tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post2209048931156348395..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Ghosts on the Walls by Imogen RobertsonMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-90772202716402030592014-11-08T10:15:51.623+00:002014-11-08T10:15:51.623+00:00I enjoyed the various paths through this article, ...I enjoyed the various paths through this article, and in particular liked your evocation of the process of creating a palimpsest which you were in the middle of doing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02004554166854979206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-14407470669683643442014-10-22T10:09:29.093+01:002014-10-22T10:09:29.093+01:00Just had a lovely time reading up on Wissington, J...Just had a lovely time reading up on Wissington, Jules. Thank you for the tip! That suffolk churches site is wonderful.Imogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925800621947616280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-34321189456638664382014-10-21T20:39:27.262+01:002014-10-21T20:39:27.262+01:00For really ghostly paintings try St Mary's Wis...For really ghostly paintings try St Mary's Wissington. It's in the middle of a field and - speaking for myself - the sense of astonishment evoked by the paintings is completely overwhelming http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/wissington.htmjulia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-30889459210082548042014-10-21T14:08:36.351+01:002014-10-21T14:08:36.351+01:00Thanks folks! James - Rochester is great, couldn&#...Thanks folks! James - Rochester is great, couldn't find a really good pub though so let us know if you do. Becca, I know, apparently all the figures on the front of Wells Cathedral were painted once. Wish someone would photoshop that one up. I love checking for the details too, Liz and Ann whenever I see a whitewashed wall in a church, I wonder what's underneath them. My favourite story of what's under there? is this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenhaston The boards were left out in the rain which cleaned off the whitewash and revealed the Doom underneath. Imogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925800621947616280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-62327600582352855832014-10-21T12:36:15.023+01:002014-10-21T12:36:15.023+01:00Wonderful post! I too love these wall paintings. Y...Wonderful post! I too love these wall paintings. You can understand how they brought to vivid life the stories which the unlettered could not read for themselves, and they speak as vividly today. I believe Shakespeare's father, as one of the town councillors, was required to whitewash over religious wall paintings. I think they may have been in a guildhall rather than a church. Ann Swinfenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08168095839845563846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-79248645733339030942014-10-21T10:08:21.463+01:002014-10-21T10:08:21.463+01:00Loved these wall paintings. Whenever I see mediev...Loved these wall paintings. Whenever I see medieval wall paintings, the costume nerd inside me comes to the forefront and I'm always checking the fashions of the time! Agree about the Rosewall book; I have it on my bookshelf.Elizabeth Chadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911841862257909703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-32872193843871856702014-10-21T09:47:05.133+01:002014-10-21T09:47:05.133+01:00That sounds wonderful! Thank-you so much for shari...That sounds wonderful! Thank-you so much for sharing. I've just clicked through to look at the photo on flickr. Such a small space of the wall - just imagine what our impression of old churches would be if they had all retained their old wall paintings. It's similar to the greek and roman statues - we think of them as elegant and plain, when they probably would have been brightly painted. (When I was very young, I thought that they had actually been purposefully made with missing legs, and arms and heads and so on...not that I thought ancient greeks and romans went around headless, but as some sort of artistic decision not to include them!)Becca McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339982441409936532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-69210361260272593922014-10-21T09:30:06.304+01:002014-10-21T09:30:06.304+01:00Haha!! Alex and I have been meaning to visit Roche...Haha!! Alex and I have been meaning to visit Rochester Castle and the Cathedral for about a year now... you beat us to it, but we're glad to hear it is recommended. And as for Easby Abbey - we remember the exact same feeling in that church looking at those wall paintings; the presence of ghosts all around and an almost palpable sense of us passing through time. Beautifully described, Imo. And an immpression very much shared. We'll let you know how we find Rochester's castle and environs if we ever get there!<br />James and AlexJames MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10132150387185401774noreply@blogger.com