Wall painting (6)
St Mary the Virgin, Belchamp Walter, Essex
The restoration then moved onto the remainder of the North wall where she uncovered two tiers of paintings. These are not by the same painter but nevertheless are interesting, in the top tier there are six subjects, and in the lower tier four subjects, but one of these is very hard to make out. The paintings are mostly in red ochre but also some are in yellow. They can be identified as follows:
Upper Tier - looking from left to right:
1.Christ entering the Gate of Jerusalem on a donkey which is in yellow ochre.
2.The Gate of Jerusalem. A small head is looking down from the battlements. Slight traces of a figure can be seen in the archway.
3.Christ kneeling and washing the feet of Peter.
4.The Last Supper. Judas is seen stealing the bag of money and a fish from the table.
5.The Betrayal, Judas, Christ and two Soldiers.
6.Christ before Pontius Pilate. Christ’s hands are bound and He is blindfolded.
Lower Tier:
1.The martyrdom of Saint Edmund. He is bound to a tree and being shot by the Danes with bows and arrows.
2.This is indecipherable.
3.A large "Pelican in Piety" painted in red, pecking at her breasts and so drawing blood to feed her five chicks.
4.This subject is in some doubt, but appears to be a King, Queen and a Courtier bearing a Hawk. Perhaps the first part of "The Three Living and the Three Dead".
stepneyrobarts.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/belchamp-walter-ess...
Wall painting (6)
St Mary the Virgin, Belchamp Walter, Essex
The restoration then moved onto the remainder of the North wall where she uncovered two tiers of paintings. These are not by the same painter but nevertheless are interesting, in the top tier there are six subjects, and in the lower tier four subjects, but one of these is very hard to make out. The paintings are mostly in red ochre but also some are in yellow. They can be identified as follows:
Upper Tier - looking from left to right:
1.Christ entering the Gate of Jerusalem on a donkey which is in yellow ochre.
2.The Gate of Jerusalem. A small head is looking down from the battlements. Slight traces of a figure can be seen in the archway.
3.Christ kneeling and washing the feet of Peter.
4.The Last Supper. Judas is seen stealing the bag of money and a fish from the table.
5.The Betrayal, Judas, Christ and two Soldiers.
6.Christ before Pontius Pilate. Christ’s hands are bound and He is blindfolded.
Lower Tier:
1.The martyrdom of Saint Edmund. He is bound to a tree and being shot by the Danes with bows and arrows.
2.This is indecipherable.
3.A large "Pelican in Piety" painted in red, pecking at her breasts and so drawing blood to feed her five chicks.
4.This subject is in some doubt, but appears to be a King, Queen and a Courtier bearing a Hawk. Perhaps the first part of "The Three Living and the Three Dead".
stepneyrobarts.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/belchamp-walter-ess...