Seine-Maritime

Portail des Libraires - Rouen Cathedral

walwyn Wed, 08/04/2021 - 20:43

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

Reconstructed Crucifixion window - Neufchâtel-en-Bray

walwyn Fri, 09/24/2010 - 20:44

This reconstructed window is of six panels in two lights, is in the style of the C14 stained glass at Chartre. The original glass was destroyed when the center of Neufchatel was bombed in June 1940.

Richard Coeur-de-Lion - Rouen Cathedral, France

walwyn Sat, 09/18/2010 - 16:46

Tomb of Richard I of England (d1199). This is one of three tombs to Richard I, this one is said to contain his heart, his entrails were buried in Châlus (where he died), and the rest of his body was buried at the feet of his father, Henry II, at Fontevraud Abbey in Anjou.

Rollo Duke of Normandy - Rouen Cathedral

walwyn Fri, 09/17/2010 - 23:45

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

Rouen France

walwyn Sun, 11/14/2010 - 15:55

These pages document medieval stained glass in the churches of Rouen.

Rouen Sculpture

France

Seine-Maritime

Medieval Gothic sculpture in the city of Rouen.

Tomb of the cardinals of Amboise - Rouen Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 03/21/2011 - 23:35

Started in 1515, and completed in 1525, this tomb is the work of the Roullant Le Roux, Rouen cathedral's master mason of the time. It is a memorial to the French cardinal and archbishop of Rouen George d'Amboise (d1510), the other figure is his nephew George d'Amboise (d1550) who became archbishop of Rouen on his uncle's death.

Tree of Jesse - St Godard, Rouen

walwyn Thu, 02/24/2011 - 22:00

This Tree of Jesse in the church of St Godard Rouen, is the work of Arnoult de Nimégue (1506).

Tympanum - Saint-Maclou Rouen

walwyn Sun, 08/08/2021 - 16:24

The tympanum above the central porch, of Saint-Maclou in Rouen depicts Christ in Majesty at the Last Judgement in four registers.

William I Duke of Normandy - Rouen Cathedral.

walwyn Sat, 10/16/2010 - 20:09

This tomb of William I Duke of Normandy (d942) in Rouen Cathedral dates from the 14th century. The earlier burial had been in the ancient sanctuary near the end of what is now the nave.