Beauchamp Glories

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Detail of the heraldic animals (Griffin & bear) at the foot of the magnificent tomb of Richard Beauchamp, the centrepiece of the Chapel at St Mary's Warwick he founded and which to this day bears his name.

The purbeck marble tomb chest bears a splendid portrait of the deceased in armour in an attitude of prayer, gazing towards the image of Mary in the ceiling above the altar.

The effigy is one of the few surviving English medieval effigies executed in gilt bronze (most of the rest are in Westminster Abbey); this material is also used to great effect in the superb series of mourners and angels that decorate the tomb chest below.

It is interesting to compare this stunning, superbly executed monument, with it's attention to detail and naturalism, with the rather stiffer alabaster monument to the deceased's father, Thomas Beauchamp, in the church's main chancel.

The tomb is also unusual in preserving it's 'pall-cover', a semi-circular cage-like structure that arches over Beauchamp's effigy.

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Taken on June 28, 2008

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