Old England: A Pictorial Museum (page 35/42)

1304.—Chapel at Guy’s Cliff

1305.—Church of Aston Cantlow

Shakespeare’s parents may have been married in this church, didicated to St. John the Baptist. The church clock dates from the fourteenth century. The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book in the 11th Century. You can just see some people [...] [more...]

1308.—Stratford Church: West End

See also Stratford Church Looking In Through The Door. [more...]

The Standard of the White Horse

A white horse rears up; it is set in a circular frame or cartouche with sword-hilts and an axe-head nearby. [more...]

Circular Frame With Weapons

This circular wood-engraved frame or cartouche is suitable for use as clip-art, perhaps for a restaurant menu or a scrapbook border around a picture. You could probably use it as a decorative initial O or Q, too. It is taken from the decorative illustration at [...]white horse. [more...]

Historiated Initial Letter “A”

A decorative initial capital letter “A” at the start of a chapter. This “historiated” letter A shows a woodsman, perhaps, with an axe (ax) raised over his head and a sheep at his feet. It could be Abraham sacrificing a lamb instead of his son Isaac. The man wears a cloak with a hood, and shorts, and seems [...] [more...]

1311.—Luton Church

The parish church of St. Mary is an ancient and interesting edifice (Harmsworth’s Encyc.) [more...]

1313.—Font in East Dereham Church, Norfolk

The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas, and dates from the Norman period (11th or early 12th Century). The Seven Sacrament Font shown here was made in 1488. [...] [more...]