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Carved church screen

This sculptured limestone panel is part of a reredos or screen carved in about 1500. The reredos probably stood behind the high altar of St Johnês Church in Wellington and...

Carved panel

This panel was probably made for Taunton Priory. It includes the arms of Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester, and the initials of William Yorke, Prior of Taunton. Yorke was nominated...

Carvings from Knowle St Giles Church

These carvings were made for the church at Knowle St Giles in about 1500 and were probably part of the roof interior. They show a bearded man and a grotesque...

Congresbury Carving

This remarkable carving probably comes from the shrine of St Cyngar. He may have been born in Wales in the late 400s and lived as a holy man at Congresbury....

Carving entitled 'Family I'

Ernst Blensdorf carved Family I in the studio of his family home •Gladenê (Norwegian for •joyê) in Bruton. Positive images of families recurred in his work at this time. The...

Carved crucifix

Many treasures from Somerset churches were destroyed at the Reformation. This alabaster fragment formed part of a crucifixion scene and was carved in Nottingham in about 1500. It probably comes...

Carving of St Peter

This sculpture shows St Peter as a bishop raising his right hand in a blessing. It was probably originally part of an important religious building. It was rediscovered in 2004...

Carving of figure from Meare Church

This male figure comes from the church at Meare, which was built by the abbots of Glastonbury. The figure dates from about 1500 and evidently depicts a priest or saint....

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