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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 December 2024. Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170, Christian martyr "Thomas a Becket" redirects here. Not to be confused with Thomas à Beckett (disambiguation). For the school in Northampton, see Thomas Becket Catholic School. For other uses, see Thomas Beckett. This article contains too many ...
The richly decorated main sculptural element depicts the martyrdom of Thomas Becket. The choice of motif probably had a political significance and was not an isolated curiosity: a relic of Thomas Becket was taken to Gumlösa Church, also in Skåne, at about the same time. [1] The frieze running around the font displays the murder of Becket.
France. Musée d'art Roger-Quilliot in Clermont-Ferrand; [1]; Musée de la Sénatorerie in Guéret; [2]; Musée de l'Évêché in Limoges;; Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon;; Musée du Louvre in Paris (2 reliquaries - Murder and Burial of Saint Thomas Becket and Martyrdom and Glorification of Saint Thomas Becket;
St. Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170, supposedly on the wishes of King Henry II of England. Beckett was canonized as a saint within three years of his murder, and scenes from the life and death of Thomas Becket very quickly became a popular sources of inspiration for the artists of Limoges ...
Contemporary drawing portraying the murder of Becket. Sir William de Tracy (died c. 1189) was a knight and the feudal baron of Bradninch, Devon, with caput at the manor of Bradninch near Exeter, and was lord of the manors (amongst very many others) of Toddington, Gloucestershire and of Moretonhampstead, Devon. [1]
The paintings in the north aisle include a damaged but very fine depiction of the murder of St Thomas Becket. Next to it is a painting of a rare subject, the execution of Thomas Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster. [10] The east end of the north aisle forms a Lady Chapel whose wall paintings include an Annunciation [11] and an exquisite Virgin and ...
The murder of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1170, was rapidly followed by his canonisation in 1173, and became a very common subject on chasses, with 52 surviving, usually showing his burial above and murder below, as in the Becket Casket in the V&A Museum in London. [12]
The Becket Casket is a reliquary made in about 1180–90 in Limoges, France, and depicts one of the most infamous events in English history, the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket. [1] Following the assassination, relics of St Thomas were placed in similar reliquaries and dispersed across the world.