13th century

Creation Story - Rouen Cathedral

 

 

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

Discovery of the Relics of St Stephen

 

 

This stained glass window is dated between 1210 and 1215. Illustrating the discovery of the relics of St Stephen from a dream by Lucian. This window is situated in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral.

 

 

East window Twycross Leicestershire

East window Twycross Leicestershire

French medieval stained glass presented to William IV and then given to Earl Howe, who had it installed in St. James church Twycross Leicestershire.

 

 

 

 

Effigy of John de Verdun - Brixworth, Northamptonshire

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.

 

Eleanor of Aquitaine Tomb - Fontevraud Abbey, France

Eleanor of Aquitaine Tomb - Fontevraud Abbey, France

Tomb of Eleanor of Aquitaine (d1204) at Fontevraud Abbey in France. Eleanor was first married to Louis VII of France , and had two daughters by him. However, they divorced in March, and in May of the same year, she married Henry of Anjou the future Henry II of England

Gérard de Conchy - Amiens Cathedral, France

Gérard de Conchy - Amiens Cathedral, France

 

This tomb commemorates Gérard de Conchy , Bishop of Amiens from 1247 until his death in 1257. The monument consists of a recumbent effigy carved in stone, representing the bishop vested in liturgical garments and wearing a mitre, his head resting on a cushion in the conventional manner of 13th-century episcopal tomb sculpture.

 

 

 

Glass panels from Sainte-Chapelle

Glass panels from Sainte-Chapelle

Originally in la Sainte-Chapelle on the Île de la Cité in Paris. This medieval panel (c1245) and others are now in St James Twycross, Leicestershire.

 

 

 

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