Gothic

Booksellers' Staircase - Rouen Cathedral.

walwyn Sat, 11/06/2010 - 19:09

 

 

Late Gothic staircase by Guillaume Pontis in 1480, under the direction of cardinal and archbishop William Estouteville. Rouen Cathedral.

 

 

 

France
Seine-Maritime
Medieval
Gothic
Architecture
Sculpture
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Bourges Cathedral Spandrels

walwyn Tue, 08/03/2021 - 21:02

 

 

Sculpture of Old Testament stories in the spandrel on the Western facade of Bourges Cathedral.

France
Cher
Medieval
Gothic
Sculpture
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Bourges Cathedral Stained Glass

walwyn Sat, 08/02/2014 - 12:36

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.

 

The above rose window in the west of the church was built in the last part of 14th century.

France
Cher
Medieval
Gothic
Renaissance
Stained Glass
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Brass to William Chichele and Wife - Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire

walwyn Tue, 09/07/2010 - 23:34

 

 

Brass monument to William Chichele (d1425) and wife. 4ft 3in figures under ogee gables.

 

 

 

 

Northamptonshire
Medieval
Gothic
Church brass
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C14 stained glass fragments - Old Arley, Warwickshire

walwyn Sun, 03/21/2010 - 21:52

C14 stained glass fragment of saint.

 

 

Early C14 fragments of stained glass re-set into north chancel window. St. Wilfred, Old Arley, Warwickshire

 

 

 

 

Warwickshire
Medieval
Gothic
Stained Glass
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Cain and Abel Spandrels - Bourge Cathedral

walwyn Tue, 08/03/2021 - 21:54

 

 

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

France
Cher
Medieval
Gothic
Sculpture
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Canons of Loches

walwyn Mon, 09/17/2012 - 20:28

 

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.

 

 

France
Indre-et-Loire
Medieval
Gothic
Stained Glass
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Chancel Windows - Tewkesbury Abbey

walwyn Wed, 06/15/2011 - 00:44

The stained glass windows in the chancel of Tewkesbury Abbey are all from between 1338 and 1340. They were most probably a gift to the Abbey by Eleanor Despenser (nee de Clare) the wife of Hugh Despenser the Younger. Eleanor is thought to be the person depicted in the panel here.

Gloucestershire
Medieval
Gothic
Stained Glass
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