Dauntsey
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Dauntsey is a small village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, England. It gives its name to the Dauntsey Vale in which it lies and takes its name from Saxon for Dantes- eig, or Dante's island. It is set on slightly higher ground in the flood plain of the upper Bristol Avon.
19th-century school and almshouses, Dauntsey
Arms of John Dauntsey: Per pale or and argent, 3 bars nebulée gules. These arms can be seen on various monuments within the parish church
Sculpted alabaster tombstone of Joan Dauntsey (d.1457) and John Dewale; his shield of arms, of which only a chevron remains visible, is at top right
Tomb of Sir John Danvers (d.1514) and Anne Stradling (d.1539)
Doom painting
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A "Doom painting" or "Doom" is a traditional English term for a wall-painting of the Last Judgement in a medieval church. This is the moment in Christian eschatology when Christ judges souls to send them to either Heaven or Hell.
Detail from a medieval Doom wall-painting, St Andrew's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge, 15th century
Slay Judgement, Fra Angelico, panel painting, 1425–1430
Last Judgement, Stefan Lochner, panel painting, 1435
St Mary's Church, North Leigh, Oxfordshire, 15th century