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The
Romsey Abbey
Graffiti and Inventory Project
St Basil the Great
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Detail from one of three faces
taken from a donated icon.
Location code: G-G11-N8
Abbey Graffiti and Inventory Project
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This project commenced May 2015.
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The Aim: To compile a comprehesive photographic record of the graffiti, architectural details, artefacts and contents of the Abbey.
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The Progress: 9,000 digital images have been recorded along the
clerestory galleries and on the groundfloor.
Current Work: Sorting - Editing - Cataloguing - Location Coding.
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Next Phase: Further photography to be continued, information to be written into text file and linked to each photograph.
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Help needed: Volunteers required to research and write 50 words of background information for groups of photographs.
Final Phase: To create collections under various headings and deposit them with Romsey Abbey, Hampshire Record Office, LTVAS and other Historical Archives. A small selection will be showcased on a website.
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Scroll down to preview just a few of the thousands of photographs that will form the
Abbey Inventory Collection
Best viewed on computer, laptop or tablet.
Preview - For restricted distribution only
Scuptures and windows
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This detail from the Christus Rex, was sculpted in wood by Peter Eugene Ball in 2013 Location code:- G- D15- E8
Altar light Romsey Abbey Location code: G-G15-N8
A detail from the stained glass window in the east wall of Romsey Abbey Location code: G-F15-E5
Graffiti
and
Stonemason
Marks
One of many graffiti depicting a church or a tent with a campaign banner. 1771 AD Location Code G-D2-S7
This group of graffiti is to be found high on the north wall of the North Transept where there was once a gallery of pews. Location Code:- G-B10-N3
This 1663 A.D. graffito is one of the oldest to be found along the north west gallery of the clerestory. Location code : C-D02-S4-X
A patterned section from the
15th century Abbey Cope
Fixtures
and
Furnishings
Memorials and
Tablets
Fabric
of the
Building and its
Condition
The Romsey Abbess Seal on display near the gift shop. Location code: G-D2- W9
Sample of one of the scores of cross-stitched kneelers produced in 1974
Detail of workmanship around the lock clasp on a wooden chest in the north transept
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Proposed sub-collections
Artefacts Architecture
Draperies
Fixtures
Furnishings
Graffiti
Memorials
Statuary
Paintings
Stained Glass
Vestments...
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A valuable historic record for future generations
Column capital hidden from view at clerestory level. LocationCode:- C-G04-N2
Column Capital -LocationCode not yet allocated.
Column capital hidden at clerestory level. LocationCode:-C-G03-N2
Column Capital -LocationCode not yet allocated.
Floorplan system used for the location codes
Location codes are based on A-K and 01-16 coordinates of floor plan, followed by a compass orientated 1-9 elevation grid plan. Eg:- The memorial plaque for Rev Williams to the left of the gift shop is referenced G-D10-E1
Location codes are based on A-K and 01-16 coordinates of floor plan, followed by a compass orientated 1-9 elevation grid plan. Eg:- Column capital hidden from view at clerestory level is referenced as LocationCode:- C-G04-N2