c14 glass

c14 glass in north transept

the east window was filled with old glass when the chancel had been rebuilt in the c19; with some late c13, c14 and c17 glass backing c15 and c16 figures.

fragments of c14/c15 glass in the d'arcy chapel, including one c17 square showing an early representation of a tulip, probably flemish or dutch glass of course.

fragments of c14/c15 glass in the d'arcy chapel , mostly english.

fragments of c14/c15 glass in the d'arcy chapel, including one c17 square showing an early representation of a tulip, probably flemish or dutch glass of course. difficult to judge, since the church was locked.

sunburst in late c14 glass

st.lawrence with his gridiron in a late c14 quatrefoil

three fish in the centre of this quatrefoil are surrounded by foliate fragments, later c14

the late c14 stone rood screen is much restored, the rood figures and the tracery in the side arches dating from bodley's restoration of 1896. unlike stebbing, I have not seen any pre-restoration drawing, so it is difficult to know how much to trust. small fragments of glass fill the eyes of the lion heads that fill some of the cusps, and these are claimed as original. like its earlier brother screen at stebbing, a timber screen was later built over it, causing damage, but unlike stebbing there seem to be none of the replaced original carvings in the church.

crucifixion in c14 glass

royal arms of france ancient and england, late c14

apart from the remaining late c14 quatrefoils, several lights retain canopy work at their heads.

this quatrefoil of late c14 glass centres on two fish biting each other, with the hand holding an orb from a majesty opposite a bearded head, with a lion's mask above and a man with spade and pick below.

st.stephen carrying a book and a rock in a late c14 quatrefoil

apart from the remaining late c14 quatrefoils, several lights retain canopy work at their heads.

fragment of late c14 glass with hooded peasant with pick and spade. one of the joys of church visiting is finding what hides amongst pevsner's "mediaeval fragments".

mortimer arms, late c14 glass

motimer arms impaled with those of england and france, probably meant for edmund mortimer, earl of march and philippa plantagenet, daughter of lionel of clarence. this march/clare merger may also be being remembered in the heraldry on the recorder's house in thaxted.