by Toni Watts | Dec 20, 2013 | Blog
As I stood in the ruins of Furness Abbey, I wondered…what was the roof made of, when this building was in its prime in the twelfth century? Our village church has a lead covered roof, but it is substantially smaller. And if they did use lead in medieval Cumbria,...
by Toni Watts | Dec 15, 2013 | Recent Work
The shape of this letter B is taken from the Bury Bible. This is a large twelfth century hand written Bible, illuminated with gold leaf. Each page measured 52.5 x 35 cm, which was just about the largest size page that could be made from a whole calfskin at the time....
by Toni Watts | Dec 12, 2013 | Blog, Out and About
Furness Abbey lies, abandoned in rain-drenched seclusion, in a valley in southern Cumbria. A vast expanse of red sandstone, it’s ruined now, of course. Some of the large church is still standing, but you can see the crack running up one of the walls. And you...
