Category: Picture of the Week

Stained glass of the arms of Thomas Cecil (b.1542) and Dorothy Nevill, Earl and Countess of Exeter. At the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Photo August 2006.

This stained glass was made c. 1600 and was originally from Ashridge Park, Hertfordshire.

Canterbury Cathedral Gate. Photo May 2003.

You’ll probably recognize several Tudor symbols in the center, including the Tudor rose, the Beaufort Portcullis, and the Royal Arms with Henry VII’s supporters – the Welsh dragon and the white greyhound. Cathedral records indicate that the gate was built in the early 16th century (more here from Canterbury Archaeology).

Reliquary busts of three female saints. Early 16th century, South Netherlandish. The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Photo August 2006.

Three Apes Building a Trestle Table, c.1480-00, German. The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Photo August 2006.

Copernicus’ heliocentric solar system diagram. Harry Ransom Center collection, The University of Texas at Austin. Photo January 2012.

For someone like me, who works in astronomy and has a love of history, the collection at my university’s Harry Ransom Center is a joy. I’ve had multiple opportunities to see some of the great early astronomical text they have, including the one pictured above: Nicolaus Copernicus’ De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, published in 1543.

Allegorical scene with bookburning, c.1520-30, The Netherlands. The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Photo August 2006.

Stained glass of the Royal Coat of Arms of England at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Photo August 2006.

This is one a many stained glass panels from England that were on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art when I visited in the summer of 2006. This particular one is from Coombe Abbey, Warwickshire, c. 1525-1550. I didn’t get a bunch of great photos of a lot of them, but I’ll be posting some of the better ones periodically as featured pictures.

Outside the walls of Pembroke Castle. Photo May 2003.

Wow, I made it to 300! I figured I’d go with another photo from Pembroke Castle since that was the place in Picture of the Week #1.

I think from here I’m going to start incorporating some more photos from the broader British, Medieval, and Renaissance collection of pictures I’ve taken. I visited The Cloisters in New York in 2006 and I have a few photos from other museums I’ve been to in the US that readers might find interesting. And hopefully I’ll be back in the UK next year so I can have a whole bunch of new photos from there to use!

Another sign in the remaining section of Richmond Palace. Photo May 2000.

There was some scaffolding up around that part of the building when I was there, so that is what is cutting through the lower left corner of the picture.

Previous pictures of markers around the old Palace here and here.

Closer view of the west window of Canterbury Cathedral (wide view seen earlier in Picture of the Week #83). Photo May 2003.

View from the walls of Warwick Castle. Photo May 1998.

That’s it for photos from Warwick! There is a chance I’ll be back in the area next year, so maybe some new photos will show up after then. *fingers crossed*

The view from the top of Harlech Castle. Photo May 2000.

Artifacts from the wreck of the Mary Rose. Photo May 2000.

Raglan Castle, Wales. Photo May 2003.

The stairs of Traitors’ Gate. Photo May 2003.

Carew Castle, Wales. Photo May 2003.

I believe this photo was taken from the Inner Ward. In this view you can get an idea of just how many windows this castle had at one point.

Edinburgh Castle. Photo May 2000.

Old Palace at Hatfield. Photo May 2000.

I think I’ve posted several photos that basically show the same thing, but I feel one can never have too many photos of the Old Palace (one of my favorite Tudor buildings!).

Area of Hampton Court Palace where the Tudor section abuts the Christopher Wren buildings of William & Mary. Photo June 2000.

Glastonbury Abbey. Photo May 1998.