Fragment of saint giving a blessing.
Index of Romanesque Sculpture entries.
Norman sculpture of Saint - Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire
By walwyn - March 10th, 2010
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FrançaisRomanesque font - All Saints, West Haddon
By walwyn - January 11th, 2010
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Discovered in 1887 this C12 square bowled font has carved scenes from the life of Crist on all four sides.
Romanesque font - St Margaret Crick
By walwyn - August 7th, 2009
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This C12 font has a circular bowl with a bead decoration which is supported by three crouching Atlas figures supporting the red sandstone bowl.
Royal Portal - Chartres Cathedral
By walwyn - November 4th, 2010
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Since its construction in around 1150, the western portal of Chartres Cathedral, decorated with elongated late Romanesque style figures of the Kings and Queens of the Old Testament has been known as the Royal Portal.
Our Lady of Orcival - Puy-de-Dôme
By walwyn - August 20th, 2010
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Romanesque statue and popular cult object since the Middle Ages, which legend says was carved by Saint Luke the Evangelist.
Notre-Dame de Chartres
By walwyn - February 17th, 2011
Designated a World heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979 the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Chartres was built from between 1145 and 1250. It's high nave is spanned by ogival pointed arches to form the vault, and the walls are supported by double flying buttresses. Chartres is the first building to have used buttresses as a structural element.
Chartres Cathedral is also unique in having retained almost all of its original 12th and 13th century stained glass.
Richard Coeur-de-Lion - Rouen Cathedral, France
By walwyn - September 18th, 2010
Tomb of Richard I of England (d1199). This is one of three tombs to Richard I, this one is said to contain his heart, his entrails were buried in Châlus (where he died), and the rest of his body was buried at the feet of his father, Henry II, at Fontevraud Abbey in Anjou.
Henry the Young King - Rouen Cathedral, France
By walwyn - September 22nd, 2010
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Tomb of Henry the Young King (d1183) son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, brother of King Richard I of England and King John.
Portal Of St. Anne
By walwyn - September 25th, 2010
The portal of St Anne on the right of the western façade was built in 1200 and is the earliest of the three portals to be built. The tympanum is actually dated to about 1150 and was once part of the earlier cathedral of St. Stephen whose western façade was once 40 metres to the west of the present Cathedral.
Bishop William de Blois - Worcester Cathedral.
By walwyn - July 20th, 2011
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Bishop of Worcester 1218-1236. The effigy on the tomb is in the Romanesque style and lacks the detailed modelling that would become the hallmark of Gothic sculpture.
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