Index of all Sculpture

Reliquary of St Taurin - Evreux

walwyn Sun, 01/22/2012 - 19:47

Made between 1240-1255 by a Paris goldsmith, to hold the relics of St Taurin, this shrine was commissioned by the abbot Gislebert de Saint-Martin. The reliquary weighs 82kg and is made of bronze silver and gold leaf over a wooden chest.

Bourges Cathedral Spandrels

walwyn Tue, 08/03/2021 - 21:02

Sculpture of Old Testament stories in the spandrel on the Western facade of Bourges Cathedral.

Two 13th century Abbots - Peterborough Cathedral

walwyn Sun, 10/09/2011 - 17:40

Two 13th century effigies of Benedictine monks. Peterborough Cathedral.

Portal of St Stephen

walwyn Tue, 08/05/2014 - 22:14

The tympanum of St Stephen at Bourges cathedral was constructed by 1240, and is above one of the five portals at the west end of the cathedral. The tympanum is made up of three sections. The lowest section depicts Stephen being made one of the seven deacons of the early church. Above that is his martyrdom, and on top of all is an image of Christ as Salvator Mundi.

Story of Noah Spandrels - Bourges Cathedral

walwyn Thu, 01/06/2022 - 21:30

Decorated in about 1240 the spandrels below the portal of St Stephen at Bourges Cathedral contain sculpures depicting the story of Noah.

Creation Spandrels - Bourges Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 08/02/2021 - 18:04

Decorated in about 1240 the spandrels below the north portal contain sculpures depicting the Creation.

Effigy of Robert de Harcourt - Worcester Cathedral

walwyn Sat, 05/14/2011 - 00:54

Monument to Robert de Harcourt (d1202). The effigy of a cross legged knight is mid 13th century.

Bishop William de Kilkenny - Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire

walwyn Sat, 07/17/2010 - 18:03

William de Kilkenny (d1256) monument. Bishop of Ely Cambridgeshire.

Gérard de Conchy - Amiens Cathedral, France

walwyn Sun, 07/25/2010 - 20:16

Monument to Gérard de Conchy (d1257).

Bishop Walter de Cantelupe. Worcester Cathedral

walwyn Tue, 07/19/2011 - 21:28

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.