Survivals in Temple Church: A Rare Example of Architectural Graffiti

In 2023, I was able to make a preliminary survey of Temple Church to record any surviving graffiti. With the…

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‘A Consensus of Symbols: Patterns in Ritual Building Protection’ by Wayne Perkins (BA, Hons, ACIfA) Published by Aeon Books in…

Apotropaic marks have been found both within the Priory’s ecclesiastical buildings and the later private residence adapted from the West…

A fireplace, half a millennium old and re-built in the foyer of Southend-on-Sea’s museum still bears apotropaics…perhaps embracing the concept…

…that I slipped into the church of St Peter & St Paul, in the village of Borden in Kent to…

Some of the motifs collected in the corpora of Medieval graffiti are derived from ancient antecedents, which has led many…

One of the most unusual discoveries that I have made recently is a six-petal rosette (or daisy wheel) graffito that…

Legends, myths & ritual taper burn marks It is believed that the proximity of the Ye Older Six Bells public…

The Manticore The manticore was a legendary creature from ancient Persian mythology which featured strongly in medieval bestiaries and heraldry…

“I wish to be buried..before the Holy Image of Master John Schorne in the church at Binham” Richard Easingwold of…