Church Monuments Society
@churchmonuments.bsky.social
We offer a focus for those with an interest in church monuments of all types and periods. Posts by @heritagepilgrim.bsky.social
December's #MonumentoftheMonth is this lovely wall monument to an unknown Utrecht canon showing him being presented to the Virgin and Child by Saints James and Barbara churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-...
December 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
December's #MonumentoftheMonth is this lovely wall monument to an unknown Utrecht canon showing him being presented to the Virgin and Child by Saints James and Barbara churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-...
For #MementoMoriMonday this little fellow peeping out of a ledgerstone in the garden of the Romanesque church of St. Cäcilien in Cologne, now the Schnütgen Museum
December 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
For #MementoMoriMonday this little fellow peeping out of a ledgerstone in the garden of the Romanesque church of St. Cäcilien in Cologne, now the Schnütgen Museum
Today's quiz - possibly the most unusual tomb chest I have ever seen : do you know where it is?
November 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Today's quiz - possibly the most unusual tomb chest I have ever seen : do you know where it is?
Also this in the totally amazing Schnutgen Museum, where I could easily have spent the whole holiday
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Also this in the totally amazing Schnutgen Museum, where I could easily have spent the whole holiday
For #FontsonFriday this beauty in Great St Martin's, Cologne. m
Modern cover with water-related Biblical miracles and stories (Noah, Baptism of Chrit, Christ calming the Waters etc)
Modern cover with water-related Biblical miracles and stories (Noah, Baptism of Chrit, Christ calming the Waters etc)
November 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
For #FontsonFriday this beauty in Great St Martin's, Cologne. m
Modern cover with water-related Biblical miracles and stories (Noah, Baptism of Chrit, Christ calming the Waters etc)
Modern cover with water-related Biblical miracles and stories (Noah, Baptism of Chrit, Christ calming the Waters etc)
Our latest Journal is out! Verminous cadavers, all sorts of monuments and wide-ranging reviews. Details at churchmonumentssociety.org/the-journal. Free to members - or click the links to read abstracts and order a copy
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Our latest Journal is out! Verminous cadavers, all sorts of monuments and wide-ranging reviews. Details at churchmonumentssociety.org/the-journal. Free to members - or click the links to read abstracts and order a copy
For #MementoMoriMonday these gorgeous hooped tombs at Diserth - are they a north Wales speciality?
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
For #MementoMoriMonday these gorgeous hooped tombs at Diserth - are they a north Wales speciality?
Alexander Stoddart's lecture 'Lazy Thinking, Lazy Sculpting: Why Contemporary Statues Are All So Woeful' will now be the last lecture in our Spring series, on 9 April 2026. Hybrid event, joint with Mausolea and Monuments Trust, £5. Details and booking go to churchmonumentssociety.org/events/lazy-...
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Alexander Stoddart's lecture 'Lazy Thinking, Lazy Sculpting: Why Contemporary Statues Are All So Woeful' will now be the last lecture in our Spring series, on 9 April 2026. Hybrid event, joint with Mausolea and Monuments Trust, £5. Details and booking go to churchmonumentssociety.org/events/lazy-...
Blog post on the tombs of the Barnardistons of Kedington, Suffolk, considering how styles change over time and how this reflects (or doesn't) changes in belief churchmonumentssociety.org/2025/11/17/s...
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Blog post on the tombs of the Barnardistons of Kedington, Suffolk, considering how styles change over time and how this reflects (or doesn't) changes in belief churchmonumentssociety.org/2025/11/17/s...
Finally, on 28 March, Roger Bowdler on some of the high-quality sculpture to be found in cemeteries. Details and link for booking at churchmonumentssociety.org/events/sculp...
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Finally, on 28 March, Roger Bowdler on some of the high-quality sculpture to be found in cemeteries. Details and link for booking at churchmonumentssociety.org/events/sculp...
Next, on 21 March, @rphillips-solomon.bsky.social on the heartbreaking effigies of two of Anne of Brittany's young children, developing on her #MonumentoftheMonth post at churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-.... Details and link for bookings at churchmonumentssociety.org/events/a-mon...
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Next, on 21 March, @rphillips-solomon.bsky.social on the heartbreaking effigies of two of Anne of Brittany's young children, developing on her #MonumentoftheMonth post at churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-.... Details and link for bookings at churchmonumentssociety.org/events/a-mon...
And here are the details! First up, 14 March, Sophie Oosterwijk on the gorgeous gilded bronze and silver effigies of medieval Europe. As ever, free but you need to book: more details and Eventbrite link at churchmonumentssociety.org/events/gilde...
