Portraits, 17th-20th century

Portraits, 17th-20th century

The Chapter Library and Cathedral collections features a number of painted and printed portraits of former bishops, deans and Cathedral clergy.

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Crypt Colours

Crypt Colours

Randolph Jones investigates the medieval heralds of the crypt vaulting.

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Medieval Lady Chapel mural

Medieval Lady Chapel mural

Bishop’s Chaplain Lindsay Llewellyn-MacDuff discusses the medieval Lady Chapel mural in an extract from the Bertha's Daughters: A History of the Church in Kent

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Paint Projection

Paint Projection

A tricky but exciting project ticking away by cover of night this past year is piecing together fragments of the Cathedral’s medieval painted decoration, now beginning to shine bright again for the first time in over four centuries.

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Medieval paintings

Medieval paintings

David Park discusses the medieval paintings of the Cathedral and their conservation, including the exceptional 13th-century Wheel of Fortune.

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Ernest William Tristram watercolours, c.1922

Ernest William Tristram watercolours, c.1922

Ernest William Tristram (1882-1952) was a prominent medievalist art historian and painter. His watercolour reproductions of the medieval wall paintings at the Cathedral stand as an exceptional record of this deteriorating art.

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Wall painting around the quire, 1327-1377

Wall painting around the quire, 1327-1377

The painted lion decoration around the quire, produced during the reign of Edward III.

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