{"id":1192,"date":"2015-04-02T10:12:32","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T10:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2022-12-31T11:55:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T11:55:52","slug":"medieval-galleries-at-the-va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reeddesign.co.uk\/wordpress\/2015\/04\/02\/medieval-galleries-at-the-va\/","title":{"rendered":"Medieval Galleries at the V&A"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mitre<\/a>A couple of days ago I went to the Victoria and Albert Museum<\/a> to see the medieval galleries. Many years ago I photographed some of the objects in the collection for a wide-screen audio visual programme at the English Romanesque Art 1066-1200<\/em> exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in 1984. This included the mitre which is thought to have belonged to Thomas Becket. Being allowed to handle that was a real thrill. The programme mainly depicted the architecture of the period, and I spent many days photographing some of the best Romanesque buildings in the country, including Durham cathedral where we were given a key and told “This key opens any door in the building – make yourselves at home”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The galleries have been improved immensely since those days and the objects are now beautifully displayed. Here are some of my favourites.<\/p>\n

(Click on the photos to see them larger.)<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t