November 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
And here are the details! First up, 14 March, Sophie Oosterwijk on the gorgeous gilded bronze and silver effigies of medieval Europe. As ever, free but you need to book: more details and Eventbrite link at churchmonumentssociety.org/events/gilde...
Already looking forward to our Spring series of lectures - precious-metal effigies, children's tombs, sculpture in cemeteries. More details on our Events page when we have them.
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Already looking forward to our Spring series of lectures - precious-metal effigies, children's tombs, sculpture in cemeteries. More details on our Events page when we have them.
Tragically, so many of her children died young - memorials to 2 of them at churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-...
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Tragically, so many of her children died young - memorials to 2 of them at churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-...
Don't forget this evening's FREE lecture on vernacular monuments in Devon - still time to register, go to www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/granite-an...
November 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Don't forget this evening's FREE lecture on vernacular monuments in Devon - still time to register, go to www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/granite-an...
Great excitement when we spotted drawings of some lost tombs on the Sackville pedigree rolls in a 'Treasures of the National Trust' programme. churchmonumentssociety.org/2025/11/14/m...
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Great excitement when we spotted drawings of some lost tombs on the Sackville pedigree rolls in a 'Treasures of the National Trust' programme. churchmonumentssociety.org/2025/11/14/m...
For #ThrowbackThursday a #MonumentoftheMonth from 2012: the monument of Walter Stewart of Menteith and his wife Mary shows the couple embracing. churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-...
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
For #ThrowbackThursday a #MonumentoftheMonth from 2012: the monument of Walter Stewart of Menteith and his wife Mary shows the couple embracing. churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-...
On Wednesday 26 Nov we hope to have a hybrid event on modern sculpture with the MMT - £5, online or in person in Cowcross Street, London. Book via the MMT site at www.mmtrust.org.uk/events.php
(scroll down to book to attend online)
(scroll down to book to attend online)
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
On Wednesday 26 Nov we hope to have a hybrid event on modern sculpture with the MMT - £5, online or in person in Cowcross Street, London. Book via the MMT site at www.mmtrust.org.uk/events.php
(scroll down to book to attend online)
(scroll down to book to attend online)
After last Saturday's Renaissance splendour - join us next Saturday to look at the humbler granite and slate monuments of west and north Devon churchmonumentssociety.org/events/grani...
Free but you need to book - click the link to go to the Eventbrite page.
Free but you need to book - click the link to go to the Eventbrite page.
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
After last Saturday's Renaissance splendour - join us next Saturday to look at the humbler granite and slate monuments of west and north Devon churchmonumentssociety.org/events/grani...
Free but you need to book - click the link to go to the Eventbrite page.
Free but you need to book - click the link to go to the Eventbrite page.
It's #MementoMoriMonday - we spotted this beauty in the churchyard at St Lawrence, Edgware, at our annual study day and AGM last month
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It's #MementoMoriMonday - we spotted this beauty in the churchyard at St Lawrence, Edgware, at our annual study day and AGM last month
Still time to register for tomorrow's FREE lecture putting this gorgeous Renaissance tomb in context - go to www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-tomb-fun... to book.
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Still time to register for tomorrow's FREE lecture putting this gorgeous Renaissance tomb in context - go to www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-tomb-fun... to book.
For #ThrowbackThursday this #MonumentoftheMonth back in 2012 shows Lady Margaret Grey on an elaborately decorated tomb chest churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-...
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
For #ThrowbackThursday this #MonumentoftheMonth back in 2012 shows Lady Margaret Grey on an elaborately decorated tomb chest churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-...
It's #MementoMoriMonday and our #MonumentoftheMonth is this gorgeous cadaver tomb from Meissen - details at churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-...
November 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It's #MementoMoriMonday and our #MonumentoftheMonth is this gorgeous cadaver tomb from Meissen - details at churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-...
A bit of further reading from last night's lecture at churchmonumentssociety.org/2025/11/01/d.... Looking forward to the next, on 8 Nov: funeral sermons and a truly gorgeous tomb churchmonumentssociety.org/events/a-tom...
November 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A bit of further reading from last night's lecture at churchmonumentssociety.org/2025/11/01/d.... Looking forward to the next, on 8 Nov: funeral sermons and a truly gorgeous tomb churchmonumentssociety.org/events/a-tom...
The wonderful #31DaysofGraves comes to an end with #MementoMori. Lots of memento mori imagery on this wall monument at Llanilltud Fawr, probably carved by Iolo Morganwg's father
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The wonderful #31DaysofGraves comes to an end with #MementoMori. Lots of memento mori imagery on this wall monument at Llanilltud Fawr, probably carved by Iolo Morganwg's father