Bench End of the Passion

Looking back through the Flickr archives I came across this bench end at Cumnor in Berkshire, a double-sided poppy head decorated with instruments of the Passion on one side and the cross, a sacred monogram and the five wounds on the other. It rather speaks for itself.

Cumnor, Berkshire

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Allan Barton is an art and architectural historian and an Anglican priest. He read History at UCL and then obtained his MA in Medieval Studies and PhD in Art History at the University of York followed by a degree in Theology from Oxford University. He is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

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