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Medieval Wall Painting
in the
English Parish Church
Subject Index A-C
A
- Abel, murdered by Cain; Cain and Abel – Kelmscott; West Kingsdown
- Abney, Elizabeth, banished from York; Warning against Idle Gossip, Introduction
- Abraham, patriarch of Israel; The Sacrifice of Isaac – Launcells
- Accidie, or Sloth; Seven Deadly Sins, Intr
- ‘accretions’ to the Bible; Medieval Wall Painting; A Short Introduction
- Acts of Uniformity (Second Act, 1552); Doom – Wenhaston
- Adam and Eve:
- Adam naming the beasts(?); Chalfont St Giles
- Adoration of the Magi: Infancy & Earlier Life of Christ – Introduction:
- Aelfleda, Abbess of Whitby; Scenes from the Life of St Cuthbert – Pittington
- Aethelflaeda of Wessex/Mercia, daughter of King Alfred; St Christopher, East Wellow
- Agatha, St, mistaken for St Margaret at Duxford
- Agincourt (Azincourt), battle of; St George & Dragon – Broughton
- Agnus Dei symbol; Duxford – Cambridgeshire
- Agony in the Garden; Passion Cycle – Crostwight, Passion scenes – Ford; Lt.Easton, Lt.Witchingham; South Newington
- Alewives, selling short measures; Doom, Holy Trinity church, Coventry
- Allegory, of the state of souls at death; Allegory of Souls – Swanbourne
- Allegorical Joust; See Claverley
- All Saints, York; The Doom & The Weighing of Souls, Introduction
- Alton, Staffordshire; Three Living & Three Dead – Alton
- Alveley, Shropshire; Seven Deadly Sins – Alveley
- Amberley, Sussex; Passion Cycle
- Ambrose, Saint, quoted by William Caxton; Caxton’s Story of St Christopher
- ‘American Indians’ at Stoke Dry; Martyrdom of St Edmund – Stoke Dry
- Ampney St Mary, Gloucestershire; Warning to Sabbath Breakers – Ampney St Mary
- Andrew, Apostle & Saint; Martyrdom of St Andrew – Stoke Dry; (forthcoming at) Ickleton; Friskney – Last Supper
- angel(s), angelic:
- Anne, St, mother of the Virgin Mary, teaching the Virgin to read; Chalfont St Giles; Corby Glen; Bradwell Abbey
- Annunciation; Life of the Virgin, Intro:
- Annunciation to the Shepherds:
- Annunciation of the Virgin’s Death Life of the Virgin – Broughton, Oxfordshire;Life of the Virgin – Chalgrove, Oxfordshire,
- Antony, Saint (St Antony Abbot, St Antony of Egypt); Barton, Cambridgeshire; St Antony Abbot, with St Christopher and a devil – Winchester St John the Baptist
- apartments/architecture of Heaven; Doom – Broughton (Buckinghamshire), South Leigh; Weighing of Souls – Slapton
- Appearance to Mary Magdalene; Passion Cycle – Brook (Kent); Gt. Tew, Lt.Tey, Lt.Witchingham, Peakirk; Risby
- apocalyptic writing, apocryphal gospels; Passion Cycle Intr; Doom & Weighing of Souls,Introduction
- Apostle(s);
- Apostles’ Creed; St James the Great – Hales
- Apple, held by Adam; Harrowing of Hell, Pickering
- Aquylyne, in story of St Christopher; ‘A Printer’s Preface’: Caxton’s Story of St Christopher; St Christopher, with contextual scenes – Hemblington
- armour, of the 15th century; Passion Cycle, Little Easton
- armour, of the reign of Edward III; Doom, West Somerton
- Arrest in Gethsamene; Passion Cycle – Brook (Kent); Crostwight, Croughton, Fairstead, Flamstead, Lt.Tey Lt. Witchingham
- Ars Moriendi/Arte & Crafte to Lyve Well & to Dye Well; Cain & Abel – Kelmscott; Doom – Wenhaston
- Arundel (St Nicholas Priory); Virgin enthroned, with angels
- Arundel Psalter; Three Living & Three Dead, Wensley
- Ascension; Ascension – Pinvin; Passion Cycle – Crostwight; North Cove; Pickering; Seething;
- Ashampstead, Berkshire; Doom; Annunciation to the Shepherds/Nativity;
Annunciation/Visitation
- Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire; St Christopher, Ashby St Ledgers; Martyrdom of St Margaret, Ashby St Ledgers; Passion Cycle
- Ashley, Hampshire St Catherine or another female saint, Ashley
- Ashwell church, Hertfordshire. Warning to Swearers/Sabbath Breakers
- Aspergillum Life & Death of the Virgin – Chalgrove
