Index of all Sculpture

Rollo Duke of Normandy - Rouen Cathedral

walwyn Fri, 09/17/2010 - 23:45

 

Rollo (870 - 932) first Duke of Normandy. C20 copy of C13 effigy destroyed during the second world war.

 

Bishop Walter de la Wyle - Salisbury Cathedral

walwyn Sat, 10/08/2011 - 17:39

 

 

This much mutilated, Purbeck marble, effigy is of Bishop Walter de la Wyle at Salisbury Cathedral.

 

Portail des Libraires - Rouen Cathedral

walwyn Wed, 08/04/2021 - 20:43

 

 

 

Quatrefoils dated 1278-1300, retelling Biblical stories carved around the Portail des Libraires of Rouen Cathedral.

Creation Story - Rouen Cathedral

walwyn Wed, 08/04/2021 - 21:09

 

 

The creation story craved in stone in the quatrefoils on either side of the Portail des Libraires at Rouen Cathedral.
 

Adam and Eve - Rouen Cathedral

walwyn Thu, 08/05/2021 - 20:44

 

Located on either side of the Portail des Libraires at Rouen Cathedral, these quatrefoil sculptures of Adma nd Eve and their expulsion from Eden were created between 1278-1300.

Lady of the Gifford Family - Worcester Cathedral

walwyn Sun, 09/18/2011 - 20:25

Effigy of a lady from about 1300, thought to be a member of the Gifford family. This monument is under the Prince Arthur chantry chapel.

 

Effigy of John de Verdun - Brixworth, Northamptonshire

walwyn Tue, 10/25/2011 - 19:55

This thirteenth century effigy of a Knight dressed in chain mail and surcoat, is thought to be John de Verdun (d1274) a close supporter of King Henry III. The effigy is sculpted from Barnack Rag stone, and can be found in the Saxon church of All Saints Brixworth, Northamptonshire.

 

Richard Wythnale Tomb - South Kilworth, Leicestershire.

walwyn Fri, 10/23/2009 - 01:49

Altar tomb of Richard Wythnale, lily crucifixion

 

Sculpured panel of altar tomb depicting iconic "Lily Crucifixion", of which there are only two other stone sculptures in the UK.

 

 

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