Sunday, July 26, 2009

Details: Ornamental Ecclesiastical Floors


Cosmatesque floor of Santa Maria Trastevere
Source: G. Terez



Cosmatesque floor in San Crisogono in Trastevere
Source: ParadoxPlace



Ornamental marble floor of All Souls College Chapel, Oxford
Source: NLM/Shawn Tribe



Mediaeval encaustic tiles from Cleeve Abbey, Somerset, England
Source: Wikimedia/MortimerCat



Gothic revival tiles, AWN Pugin, St. Giles, Cheadle
Source: Lawrence Lew O.P.



Gothic revival tiles, AWN Pugin, St. Giles, Cheadle
Source: Lawrence Lew O.P.


Due to copyright I cannot directly show these mediaeval tiles which come from Hailes Abbey, found now in the Hailes Abbey Museum, but they are worth a look: Sacred Destinations

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