Next talk – 6th March 2023 from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Dr Sarah Cassell on the ‘Angel Roofs of East Anglia’
In the Law Faculty, 10 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DZ
Amongst the most distinctive features of some late-fourteenth-century to mid- sixteenth-century East Anglian parish churches are their open timber roofs with angelic carvings. Carved angels form, or are attached to, the beam ends or principal timbers, at prayer, or carrying musical instruments, symbols of Christ’s Passion, implements of the Mass or heraldic devices. These angel roofs proliferated across East Anglia in the wake of the unveiling of Richard II’s prestigious remodelled roof at Westminster Hall (c. 1393-9), yet their relationship with the structure and imagery of the Westminster roof is not straightforward.
Sarah Cassell was an Associate Tutor at UEA, where she completed her PhD thesis, titled Structure and Image in Late Medieval East Anglian Angel Roofs. She gives regular conference papers and talks
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More details from CAS website.
How to find the venue for the talk.
The following link shows the location of the law building
Faculty of Law: Map of the University of Cambridge