Stiffleaf's photos with the keyword: stansted mountfichet church

stansted mountfitchet capital c.1200

stansted mountfitchet capital c.1200

Stiffleaf
14 Oct 2009 156
Nice proto-stiffleaf trefoils allied to volutes with Ionic ancesters decorate the capitals on the arch from the chancel to the first north chapel.
stansted lion on c14 tomb

stansted lion on c14 tomb

Stiffleaf
14 Oct 2009 205
stansted knight

stansted knight

Stiffleaf
14 Oct 2009 244
effigy from chantry chapel c.1300
stansted tomb 1631

stansted tomb 1631

Stiffleaf
14 Oct 2009 139
An angel from the Middleton tomb; a change from the more secular virtues or liberal arts that people most swagger tombs of the time
stansted tomb 1614

stansted tomb 1614

Stiffleaf
14 Oct 2009 146
Hester Salusbury was the daughter of Sir Thomas Middleton, so her parents lie near her and are shown on their own tomb in the chancel
stansted C13th head

stansted C13th head

Stiffleaf
14 Oct 2009 153
Female head stop in chancel showing mid C13th fashion in hats, head may be carved in clunch, a type of easily cut chalk
stansted tomb 1614

stansted tomb 1614

Stiffleaf
14 Oct 2009 150
An escutcheon from the Salusbury tomb showing the arms [literally!] of the passion, unusual for such a date. Poss. by the egregious Epiphanius Evesham
stansted capital c.1200

stansted capital c.1200

Stiffleaf
14 Oct 2009 137
still Norman enough to have a square abacus, but sprouting proto E.E. foliage.somewhat akin to that in st.frideswide's oxford
stansted mountfitchet font

stansted mountfitchet font

Stiffleaf
14 Oct 2009 147
font C12th, cover C.17th
stansted mountfitchet

stansted mountfitchet

Stiffleaf
14 Oct 2009 150
One of two enormous Norman doorways to the nave, early enough to show chip carving done with an axe rather than hammer and chisel work
stansted mountfitchet. font c12

stansted mountfitchet. font c12

Stiffleaf
14 Oct 2009 168
Hefty font like some brobdignagian capital
stansted tomb 1614

stansted tomb 1614

Stiffleaf
14 Oct 2009 140
Hester Salusbury in her best lace and hat looking very happy with herself
stansted tomb 1614

stansted tomb 1614

Stiffleaf
14 Oct 2009 137
Salusbury tomb by "that most exquisite artist" , he of the memorably euphonious nomenclature , Epiphanius Evesham, 1570->1633, who picked up a mannerist intensity of feeling working in France for about 15 years.
stansted tomb 1614

stansted tomb 1614

Stiffleaf
14 Oct 2009 184
The Salusbury tomb is probably incomplete; an escutcheon of the arma christi from it is on a nearby wall
stansted tomb1631

stansted tomb1631

Stiffleaf
14 Oct 2009 154
Lord mayor Sir Thomas Middleton d.1631 and wife, parents of Hester Salusbury
stansted C13th head

stansted C13th head

Stiffleaf
14 Oct 2009 159
Male head acts as an internal drip mould stop from E.E. chancel wall arcades which contained the windows
stansted mountfitchet essex c14 tomb knight effigy c.1300

stansted mountfitchet essex c14 tomb knight effigy…

Stiffleaf
14 Oct 2009 204
stansted mountfitchet glass warrington1859

stansted mountfitchet glass warrington1859

Stiffleaf
14 Oct 2009 188
Warrington 1859 good samaritan