- Ass, in Passion Cycle or Nativity; Passion Cycle – North Cove; Nativity – Corby Glen; Nativity – Newton Green; Nativity – Faversham; Nativity – Hardham
- Assumption of the Virgin; Life of the Virgin – Broughton; Life of the Virgin – Chalgrove; Passion Cycle – Seething
- Astbury, Cheshire; Scenes from the Life of St George – Astbury
- Attleborough, Norfolk; Christ in Majesty – Attleborough
- Audrey, St, alias for St Etheldreda; St Etheldreda & another female saint – Willingham
- Avarice; Seven Deadly Sins – Hessett; Seven Deadly Sins – Raunds
- Azincourt (Agincourt), battle of; St George & Dragon – Broughton
B
- Backgammon; Warning to Swearers – Broughton (Buckinghamshire)
- Bacton, Suffolk; Doom – Bacton
- bagpipe, as phallic symbol; Seven Deadly Sins – Alveley; Ampney St Mary
- Baker, Eve, restoring paintings at Raunds; St Christopher – Raunds; Three Living & Three Dead – Raunds; at Charlwood; at Little Witchingham
- Banningham, Norfolk; St George & Dragon – Banningham
- Bapchild, Kent; Crucifixion, with Mary and John
- Baptism, of Christ; Baptism of Christ – Black Bourton; Baptism of Christ – Cerne Abbas; Baptism of Christ – Hardham
- Barbara, saint; St Barbara – Hessett
- Bardwell, Suffolk; Deposition – Bardwell
- Barnby, Suffolk; Seven Works of Mercy – Barnby; Annunciation – Barnby; Crucifixion, with two Thieves, Barnby
- Bartholomew, St; St Bartholomew & St John the Evangelist – Selling
- Bartlow, Cambridgeshire; Weighing of Souls
- Barton, Cambridgeshire; St Dunstan holding the Devil by the nose – Barton; St Antony & Pig, Barton; St George and the Dragon – Barton
- Becket, Thomas (à) St:
- Beckley, Oxfordshire; Beckley – Virgin suckling Christ Child; Beckley – Doom
- beggar, naked, clothed by St Martin; St Martin dividing his cloak – Wareham
- Belchamp Walter, Essex; Three Living & Three Dead – Belchamp Walter; Virgin suckling the Christ Child; Passion Cycle; The Pelican in its Piety
- Belton, Suffolk; St Christopher – Belton; Three Living & Three Dead – Belton
- Bestiaries, referred to; Painted backgrounds, patterns, texts, etc.
- Betrayal of Christ; Passion Cycle – Brook (Kent); Fairstead; Gussage St Andrew; Lt. Easton, Ickleton, Peakirk; Pickering
- Bible, Biblical; Passion Cycle, Intr, Passion Cycle – Lt. Witchingham; Doom & Weighing, Introduction
- Biblia Pauperum (& Typology); Annunciation – Chalgrove; Genesis scenes, intro
- Bishopsbourne, Kent; Martyrdom of St Edmund; Weighing of Souls; St Nicholas & the Three Boys – Bishopsbourne
- Black Bourton, Oxfordshire; Adoration of the Magi – Black Bourton; Baptism of Christ – Black; Bourton; Coronation of the Virgin – Black Bourton; SSt Peter & Paul – Black Bourton; Stoning of Stephen – Black Bourton
- Black Death; Warning to Swearers/Sabbath Breakers; Intro.
- Black Mass; Women & Devils – Melbourne
- Black Prince, the, possibly alluded to; Hornton
- Blacksmith’s tools; St Eloi – Broughton; St Dunstan holding the Devil by the nose – Barton
- Bledlow; Adam Delving & Eve Spinning – Bledlow
- Blood of Christ at Crucifixion, angels catching; Rood Group – Kingston
- Blyth, Nottinghamshire Doom – Blyth
- Boethius (Consolation of Philosophy); Wheel of Fortune – Ilketshall
- Bohemia; St Christopher, Short Introduction
- Books of Hours; Three Living & Three Dead, Intr; Rood Group – Kingston
- Border Ballad; Seven Works of Mercy, Introduction
- Bosch, Hieronymus; Women & Devils, Melbourne
- Boughton Aluph, Kent; Trinity – Boughton Aluph
- Boxford, Suffolk; St Edmund – Boxford
- Bradfield, Norfolk; Doom
- Bradwell Abbey, Buckinghamshire; Annunciation – Bradwell Abbey
- Bread, Assize of; Seven Deadly Sins – Hessett
- Breage, Cornwall; Warning to Sabbath Breakers
- Breamore, HantsSaxon carved Rood – Breamore, Anglo-Saxon inscription – Breamore, Suicide of Judas – Breamore
- Breasts, bared by Virgin Mary; Doom – Ickleton; Doom – North Cove
- Brent Eleigh, Suffolk; Crucifixion – Brent Eleigh; statue (not extant) of Virgin at, painted angels Brent Eleigh; Harrowing of Hell, with donor (?)Brent Eleigh
