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Hi Freddi, and everyone reading,

Sorry for not responding sooner.  I'm not in everyday.  The two 
Romanesque tympana in England with a Coronation of the Virgin are 
both too small to fit a Jesse Tree as well.  The example in the north portal 
at  Quenington (Glos) is set with figures associated with the 
Revelation textual root, but more importantly for your interests is 
that the tympanum in south portal of the church is a Harrowing of 
Hell.  No wall paintings survive and the fragments of sculpture are 
not indiciative of any other iconographic types.  
The question of locating both images together and in a portal, rather 
than elsewhere is an interesting one.
Jesse Trees are not common in English Romanesque architectural, 
contexts but this may be survival;  those that I am aware of are glass. 
I'm not as well informed about wall paintings, but it would be easy 
to find out (especially for you at the Courtauld!).  
I was interested to read of the association of the images in the 
cloister at Silos because I dont think its the type of combination 
you  would be likly to find surviving in the kinds of churches where 
English tympana are preserved.  In addition English Romanesque 
cloisters are not well preserved.  However, this general lack of 
examples may be because presentations in other mediums/media,  
from other parts of churches have not survived in tact?  
All a bit imponderable I'm afraid, but I must stress that I am not 
very conversant with post-Romanesque evidence such that I can 
comment.  For example crowns stand out in my mind as a feature 
of the Jesse reredos at Christchurch Hants, but not a coronation.  
Again, much is missing from that work and I have no picture to hand.  

I'm soory if this is a bit rablesome, but do let me know what you 
turn up in terms of associations in the period up to your MS.  

best wishes

Duncan Givans

PS For information the other examples of a Coronation of the Virgin 
on an English Romanesque tympanum is at Worth Maltravers (Dorset).  
None sport a Tree of Jesse.  


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