Gothic tympanum of the Last Judgement dating from about 1230 at Bourges Cathedral, France.
Index of Medieval Sculpture
This effigy on a low tomb chest is thought to be Alexander of Holderness (d1226) abbot of Peterborough.
Tomb of William Longespee (d1226) Earl of Salisbury. William Longespee was the illegitimate son of Henry II and half brother to King Richard I and King John of England.
The central doorway was the last of the three portals, of Notre-Dame Cathedral Paris, to be decorated. Work started in about 1230 and consists of Christ in Majesty (showing the marks of the Crucifixion) with the Virgin Mary and St John on either side of him.
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.
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.
Decorated in about 1240 the spandrels below the portal of St Stephen at Bourges Cathedral contain sculpures depicting the story of Noah.
Sculpture of Old Testament stories in the spandrel on the Western facade of Bourges Cathedral.
Two 13th century effigies of Benedictine monks. Peterborough Cathedral.
