Abbot Gallery

French men's costumes of the late 15th century

French men's costumes of the late 15th century. The top group shows a man being dressed in armour and helm, and the bottom group shows a rich man with partner in feather beret looking a a group of musicians with drum, fife, lute and harp. From a tapestry of an allegorical banquet from Nancy, France. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher

© Florilegius

English Cathedrals - The Cloister- Gloucester

English Cathedrals - The Cloister- Gloucester - View along high vaulted corridor. Part of Box 144 Boswell .Collection Wardle records that in 1058 Ealdred, Bishop of Worcester at the time, rebuilt the church of St Peter. The foundations of the present church were laid by Abbot Serlo (10721104). Walter Frocester (d. 1412) the abbey's historian, became its first mitred abbot in 1381. Until 1541, Gloucester lay in the see of Worcester, but the separate see was then constituted, with John Wakeman, last abbot of Tewkesbury, as its first bishop. Date: circa 1900

© The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans

Romanesque Art. Spain. Chest of Saint Aemilian of Cogolla. I

Romanesque Art. Spain. Chest of Saint Aemilian of Cogolla. Middle of 11th century. Decorated with ivory carvings that represents his life. Relief depicting the capture of the Cantabria by Leovigildo, 574. Sacristy of the Monastery of Yusho. San Millan de la Cogolla. La Rioja

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

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