Margaret A Rope - an Art Great

Research project into the 'Arts & Crafts' stained-glass artist Margaret Agnes Rope (b 1882, Shrewsbury UK). Career 1910-1940; became a nun in 1923.

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If you’re looking for #ChristmasCards, some of Marga's works are in card form; being sold by the convent in #Quidenham where she was a nun.
@nunblogger @carmelitequotes @CCSDham
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‘Orchestral-pop’ features nun-saints: a top album of 2025, by #Rosalia, has tracks about five nun-saints, including #TeresaOfAvila, a #Carmelite like #MargaretRope.
Life is ever surprising...!
@GBCarmelites @MeredithCatrin
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Christmas is coming, so, a copy of the #MargaretAgnesRope photo book (showing almost all her works, in colour) would make an excellent present.
Just £15, it’s available on mail-order (see link), or at @ShrewsCathedral Cafe Shop
https://t.co/jLpMKMynDD

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Sadly, this book only features CofE cathedrals, and does not include any Catholic ones. Marga's cathedral work was only to be found in Shrewsbury RC Cathedral

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A new book about the stained glass of England’s cathedrals is out soon. Wouldn't it be great if #MargaretAgnesRope's work at @ShrewsCathedral were to be featured?
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Two churches with significant #MargaretRope works are open for the #heritageopendays festival this month. The windows at Oxton near Birkenhead are particularly lovely. https://t.co/yAbQCG3qH6

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A window in #Shrewsbury wrongly thought to be by Marga turns out to be by another very fine, but virtually unknown, female artist - thanks to a lot of research! #StoriesInChurches
@DiscoverChurch6 @BSMGP @Feministory @MyShrews https://t.co/1PqCkWAWGh

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The Rope Archives hold over 500 items and, as one sifts through them, hidden stories come to light - if one knows how to look. See link https://t.co/zt2cN7gnSV
@SimoninSuffolk @johnevigar @BSMGP @DerekHuntArtist @SuffolkArchives

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Marvellous portraiture and brilliantly dense composition in these Marga #stainedglasswindows.
@RMStainedGlass @BSMGP

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Blaxhall, Suffolk was the home parish of the Rope family, remembered in the 1913 east window by one of their number, Margaret Agnes Rope. Some details, here is St Stephen with a shepherd and his flock, and St Luke with more Blaxhall locals. 1/3

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Great to see Margaret Rope's #Shrewsbury #stainedglasswindows featured on BBC's Great British Railway Journeys programme. Our man Arthur Rope explained their beauty to Portillo.
@GBRJ_Official @ShrewsburyTC @OriginalShrews https://t.co/J7cp5x8AsR

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Margaret had a 'medievalist' side. In this In Memoriam piece (St Laurence window, Shrewsbury) she depicts the late-lamented as a tiny figure kneeling at the saint's feet - a very medievalist touch...
@jimchesh @SocChurchArch

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A fascinating travel diary by Marga's brother Fr Harry Rope has been re-found @ShropArchives. It is pre-#JRTolkien, very anti-industrialism, and strange... See link.
@CatholicRS @naomiwalker101 @MauriceWhitehe6 @CCSDham @SY1litfest
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One of Marga's finest #stainedglasswindows is rotting away in a derelict chapel in #UpHolland, Lancs. An article in the #ECHA newsletter explains why it should be saved
@EnglishCatholi2 @AnneAnd58022760 @SPAB1877 @todbooklady
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St Winefride, also the patron saint of #Shrewsbury diocese. She was a favourite of Margaret's, who depicted the saint a number of times

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Happy #StDavidsDay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
St Winifrede, the Lourdes of Wales, from Shrewsbury artist @AgnesRope from St Peter & Paul Church, Newport, Shropshire.

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A very Michaelangelo-esque depiction by Margaret, dated 1918, ie quite early in her career.
@ahistoryinart @RMStainedGlass

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@MeredithCatrin Wow. In what church is this to be found? You’re really building up a catalogue!

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@MeredithCatrin More power to your efforts! Do you believe the window in your post (the scene of Shrewsbury) to be another of Joyce's works?

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A new year - and still there is war. Margaret knew war - three of her siblings were on frontlines in WW1. She herself was busy with #stainedglasswindows memorials, including this one to Private Cox @ShrewsCathedral.
@Davidicons @Rach_Arnold

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Looking for Xmas presents? The new & revised edition of the Margaret Rope photobook (£15) can be purchased mail-order from the author and @pengwernbooks. (See link for details)
@carmelnunsgb @SGCatStMartins @OldMarketHall
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Christmas sales offer!
Anyone who buys a copy on mail-order of the new & improved Margaret Rope photo-book (cost £15) will get free postage & packing for the duration... Can't be bad!
@BSMGP @SGCatStMartins @ShrewslibraryUK https://t.co/jLpMKMyVtb