Index of Gothic Sculpture

Cain and Abel Spandrels - Bourge Cathedral

walwyn Tue, 08/03/2021 - 21:54

The biblical story of Cain and Abel in the spandrels of Bourges 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.

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.