This was a technique that I developed to allow the visitor to be able to click on specific text on
a page that would take you to another page on the website.
I started this concept on my page describing the Wall Paintings
in the Church of St. Mary's Belchamp Walter.
Now in 2023 I have decided that this technique is too obtuse for visitors to this website to understand
and I have limited its use.
An example of Clickable Text
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Where this technique was tried
The descriptions of the wall paintings taken from the original Church guide.
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Also on the North Wall can be seen Mural Paintings of unusual interest, particularly that of the Madonna to whom the Church is dedicated.
Prior to 1962 this painting had been partially visible and in 1962, along with other paintings was restored by an expert who was a Mrs Baker;
she was engaged through the auspices of The Pilgrim Trust.
Her initial comments regarding the Madonna are as follows “I discovered a text partially obscuring the painting,
which is of 14th Century date. And I cleaned off the text to reveal an extremely lovely painting finely drawn and over life size
in scale. It is probably an altar painting,
bearing in mind the dedication of the church. I know of no better painting of this subject - it is the most entirely satisfactory
treatment I have ever seen”.
The Virgin is crowned with her long hair flowing over her shoulders, and she is suckling her Child who is supported on her left knee, with tracings of censing angels
on either side and a bird can just be made out on top of the canopy - possible a falcon.
The boldness of the drawing and the treatment of the eyes are typical of the period (XIVth Century).
The long hair is said to have been a sign of virginity but the
crown is unusual, although it has been known as far back as the XIIth Century when a sceptre was sometimes seen - as Queen of Heaven. The figure at the bottom right of
the painting is thought to be the Patron worshipping the Virgin with his beads. The painting is reminiscent of that at
Great Canfield in Essex, which is attributed to Matthew Paris,
and could well be by the same hand.
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