Bishop William de Kilkenny - Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire
William de Kilkenny (d1256) monument. Bishop of Ely Cambridgeshire.
Gothic
Black Madonna - Chartres Cathedral
This image shows the Virgin and Child of Chartres Cathedral, commonly known as the Black Madonna of Chartres (Notre-Dame du Pilier). It is one of the most venerated Marian sculptures in France and a central focus of devotion within the cathedral. It was commissioned in 1508 as a black wooden copy of the 13th century silver Madonna that stood on the main altar at Chartres Cathedral.
Blue Virgin
Set into a 13th century window, in the south ambulatory of the choir (bay 44) of Chartres Cathedral, this is one of the most celebrated medieval artworks in the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres.It dates primarily to c. 1180 CE, with later additions around 1225 CE, making it a rare survivor from the pre-1194 fire that destroyed the earlier Romanesque cathedral.
Booksellers' Staircase - Rouen Cathedral.
Late Gothic staircase by Guillaume Pontis in 1480, under the direction of cardinal and archbishop William Estouteville. Rouen Cathedral.
Bourges Cathedral Spandrels
Sculpture of Old Testament stories in the spandrel ⓘ on the Western facade of Bourges Cathedral.
Bourges Cathedral Stained Glass
The Cathedral of St Stephen ⓘ, Bourges contains a large number of medieval and renaissance stained glass. The glass panels date from 1210 - 1620 and represents Saints, Apostles, Prophets, and Bible stories.
C14 stained glass fragments - Old Arley, Warwickshire
Early C14 fragments of stained glass re-set into north chancel window. St. Wilfred, Old Arley, Warwickshire
C14th English stained glass fragments - Pattishall Northamptonshire
This fragmentary but evocative window from Holy Cross Church, Pattishall, preserves elements of a 14th-century English stained glass narrative cycle. The surviving lights depict a kneeling orant figure with hands raised in prayer, and beside it, a group showing Christ with a disciple or saint, set beneath delicately painted Gothic architectural canopies.
Cain and Abel Spandrels - Bourges Cathedral
The biblical story of Cain and Abel in the spandrels ⓘ of Bourges Cathedral.
Canons of Loches
This window, at Tours cathedral, is dated to the last part of the 13th century, was donated to Tours Cathedral by the Canons of the Collegiate church ⓘ at Loches in commemoration for the Treaty of Paris (1259) ⓘ between Louis IX of France and Henry III of England.
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