilby porch c15

30 Aug 2009 261
mid c15

thorndon C13th glass

29 Aug 2009 310
the depth and richness of c13 glass may have made churches dark, but how glorious in small doses.

thorndon annunciation glass c15

29 Aug 2009 238
mary gets more than a flea in her ear. . .

thorndon donor glass c15

29 Aug 2009 278
This is probably the donor of a pinnacle but could be a mason. There's a bit of a parapet in front of him too. I like his flat cap.

thorndon glass c15

29 Aug 2009 276
old man with a beard praying, looking upwards. c15

thorndon church, suffolk , st matthias in c18 gla…

stonham aspal knight 1330

31 Aug 2009 283
Beautiful rinceaux patterns delineate the chevrons on his surcoat, and colour remains on the medallions on his belt . the holes on his wrist probably mark metal fittings.

stonham aspal. c14 effigy tomb knight 1330

31 Aug 2009 271
the height of c14 elegance, with touches of the original colour, but robbed of the metal details from his shoulder, brow and gloves .

stonham aspal.1715 tomb of rev. anthony wingfield…

31 Aug 2009 238
The Rev. Anthony Wingfield by Francis Bird [the bloke who did the original statue of Queen Anne outside St. Pauls]. The Rev looks like he's woken up unexpectedly outside.

stonham aspal clerestory , early c16

31 Aug 2009 252
fancifully carved stepped battlements and gable at the east end of the nave, a sign of just how rich parishioners were at that time