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.


Monday 2 August 2021

Reliquary of St Dorothy from Basel


The Liturgical Arts Journal has an article today about a delightful fifteenth century reliquary from Basel Cathedral. Made or assembled in several stages in the 1450s it contains relics of St Dorothy and is now on display in the Historisches Museum in the city. It is yet another reminder both of medieval craftsmanship and also of the losses we have suffered over subsequent centuries.

The illustrated article can be seen at From the Treasury of Basel - The Reliquary of St. Dorothy


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