tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313295143497097608.post2131930491671310258..comments2023-08-14T16:25:12.421+01:00Comments on Medieval Church Art: Holy Cross Day Part II - The Exaltation of the CrossAllan Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00499774849106432968noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313295143497097608.post-17803407083663959952008-09-16T19:35:00.000+01:002008-09-16T19:35:00.000+01:00I was there on Christmas Day 1955. Hard to imagin...I was there on Christmas Day 1955. Hard to imagine that the spoil heap had been there for about 20 years. But Dale was far more isolated back then. We cycled to get there. Nowadays, the discard heap wouldn't have lasted five minutes, would it? But nowadays, one hopes, the tiles would not have been thrown away in the first place.<BR/><BR/>The Morley windows are particularly evocative in view of how little survives of the abbey.Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313295143497097608.post-83547466523241814282008-09-16T16:23:00.000+01:002008-09-16T16:23:00.000+01:00How wonderful Roger a medieval salvage pile and wh...How wonderful Roger a medieval salvage pile and what a shame you let the tiles go. If I remember there were a couple of excavations of the site in the 1930s by Howard Colvin, which presumably explains the pile debris. I'm told there is still a shed on the site containing some sculpture and worked stones.Allan Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00499774849106432968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313295143497097608.post-73718162918147190862008-09-16T15:43:00.000+01:002008-09-16T15:43:00.000+01:00Interesting convention to represent the Eastern Em...Interesting convention to represent the Eastern Emperor in a triple tiara, apparently with a crescent on top. Confused imagery. The windows and tracery are a fascinating survival. <BR/><BR/>In the mid-50's, when I was v. young, I visited Dale Abbey with relatives who lived nearby. Close by the E window was a sizable pile of archaeological debris, consisting almost entirely of broken glazed tiles, presumably from the church floor. They were mainly pictorial - animal and human heads, perhaps mid to late 13th c. I would guess with the benefit of hindsight. In the 50's they were discarded as unwanted. I picked out a few examples and kept them for several years and then, to my current regret, traded them.<BR/><BR/>It would literally have been possible at that time to salvage sufficient tile to furnish a "medieval" bathroom!Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.com