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Ian Scott Massie's Blog

Orm's Doorway - the story behind a print

11/23/2016

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St Gregory’s Minster 
is a small, very beautiful, church at the foot of the North York Moors.

One of the treasures of Yorkshire is just above the church door sheltered by the porch. Here, carved on the back of a coffin slab, is a sundial. Flanking the dial is this inscription, written in Old English somewhere between 1055 and 1065: 
“Orm the son of Gamal, bought St Gregory’s Church when it was broken and fallen, and had it made anew from the ground in honour of Christ and St Gregory, in the days of Edward the King and Tosti the Earl.”

Inside the church is the original arched doorway, no wider than a shoulder width. I think it's beautiful - a reminder of the human scale on which this church was originally built. 

Thank you Orm.

The print is a reduction screen print and is currently on show at:
ARTIFACT
​An exhibition by the members of North Yorkshire Printmakers' Circle featuring work on the theme of an "artifact" but including a wide range of other work from some of the North's finest printmakers.

at
Ryedale Folk Museum
Hutton-le-Hole, Kirkbymoorside, YO62 6UA 10th September – 4th December 2016

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  • Art
    • Giclee Prints
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    • Scotland
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    • Northern Soul
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