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#FontsOnFriday Norman font Stoke Canon #Devon made from one piece of volcanic stone. Bearded figures grip cable moulding with each figure's head in mouth of cylindrical beast. Between are interlace designs above & figures below.

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Such a fantastic building and impressive visitor experience! Definitely go if you can :)

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19 Jul

The creation and sale of flour using traditional techniques in our beautiful historic mills is under threat. Read more here and if you feel strongly make your views heard! #historicmills #preservation https://t.co/WAS5TV6BLE

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I was so impressed by these beautiful First World War themed commemorative kneelers. I don’t usually like hassocks/kneelers/needlework in churches but these ones blew me away! #churchcrawling #firstworldwar

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17 Jul

My computer is so used to me writing about features in churches that when I miss the apostrophe out of “don’t” it autocorrects to “font”. I feel an unnecessary level of pride in this!

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16 Jul

Here's a gorgeous #medieval artefact found during recent excavations at the Cathedral - a late 13th / early 14th century floor #tile depicting a #pilgrim. It was made nearby at Tyler Hill, #Canterbury
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Radiant Roundels: working wonders with glass, paint and light

Radiant Roundels: working wonders with glass, paint and light

Published 6th January 2018 by Rachel Arnold

Roundels are small glass wonders which display detailed draughtsmanship and rich subject matter. They use light as the main medium for enriching an interior and are a delight to behold in any setting. Over the years I have been lucky enough…

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Panel of the Month – June 2017

Panel of the Month – June 2017

Published 28th June 2017 by Rachel Arnold

Hope Panel 3b, window sVII of St. George’s Church, Anstey, Hertfordshire – 1907 This panel contains a personification of Hope and is one of three figures in a three light window containing virtues. The other figures depicted are Charity and…

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Panel of the Month – March 2017

Panel of the Month – March 2017

Published 6th March 2017 by Rachel Arnold

St. Catherine Panel 3b from window nVII of St. Martin-cum-Gregory in York – c.1330 The panel depicts St. Catherine standing in a painted, architectural niche with an elaborate canopy – a common medieval design used to harmonise the colourful painted…

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Panel of the Month – February 2017

Panel of the Month – February 2017

Published 14th February 2017 by Rachel Arnold

Panel of the Month – February 2017 (Please click the image for more detail) Detail of panel 3b from the West window of All Saints’ Church in Stamford. The panel shows St. John the Evangelist leading a grieving Virgin Mary…

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Researching twelve stained glass windows in one church

Researching twelve stained glass windows in one church

Published 14th February 2017 by Rachel Arnold

The Stained Glass of All Saints’ Parish Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire Conducting research of any form into the history of an object, artwork or building can be exciting and rewarding but also very frustrating and often confusing. This is what I…

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‘But it’s only a jumble of fragments!’ – Investigating one stained glass panel

‘But it’s only a jumble of fragments!’ – Investigating one stained glass panel

Published 27th January 2017 by Rachel Arnold

Not worthy of attention? Some stained glass panels and whole windows are dismissed because they have no clear subject matter, are a jumbled mess and are difficult to date. In this post I discover that a small, jumbled and confused…

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One week to go!!

Published 25th October 2016 by Rachel Arnold

Hi all there’s just one week to go until the Stained Glass Book Launch at All Saints’ Parish Church in Stamford. I am gearing up to sell a lot of books and also planning to fit in two short talks…

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1895 Newspaper report on a new stained glass window!!

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1895 Newspaper report on a new stained glass window!!

Published 28th July 2016 by Rachel Arnold

Found on the online newspaper archives in an 1895 Grantham Journal, Saturday 9th November. The article mentions a new stained glass window which has been installed in All Saint’s church, Stamford, Lincolnshire. It is a window in memory of Orlando…

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A Collection of Forgotten Victorian Masterpieces

A Collection of Forgotten Victorian Masterpieces

Published 18th June 2016 by Rachel Arnold

This post explores the excitement but frustation in researching a set of stained glass windows by different artists, with different patrons, of different dates and with no existing documentation or known facts (other than two plaques on walls and the…

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