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My article, "Lydgate at Long Melford: Reassessing the Testament and 'Quis Dabit Meo Capiti Fontem Lacrimarum' in their Local Context" (Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures 43:1, 2017) includes a number of photographs taken on site at the Church of The Holy Trinity, Long Melford. The journal needed to publish the images in black and white, and I felt that some of the nuance might be lost if you cannot see them in color. I have hosted the photographs here as a way for interested parties to see color versions of the images and hopefully understand better some of the points I'm making about how Lydgate's verses function in this architectural space.

The images are arrayed below in the order they appear in the article, along with the associated caption. Most of the images have larger versions, which can be accessed by clicking on the photo itself.

Figure 2: West wall of the Clopton chantry chapel, Holy Trinity, Long Melford. The stanzas from the "Quis Dabit Meo Capiti Fontem Lacrimarum" run along the edge of the bressummer at the top of the picture, the Latin verses are beneath the bressummer, and the stanza from the "Balade at the Reverance of Our Lady" is beneath the squint on the left. Also notice the remnants of wall paintings along the wall to the right of the squint toward the chantry entrance.
Figure 3: Close-up of the “Balade at the Reverance of Our Lady” stanza, Clopton chantry chapel, Holy Trinity, Long Melford.
Figure 4: Hooded female figure, likely the Virgin, from the Clopton chantry chapel, Holy Trinity, Long Melford.
Figure 5: The Magdalene, with her unbound hair and alabastrum, from the stained glass currently in the north aisle of the nave of Holy Trinity, Long Melford.
Figure 6: Pietà from the stained glass along the north aisle of the nave of Holy Trinity, Long Melford, with the Virgin wearing the red cloak seen in the Clopton chantry’s Mary image.
Figure 7: Example of the paneling in the Lady Chapel of Holy Trinity, Long Melford. The layout, including the vine motif and hand, is similar to that in the Clopton chantry chapel.

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