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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
Stained glass window. Romsey Abbey. LocationCode:- not yet allocated
Scuptures  and windows
Romsey Abbey stained glass window
Romsey Abbey stained glass window
Romsey Abbey stained glass window
Romsey Abbey Christus Rex sculpture
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    Graffiti  
 and  
Stonemason
 Marks  
Carved Chair

A patterned section from the

15th century Abbey Cope

    Fixtures    
and 
Furnishings  
Memorials  and 
Tablets  
Fabric
of the
Building and its
Condition
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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  

Floorplan system used for the location codes

Romsey Abbey
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