- Bridale, John, vicar of Wood Dalling, painted as donor; Virgin Enthroned, Cawston
- Bridget of Sweden, St , revelations of; Adoration of the Magi – Salisbury (St Thomas)
- Brigg o’ Dread; Seven Works of Mercy, Introduction
- Bromholm, Holy Rood of; St James the Great – Hales
- Brook (Kent); Passion Cycle; Raising of Lazarus & Raising of Jairus’s Daughter; Infancy Cycle
- Broughton (Buckinghamshire); Doom; Warning to Swearers; St George & Dragon; St Helena; St Eloi
- Broughton, (Cambridgeshire); Doom; Expulsion from Paradise; Adam Delving & Eve Spinning
- Broughton, (Oxfordshire); Crucifixion painted on pillar; Life of the Virgin
- Buffeting; Passion Cycle – Lt. Witchingham, Peakirk; South Newington
- Burgundy; Seven Works of Mercy – Moulton St Mary
- Burial of Christ; Passion Cycle – Lt. Easton; Passion Cycle – Pickering
- Burial of the Virgin; Life of the Virgin – Broughton; Death, Burial & Coronation of the Virgin, Sutton Bingham; Life & Death of the Virgin – Chalgrove
- Burnham Overy, Norfolk; St Christopher – Burnham Overy
- Burton Dassett, Warwickshire; Three Magi – Burton Dassett
- Burton Latimer; Martyrdom of St Catherine; Levi, patriarch of Israel
- Burying the Dead:
C
- Caedmon MS, (Bodleian Library); The Fall & its Aftermath – Hardham
- Cain, murdering Abel; Cain and Abel – Kelmscott; Story of Cain & Abel, West Kingsdown; as suckling infant? Adam delving & Eve spinning – Bledlow
- Cantigas de Sancta Maria (Iberian collection of legends about the Virgin Mary); Life & Miracles of the Virgin – Chalfont St Giles
- ‘Caritas’/Charity; Seven Works of Mercy – Edingthorpe; Seven Works of Mercy – Trotton;
- casein, as ground for painting; Medieval Wall Painting: Introduction
- Castor, Cambridgeshire; St Catherine, life of – Castor
- Catesby family St Christopher, Ashby St Ledgers
- Catfield, Norfolk; Stoning of Stephen – Catfield
- Catherine, St:
- cat-o’-nine tails scourge; Passion Cycle – North Cove; Martyrdom of St Margaret – Ashby St Ledgers
- Catherington, Hampshire; St Michael Weighing Souls – Catherington
- Cawston, Norfolk; Virgin Enthroned, with donors – Cawston
- Caxton, story of St Christopher; ‘A Printer’s Preface’: Wm. Caxton’s Story of St Christopher
- Chacombe, Northamptonshire; Martyrdom of St Peter
- Chaldon, Surrey; Purgatorial Ladder, with the Seven Deadly Sins
- Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire; Life & Miracles of the Virgin; Herod’s Feast - Decollation of John the Baptist; Creation of the Animals - Fall & Expulsion; Passion Cycle
- Chalgrave, Bedfordshire; St Martin dividing his cloak
- Chalgrove, Oxfordshire; Tree of Jesse; Annunciation; Life & Death of the Virgin
- chancel; Tree of Jesse, Chalgrove; Passion Cycle – North Cove; Doom & Weighing of Souls, Introduction
- Chancel Arch; Passion Cycle – Fairstead, Ickleton; Doom/Weighing of Souls, Introduction; Doom – Bradfield, Gt. Harrowden, Ickleton, South Leigh; Weighing of Souls – Rotherfield
- Charity (as Cardinal Virtue), see ‘Caritas’
- Charlwood, Surrey; Life of St Margaret – Charlwood; Three Living & Three Dead – Charlwood
- Charlemagne; Charlemagne’s Dream of St Cyriacus – Hardwick
- Chaucer, Geoffrey (Canterbury Tales); Seven Deadly Sins, Intr; Warning to Swearers – Broughton (Buckinghamshire)
- Chelsworth, Suffolk; Doom – Chelsworth
- Cherub; Doom – Broughton (Buckinghamshire)
- Chesterton, Cambridgeshire; Doom – Chesterton
- Chichester Cathedral & Chichester Roundel; Coronation of the Virgin – Black Bourton
- Chippenham, Cambridgeshire; Martyrdom of St Erasmus – Chippenham
- ‘Christ as Piers Plowman’; Warning to Swearers/Sabbath Breakers
- ‘Christ of the Trades’ – See above – ‘Christ as Piers Plowman’
- Christ Among the Doctors (see Dispute with the Doctors)
- Christ Before Pilate; Passion Cycle – Fairstead, Flamstead; Gussage St Andrew; Lt. Easton; Pickering
- Christ Child, Child:
- Christ in Majesty (Maestà):
- Christian history; Medieval Wall Painting – Short Introduction
