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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
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
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
Also this in the totally amazing Schnutgen Museum, where I could easily have spent the whole holiday
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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)
November 28, 2025 at 7:45 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
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
For #MementoMoriMonday these gorgeous hooped tombs at Diserth - are they a north Wales speciality?
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 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-...
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 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...
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 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...
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 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...
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 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...
November 16, 2025 at 5:36 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.
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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
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
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
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
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)
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 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.
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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
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
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
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
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
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