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.


Tuesday, 30 September 2025

More for Michaelmas


Following on from my post yesterday for Michaelmas here are two pieces from websites which were published yesterday.

The New Liturgical Movement had republished another excellent article from 2018 by Gregory DiPippo about the history of the feast and with some fine illustrations, including Roger van der Weyden’s famous depiction of the Archangel from 1446-52. Unlike most later medieval images of St Michael, such as those by Crivelli I cited yesterday which show an armed figure with sword and scales, here the Archangel weighs souls dressed in cope, stole and alb.

The article can be seen at The Feast of St Michael and All Angels.

The Liturgical Arts Journal had a lavishly illustrated account by J.P. Sonnen of St Michael’s Abbey at Farnborough which was founded by the Empress Eugenie as a sepulchre and memorial for her husband the Emperor Napoleon III, for their only child the Prince Imperial, and for herself. The monastic church is a vision of late French Flamboyant architecture in rural - or suburban - Home Counties England. 

That article can be seen at St. Michael's Abbey in Farnborough, England



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