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[edit]I seem to have forgotten my password, so I can't log in. But the citation for those "misbehaving nuns" is, "The Amateur Historian's Guide to Medieval and Tudor London, 1066 - 1600", by Sarah Kettler and Carole Trimble (p. 113)... I'll add it in. -Kaelus — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.185.154.10 (talk) 21:30, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
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Addtional terms
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I have bolded the term leper window and added lynchoscopes, but I am no expert in these matters. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 19:37, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
St Mary's Church Brook
[edit]"* St Mary's Church, Brook, Kent" if this is in Kent the link is misleading as that church is in the Isle of Wight and probably does not have a squint (mid-19th century building).--Johnsoniensis (talk) 05:28, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
Cornwall
[edit]There is a blocked up squint at Mawgan-in-Meneage. Zennor church also has a squint but more time is needed to find a good source.--Johnsoniensis (talk) 18:51, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
List of squints
[edit]In England, squints do not seem to be very special, so a corresponding list can (and did) become unwieldy. We really need to rewrite the section to be based on some WP:RS, so that the author of the source, and not the editors, make the inclusion/exclusion decisions. Викидим (talk) 19:14, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- @Викидим i added citations for many of the English squints a few weeks ago (i am relatively new to editing so feedback/corrections are quite welcome)
- I agree that the English list is rather unwieldy. some additional context like the Bond piece you mentioned elsewhere on the talk page could be useful in explaining why this is a common feature of English architecture of this period. Technocolorhorses (talk) 20:20, 26 December 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, the long list of churches without an explanation how they were chosen has little encyclopedic value (or use for the reader). Ideally, the list should include "special" examples with explanation of what is special in each case, this is why basing the list on some coherent text might make sense. I would rather have a more modern and shorter list, but could not find a source. Викидим (talk) 19:35, 27 December 2025 (UTC)
Examples of squints from the Bond's 1916 book
[edit]According to Francis Bond (architectural historian), squints (also known as hagioscopes) are common features in English churches of all periods, from the Norman era to the Reformation. Their primary function was to afford a view of an altar, usually the high altar, from an aisle, transept, or side chapel. This is just material for discussion. This list was generation using AI, and might contain errors. I am not proposing to use it in the article as-is. Викидим (talk) 09:13, 22 December 2025 (UTC)
- Bond, Francis (1916). The Chancel of English Churches. London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press.
Examples
[edit]- St Nicholas' Church, Gloucester: A squint designed to match the architectural style of the windows.[1]
- St Mary's Church, Tarrant Rushton (in Tarrant Rushton, Dorset): A large squint resembling a square-headed window of three unglazed lights.[2]
- St Mary's Church, North Hinksey (in North Hinksey, Berkshire): A semicircular Norman squint ornamented with chevron.[3]
- St Mary's Church, Newnham Murren: A small tube-like squint with a small round opening to the east.[4]
- All Saints' Church, Enford (in Enford, Wiltshire): A squint with a small quatrefoil opening to the east.[4]
- St Mary's Church, Scawton: A large aperture with a semicircular arch, formed by perforating the back wall of a lateral altar recess.[5]
- St John the Baptist's Church, Stockton (in Stockton, Wiltshire): A squint with a pointed arch, located on the side of the chancel arch.[4]
- St Mary's Church, Bridgwater: A squint with a four-centered arch. Another oblique opening passes through the walls of the north transept porch to allow a view of the high altar.[6]
- All Saints' Church, Kenton (in Kenton, Devon): A squint with a trefoiled arch.[4]
- St Peter's Church, Irthlingborough (in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire): A cinquefoiled pointed arch squint designed to match the windows.[7]
- St Mary's Church, Chipping Norton (in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire): A squint resembling a square-headed window of three foliated lights with quatrefoils beneath.[1]
- Church of St Nicholas and St Peter ad Vincula, Curdworth: The southern squint is designed to match the window style.[1]
- Church of St Thomas at Cliffe (in Lewes, Sussex): An early squint with a Norman pillar inserted to carry the lintel.[1]
- St Peter's Church, Rodmell: A squint with a Norman pillar supporting the lintel.[1]
- St Mary's Church, Halford (in Halford, Warwickshire): A cruciform squint.[1]
- St Andrew's Church, Quatt (in Quatt, Shropshire): A squint opening from the nave onto the north chapel of the chancel.[1]
- St. Mary's Church, Ashley: A lateral altar recess cut through to form a squint.[8]
- St Matthew's Church, Otterbourne (in Otterbourne, Hampshire): A lateral altar recess perforated to form a squint.[8]
- St Kenelm's Church, Minster Lovell (in Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire): Squints formed by the eastern passages under the central tower piers.[8]
- Christchurch Priory: A square squint opening out of Prior Draper's chantry chapel.[9]
- St Michael's Church, Warmington (in Warmington, Warwickshire): A squint opening out of the priest's room.[9]
- St Andrew's Church, Wingfield (in Wingfield, Suffolk): A large squint looking into the chancel from the upper priest's room.[9]
- St John the Baptist's Church, Charlton (in Charlton, Wiltshire): Two oblique squints, one passing through the porch wall to view the high altar.[9]
- Church of St Mary, East Farleigh: A squint combined with a sedile.[9]
- St Matthew's Church, Ipswich: A squint combined with a piscina.[9]
- St Mary's Church, Crawley (in Crawley, Hampshire): A squint combined with a piscina.[9]
- St Mary's Church, Guildford (in Guildford, Surrey): A squint combined with a stoup.[10]
- St Michael's Church, Othery: A squint through a buttress directed onto a low side window.[10]
- St James's Church, Shere (in Shere, Surrey): An oblique squint on the north side of the chancel, associated with a "domus reclusi" (anchorite cell).[10]
- Peterborough Cathedral: A hole made askew in a window, traditionally associated with the anchorage of Dame Agnes.[11]
- St Nicolas' Church, Great Bookham (in Great Bookham, Surrey): A squint looking onto the site of the old high altar before the chancel was lengthened.[11]
- St Nicholas' Church, Salhouse (in Salhouse, Norfolk): Sanctus bell hung on the choir screen, possibly associated with a squint for the ringer.[12]
- Tewkesbury Abbey: Sanctus bell on the choir wall.[13]
- Milton Abbey: Sanctus bell on the transept wall.[13]
- Lord Mayor's Chapel (in Bristol): A squint that appears to have been originally glazed.[13]
- St Nicholas' Church, Whitchurch (in Whitchurch, Bristol): A large passage from the transept to the chancel, serving as a squint.[14]
- Pembrokeshire churches: Many examples of large passages (squints) from transepts to chancels due to narrow chancel arches.[14]
- All Saints' Church, Wyre Piddle (in Wyre Piddle, Worcestershire): A rude squint, simply a hole hacked diagonally through the wall.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Bond 1916, p. 245.
- ↑ Bond 1916, pp. 244, 245.
- ↑ Bond 1916, pp. 243–244.
- 1 2 3 4 Bond 1916, p. 244.
- ↑ Bond 1916, pp. 244, 246.
- ↑ Bond 1916, pp. 244, 247.
- ↑ Bond 1916, pp. 244–245.
- 1 2 3 Bond 1916, p. 246.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bond 1916, p. 247.
- 1 2 3 Bond 1916, p. 248.
- 1 2 Bond 1916, p. 250.
- ↑ Bond 1916, p. 252.
- 1 2 3 Bond 1916, p. 253.
- 1 2 Bond 1916, p. 254.