- Christopher, St; St Christopher Contents Page (with Links to all St Christopher Pages)
- The Churches Conservation Trust; Doom – Broughton (Buckinghamshire); Seven Works of Mercy – Moulton St Mary
- Citha, St (see Zita)
- Claverley, Shropshire, allegorical frieze at; Allegorical Joust – Claverley
- Clayton, Sussex; Christ in Majesty, with Judgement details
- Clay Birds – see Miracle of the Clay Birds
- Clement, Saint & Pope; St Clement – South Leigh
- Clothing the Naked; Seven Works of Mercy, Intr; Seven Works – Hoxne; Seven Works – Linkinhorne, Seven Works – Moulton St Mary; Seven Works – Pickering; Seven Works – Trotton
- Clouds, band of, replacing rainbow in Doom; Doom – Newington
- Cluniac influence in English painting; Christ in Majesty – Clayton
- Cold Overton, Leicestershire St Catherine of Alexandria – Cold Overton; Gathering of the Apostles for the Funeral of the Virgin – Cold Overton
- Colton, Norfolk Warning against Idle Gossip – Colton
- Compostela, Spain, shrine to St James at; Yelden
- Consecration, of Cuthbert as bishop; Pittington
- Consecration Cross; Passion Cycle – Crostwight [Photo]
- ‘Consecration of Labour’; Warning to Swearers/Sabbath Breakers, Intro; Warning to Sabbath Breakers – Duxford; Warning to Sabbath Breakers – Michaelchurch Escley
- Consolation of Philosophy; see Boethius
- Continental mural painters, possibly working in England; Three Living & Three Dead – Belton
- Coombes, Sussex Christ in Majesty, with Traditio Legis and an illusionistic painted figure – Coombes
- Copford, Essex; David overcoming the Lion – Copford; The Raising of Jairus’s Daughter – Copford
- Coquet Island; meeting-place of Abbess Aelfleda and St Cuthbert Scenes from the Life of St Cuthbert – Pittington
- Corby Glen, Lincolnshire; Nativity – Corby Glen; St Anne teaching the Virgin to read – Corby Glen; King Herod, with other Nativity scenes – Corby Glen
- Corhampton, Hampshire; St Swithun and the miracle of the broken eggs
- Coronation of the Virgin; Black Bourton – Coronation; Life of the Virgin – Broughton, Oxfordshire; Sutton Bingham – Coronation of the Virgin; Life & Death of the Virgin – Chalgrove misidentified at Seething;Passion Cycle – Seething
- Coronation of the Virgin by the Trinity, referred to; Black Bourton – Coronation;
- Cottered, Hertfordshire; St Christopher, with buildings & landscape details – Cottered
- Council of Trent; St Christopher Intr;
- Coventry, Holy Trinity Church, Warwickshire Doom – Holy Trinity, Coventry
- Crescent Moon, Virgin Mary standing on; Weighing of Souls, South Leigh
- Cranborne, Dorset; Seven Deadly Sins – Cranborne
- Creation of the Animals(?); Chalfont St Giles
- Cristofori faciem die quacunque tueris/Illa nempe die morte mala non morieris, etc; St Christopher Introduction
- Crockford’s Clerical Directory; General information & Feedback Page
- Cross; Doom & Weighing of Souls, Contents; St Christopher Intr; ‘A Printer’s Preface’: Caxton’s Story of St Christopher; St Christopher – Shorwell
- Crostwight, Norfolk Passion Cycle, Intr; Passion Cycle – Crostwight ; Seven Deadly Sins – Crostwight
- Croughton, Northamptonshire; Flight into Egypt/Massacre of the Innocents – Croughton; Passion Cycle – Croughton
- Crown of Thorns, Crowning with Thorns; Passion Cycle – Fairstead, Flamstead; Great Tew; Gussage St Andrew; Lt. Witchingham; Doom & Weighing of Souls, Contents
- Crucifixion – as part of Passion Cycle; Passion Cycle – Crostwight, Passion Cycle – Croughton; Flamstead, Gt.Tew, Gussage St Andrew; Lt.Easton; Lt.Tey,Lt.Witchingham, North Cove, Peakirk; Pinvin; Seething; South Newington
- Crucifixion, ‘Detached’; Bapchild; Barnby, Brent Eleigh; Broughton (Oxfordshire); Godshill, IOW; Goxhill; Little Missenden; Turvey; Wisborough Green
- Crucifixion, of St Peter; Chacombe
- Cuthbert, St; Scenes from the Life of St Cuthbert – Pittington
- Cyriacus or Cyr, saint; Charlemagne’s Dream of St Cyriacus – Hardwick