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Notre-Dame d'Amiens

By walwyn - January 26th, 2011
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Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981 for the coherence of its plan, and the beauty of its three-tier interior elevation Notre-Dame d'Amiens, is the tallest completed Gothic church and largest cathedral in France. The Romanesque cathedral had been destroyed by fire in 1218, and Bishop Evrard de Fouilly employed Robert de Luzarches as the architect to build the new cathedral in the Gothic style to house the head of John the Baptist which had been bought back as a relic by Wallon de Sarton returning from Constantinople in 1206 following the 4th crusade.

 

Children and Monuments from the late medieval period to the 17th century.

By walwyn - November 8th, 2011
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Monuments or memorials to children in English churches were extremely rare until the late 18th and early 19th century. In the 16th century one can find the occassional child tomb amongst the aristocracy, such as that of the The Noble Impe at St Mary's Warwick, but otherwise children do not appear to have warranted memorials in their own right.

William I Duke of Normandy - Rouen Cathedral.

By walwyn - October 16th, 2010
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This tomb of William I Duke of Normandy (d942) in Rouen Cathedral dates from the 14th century. The earlier burial had been in the ancient sanctuary near the end of what is now the nave.
 

Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy - Gloucester Cathedral

By walwyn - May 1st, 2011
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Robert Curthose (d1134) effigy, of painted Irish bog oak, was made about 100 years after his death.
 

King John of England - Worcester Cathedral

By walwyn - May 2nd, 2011
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Tomb of King John the youngest son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Made from Purbeck marble the sarcophagus dates from about 1230 and is the earliest effigy in the country to an English king. Originally the effigy would have lain on the floor, but as more elaborate tombs were installed in later years, John's effigy was raised up to rest on a tomb chest that was made in about 1540. 

Alexander de Holderness - Peterborough Cathedral.

By walwyn - October 9th, 2011
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This effigy on a low tomb chest is thought to be Alexander of Holderness (d1226) abbot of Peterborough.
 

Tomb of William Longespee - Salisbury Cathedral

By walwyn - January 31st, 2012
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Tomb of William Longespee (d1226) Earl of Salisbury. William Longespee was the illigitmate son of Henry II and half brother to King Richard I and King John of England. William was present when the foundations stones of Salisbury Cathedral were laid, and was the first person to be buried there.

Two 13th century Abbots - Peterborough Cathedral

By walwyn - October 9th, 2011
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Two 13th century effigies of Benedictine monks. Peterborough Cathedral.
 

Gérard de Conchy - Amiens Cathedral, France

By walwyn - July 25th, 2010
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Monument to Gérard de Conchy (d1257).
 
 
 

Bishop Walter de Cantelupe. Worcester Cathedral

By walwyn - July 19th, 2011
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This mid 13th century tomb of Bishop Walter de Cantelupe (d1266) is made of Purbeck marble. The relief of the effigy is more rounded than that of the nearby tomb of his predecessor the bishop of Worcester William de Blois (d1236) which is still in the Romanesque style and shows the development to the more rounded forms of the early Gothic.

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