Available Doom Painting Interim Reports by Granville and Burbidge published with permission from Alan Stephan Wright, Architect to Holy Trinity Coventry.  (see our church links page to visit the official site for more recent reports and breaking news,  new information etc)

• October 2002

• September 2002

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 Photographs and History Pages

• Doom Painting History

• Infrared photos taken before restoration.(from video footage of Doom display within the church)

• Doom Painting Photographs (updated 19th September 2004) 

• Doom Painting Public Display in Holy Trinity Church. 

Our Iconography Pages and more...
(Some text on these pages taken from the public display within the church)

• Doom Iconography Flash Macromedia Movie here (it may take a few minutes to load but it is worth it - find out who some of the characters and symbols are on the painting itself!)

• Iconography Character Map  (using the 19th century artist, Nathaniel Troughton's water colour  impression of the painting with further links to enlargements of the same.  The inconography wording has been taken from the Doom Painting display )  Now also with photo excerpts taken by ourselves of the Doom itself for direct comparison with the artist's impression.  See for yourselves how close the real painting is to the impression.

• The Alewives are a wonderful feature on the Doom Painting as they truly are considered to be a unique feature not found on any over uncovered doom painting to date.  The shape of the headdress has specifically identified the period of the painting. Follow this and read more about them. (note the link below  to the May 2003 Diamond update below for a wonderful colour photo taken of the newly restored and uncovered alewives)

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Links to on-line Media Articles and more on the Coventry Doom

• Historic Coventry has an excellent quality photo of the restored Doom Painting and tour of Coventry - a must visit!

• The Guardian newspaper article published 6 January 2004.

•   BBC Article 'Women in hell' fresco restored published 5 January 2004 (note: the colour photo of the portion of the painting in this article is NOT the alewives but other chained people dragged down to hell.)

•  BBC Article "Rare Fresco goes on Display" published 22 December 2003.

• United Kingdom Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works - see also  Minutes of Committee Meeting Thursday 15^th August  2002 at the Mad Bishop and Bear,  Paddington Station, London. John Burbage here suggests the Holy Trinity Doom Painting would make an interesting site study. Note here that John Burbage who writes the Doom Painting monthly interim progress reports was present at this meeting.)

• Coventry Evening Telegraph article Oct 2 2002 (with a wonderful close up colour photo)

• Coventry Evening Telegraph article  Nov 27 2002

• Coventry Evening Telegraph article Nov 21 2003 -includes news about the new heating system which will be installed as it is  required to protect the painting and more.
  Art Daily - an on-line arts newspaper - article on the Coventry Doom entitled "Sinners back on show in medieval church" available. (as at 6 January 2004)

• Follow this to visit the official website to Holy Trinity and pages with further restoration reports and photographs.

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Educational Links for Teachers.

• Department for Educational Skills  - this link takes teachers and pupils who are interested in studying this topic to a "History Module 4 unit (Year 7 (age 11+ approx) entitled "How the medieval church affected people's lives".

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Further Reference Sites! 
 (including  some of our choice and favourite pages from   www.paintedchurch.org - find out more about medieval wall paintings here)

• Medieval Painting in Blyth, Notttinghamshire.  We understand from Anne Marshall (associate lecturer in the Open University) and author of www.paintedchurch.org. that this doom painting in Blyth appears to be a contemporary to ours dating, as it does, from the 15th century.  Again there are some beautiful close up and detailed pictures here which gives us further insight into the art of the medieval doom and wall paintings.

• Medieval Painting of the Doom at Great Harrowden, Bedfordshire - see two amazing full size photographs of this 15th century Doom Painting - one of the "best and most complete" in the country.  (as quoted by the author www.paintedchurch.org)

• Medieval Doom, Saxley, Suffolk.

• Doom Painted on Boards, Wenhaston, Suffolk. (interesting as the painting is not strictly a wall painting at all but a painting on boards that was originally set under the chancel)

• The Ecclesiological Society - Dooms and the Mouth of Hell in the late medieval period.

• Medieval Painting - this has links to many different websites about medieval art around the world.

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