The Interior of St.Mary - Page 2
There are a few wonderful pieces of stained glass in
some of the church windows, and to keep download times to a reasonable level,
I have included two as thumbnails - If you click on the relative links a larger
version of that glass will load in another window (forgive the pun!)
These two carvings are in the nave on the north wall and have been placed so both sides may be viewed.
whilst the one on the right is 13th century.
These fragments are similar to ones in Chichester Cathedral, which are supposed
to have come from the old church of Selsey, long gone beneath the waves off
the Sussex coast. In the south transept you will find a carved tablet high
up on the wall, set into the plasterwork. Saxon in origin, it represents an
abbot giving benediction: the figure, with a nimbus, prays at a desk, the
whole being under a round-headed arcade with fluted capitals.
The style of the drapery suggests that the figure may have been copied from a manuscript original but the arch
details seem to require an earlier date than this will allow.
External - Inernal 1
- Internal 2 - Other Points
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