Saddened to read of the theft of two
panels and the damage done to a third in a robbery from the Holy Trinity ChurchTorbryan.
The theft happened in this unlocked
church between 22nd July and 8th August.
Demonstrating how vulnerable our volunteer managed churches are. The stolen pieces are unique, priceless
which ever way you it express it – money or culture.
I was particularly interested as Holy
Trinity’s Rood roodscreen has the same frame as the one I studied from the
V&A.
Though Holy Trinity has a
much finer quality painting than the rough finish of the V&A indicating the
hand of a more skilful artist. In fact Holy Trinity is one of the finest screens in England but, sadly (for me) has no Adoration scene in its 40 figure panels.
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| V&A Panel |
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| Holy Trinity Church, Torbryan |
Quoting from my essay on the V&A
piece:
The [V&A]’s oak framework is carved
with conventional Gothic foliage. It is framed on three sides by wheat-corn
inspired, gilded carved mouldings regularly incised diagonally across the beam
variations of this corn moulding are also found on[both Holy Trinity and the
V&A frame] indicating that [they] come from a similar tradition.
Each of the framework’s four lights is filled
with a single painted figure from The [figures] framed by a distinctive carved
,cusped gothic ogee arch with a trefoil intrados. Its ogee arches are a feature
the [V&A] work shares with [Holy Trinity] …….. The common tradition
detected in the arches and mouldings is seen again in the sills where perhaps
again ornamental variations indicate a common tradition which may have been
formalised into a common pattern book shared amongst the carvers guild
2 comments:
Had already been alerted to this by a different source. Such an appalling, thoughtless theft.
Totally agree Johanna, sad thing is some avaricious, commercial, economic thought certainly went into the theft but, absolutely no thought as to cultural loss or the damage caused.
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