Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Friday 23 January 2015

A Monstrance from Milan


The New Liturgical Movement recemtly had an intersting post about an item in the treasury of Milan cathedral - a late medieval monstrance apparently made from a crystal cup. The article, with a photograph, can be seen at An Antique Monstrance from the Duomo of Milan

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