Index of Gothic Sculpture

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

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

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

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

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

Monument to Gérard de Conchy (d1257).

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Effigy of a cross legged knight (c1305) thought to be that of Sir Robert Keynes.

Defaced C14 effigy of priest on a chest tomb with quatrefoils.

The Tomb of Mabilia de Murdak (also spelled Mabilla or Mabila) is a small 14th-century medieval monument. The tomb is part of a collection of stone memorials in the north chapel (or Gayton Chapel), which includes effigies of local nobility tied to dramatic family events, such as murder and pilgrimage.