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Adrien Hénencourt monument - Amiens Cathedral

walwyn Tue, 07/29/2014 - 21:51

Monument of Adrien Hénencourt (d1530) at Amiens Cathedral. This monument is below the choir screen (1490-1530) depicting the life of St Firmin that canon Hénencourt was responsible for commissioning.

Amiens Cathedral Gothic Sculpure

France

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The Cathedral of Amiens in France contains a number of sculptures from the Gothic period.

Bishop Ferry de Beauvoir - Amiens, France

walwyn Fri, 07/30/2010 - 21:06

Bishop Ferry de Beauvoir (d1473). Amiens Cathedral France.

Canon Guilain Lucas Monument - Amiens Cathedral

walwyn Wed, 07/30/2014 - 20:46

Monument by Nicolas Blasset, dedicated to canon Guilain Lucas. This monument contains the Weeping Angel with one hand and elbow resting on a skull that became a popular postcard during WWI.

Cardinal Jean de la Grange Effigy - Amiens Cathedral, France

walwyn Wed, 09/08/2010 - 20:51

White marble effigy of Cardinal Jean de la Grange (d1402).

Cleansing the Temple Polychrome Relief - Amiens Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 02/28/2011 - 23:43

These polychrome reliefs in Amiens cathedral are of Jesus Cleansing the Temple. They were donated in 1523 by Jean Wytz and are on the west wall of the north transept.

Life of John the Baptist - Amiens Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 03/07/2011 - 21:19

Polychrome reliefs on the north of the choir screen tell the story of the life of John the Baptist.

Notre-Dame d'Amiens

walwyn Wed, 01/26/2011 - 00:23

Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981 for the coherence of its plan, and the beauty of its three-tier interior elevation Notre-Dame d'Amiens, is the tallest completed Gothic church and largest cathedral in France. The Romanesque cathedral had been destroyed by fire in 1218, and Bishop Evrard de Fouilly employed Robert de Luzarches as the architect to build the new cathedral in the Gothic style to house the head of John the Baptist which had been bought back as a relic by Wallon de Sarton returning from Constantinople in 1206 after the 4th crusade.

Polychrome Reliefs Telling The Story of St. James the Greater - Amiens

walwyn Thu, 08/05/2010 - 21:59

Polychriome reliefs telling the story of St James the Greater, and the conversion of Philetus and Hermogenes. Amiens Cathedral 1511.

Portal of St Firmin

walwyn Sun, 08/10/2014 - 17:28

The portal of St Firmin opens into the north aisle of Amiens Cathedral. The tympanum shows the discovery of his remains outside the city, and their transport to the cathedral.