Rediscovering the Jacobean cult in medieval England: the wall paintings of St James the Great in Stoke Orchard

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Marta Ameijeiras Barros¹ 

[1] The University of Edinburgh;

关键词: life and martyrdom of st james the great;    passion-legends of saints during the middle ages;    stoke orchard;    wall painting;    medieval literature;    patrons;    medieval english roads;    port of bristol;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The restoration work conducted throughout the 1950s under the supervision of Clive Rouse on the Norman church of St James the Great of Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire, uncovered the earliest and largest mural cycle found in Europe depicting the life and martyrdom of the apostle St James, dated from between c.1190 and 1220. Although the method adopted here, as a continuous frieze running around the entire nave, can also be seen in other English churches like St Botolph’s Church in West Sussex, surviving examples would seem to indicate that this formula was rather unusual in the North of Europe. Despite this uniqueness, these frescos have only been published in one article by their discoverer in 1966. Besides expounding the wall paintings, my investigations will consider three core issues: the medieval written sources which could have inspired these frescoes; the possible functionality in relation to the port of Bristol, one of the main harbours for the Jacobean British pilgrims, and finally, the patronage of the Archer family as well as the origin of their Jacobean devotion.

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