Quatrefoils dated 1278-1300, retelling Biblical stories carved around the Portail des Libraires of Rouen Cathedral.
Seine-Maritime
This reconstructed window is of six panels in two lights, is in the style of the C14 stained glass at Chartre. The original glass was destroyed when the center of Neufchatel was bombed in June 1940.
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.
Rollo (870 - 932) first Duke of Normandy. C20 copy of C13 effigy destroyed during the second world war.
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Rouen Cathedral
Submitted by walwyn
Rouen Cathedral is a magnificent Gothic cathedral located in the city of Rouen, in northern France. It is one of the most beautiful examples of French Gothic architecture, noted for its high spire, pointed arches, flying buttresses, and elaborate stone carvings on the façade.
These pages document medieval stained glass in the churches of Rouen.
Medieval Gothic sculpture in the city of Rouen.
Started in 1515, and completed in 1525, this tomb is the work of the Roullant Le Roux, Rouen cathedral's master mason of the time. It is a memorial to the French cardinal and archbishop of Rouen George d'Amboise (d1510), the other figure is his nephew George d'Amboise (d1550) who became archbishop of Rouen on his uncle's death.
This Tree of Jesse in the church of St Godard Rouen, is the work of Arnoult de Nimégue (1506).
The tympanum above the central porch, of Saint-Maclou in Rouen depicts Christ in Majesty at the Last Judgement in four registers.
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