tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313295143497097608.post4199679270467196881..comments2023-08-14T16:25:12.421+01:00Comments on Medieval Church Art: Advent BlueAllan Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00499774849106432968noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313295143497097608.post-64998608632565414082008-12-08T20:21:00.000+00:002008-12-08T20:21:00.000+00:00Blue is alive and well at St George's Chapel Winds...Blue is alive and well at St George's Chapel Windsor. Indeed they have two blue frontals, an earlier Vicrtorian dark blue with ppassion flowers and a lighter (Comper) blue with the crucifixion. Modern blue vestments by Watts are used in Advent and Lent.Fr Anthony Howehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09670863792217469767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313295143497097608.post-33760885160918397052008-12-07T21:35:00.000+00:002008-12-07T21:35:00.000+00:00Some of us have always appreciated Advent blue and...Some of us have always appreciated Advent blue and wouldn't contemplate the use of anything else. Here is a link to a good example of the same: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnhawes/3089934293/John Haweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17834095991863378441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313295143497097608.post-76064776791504090662008-12-06T20:04:00.000+00:002008-12-06T20:04:00.000+00:00No, Alan, I haven't as yet photographed the digita...No, Alan, I haven't as yet photographed the digitally. It's on my list along with a Comper frontal. There are actually 5 by Kempe/Clewer at St Mark's which need to be seen and are still in use after 106 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313295143497097608.post-12462492234127439092008-12-06T16:31:00.000+00:002008-12-06T16:31:00.000+00:00Davis, do you have a photo of the frontal in Phila...Davis, do you have a photo of the frontal in Philadelphia? <BR/><BR/>Lapinbizarre. Yes I think you are right. I feel a post coming on about rosary beads. Interesingly those single decade strings were often portrayed at a disproportionate scale in monumental brasses, presumably to emphasise the piety of the deceased. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad to know somebody else in the world appreciates Advent blue, I was beginning to think it was a lost cause.Allan Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00499774849106432968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313295143497097608.post-82824347011282640772008-12-05T18:15:00.000+00:002008-12-05T18:15:00.000+00:00The upper couple on the V & A fragment seem to...The upper couple on the V & A fragment seem to be carrying different styles of rosary beads, the man with an "old style" single string, single decade, rosary. Is this correct? There is an elaborate boxwood example of such a rosary, supposedly once owned by Henry VIII, at Chatsworth.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.danielmitsui.com/hieronymus/index.blog?entry_id=1841605" REL="nofollow">http://www.danielmitsui.com/hieronymus/index.blog?entry_id=1841605</A><BR/><BR/>As a convinced Dearmerite I agree with you totally on Advent blue.Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313295143497097608.post-21781681676810535532008-12-02T14:39:00.000+00:002008-12-02T14:39:00.000+00:00This frontal is very similar to one at St Mark's P...This frontal is very similar to one at St Mark's Philadelphia designed by Kempe and embroidered by the Clewer Sisters. The same format, same damask and even apparels. It was described at the time as violet...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com