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Imaging the Bible in Wales

Visual Culture of Wales
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WorkVisual Culture of Wales – Medieval Vision

The Visual Culture of Wales: Medieval Vision (CD-ROM)
(Cardiff, 2004)

The third CD-ROM in the series covering the medieval period shared common ground with my own earlier research interests. As the research and photography for the book took place while I was working on the project, I had photographs included in the printed volume as well as the CD-ROM.

I took on greater responsibilities in the research and imaging of the Time Gallery and Visual Journey sections, conducting, recording, editing and illustrating interviews, as well as photography and design.

Part of the Raglan frieze.

Section of the Raglan frieze, c.1513, which was the subject of one of the Time Galleries made with Dr John Morgan-Guy. The frieze had been photographed in part for the previous volume, but I photographed the entire frieze again during a subsequent visit and digitally combined all the photographs into two long images, one of which was also used in the new Raglan Castle Guide.

 
Front covers of English and Welsh CD-Roms.

Chequered stonework on the arcading and rose window, Bishop's Palace, St Davids.

 
Front covers of English and Welsh CD-Roms.

I contributed a section to the Time Gallery which explored the revival of interest in Celtic Christian monuments and design in Wales from the nineteenth century onwards until the present day. This page shows one of the tiles from Warpool Court, many of which use Celtic design. (main photograph & layout MC).

 
Front covers of English and Welsh CD-Roms.

Tracing the understanding and interpretation of the visual culture of medieval Wales over the centuries led to the creation of further Time Galleries which considered the roles of conservation and recovery, as well as the revival of pilgrimage and the idea of the ancient British church. Occasionally these journeys crossed paths with the current research project, Imaging the Bible in Wales, as shown by this window of Welsh saints from the 1950s by Celtic Studios, Brynmill, Swansea.

 
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