Attributed to John Wakeham (d1549), the last abbot of Tewkesbury, the 'Wakeham' Cenotaph, actually mid fifteenth century and pre-dates the abbot by about 100 years. The effigy is a gisant as a decomposing corpse and the canopy was modelled on the throne of the House of Lords.
These carved oak Apostles at Dunstable Priory form part of the structural and iconographic programme of the timber roof, functioning as corbels supporting arched braces or hammer-beams. Oak, the standard and most durable timber for English ecclesiastical roofs, was universally favoured for such work, allowing both structural strength and detailed carving.
Effigy of John Chambers (d1556) last abbot and first bishop of Peterborough. Described in the 17th century as being exquisitely carved, with a mitre and robe, and feet resting on a lion, this effigy was mutilated during the English Civil War.
Monument to Abigail Goldsborough (d1613). Worcester 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.
Monument of Adrien Hénencourt (d1530) at Amiens Cathedral. This monument is below the choir screen (1490-1530) depicting the life of St Firmin that canon Hénencourt was responsible for commissioning.
Agnès Sorel (d1450) was the mistress of King Charles VII of France to whom she gave birth to three daughters to Charles VII.
This monument is a tomb with elaborate alabaster effigies of Alderman Abraham Blackleech (d1639) and his wife Gertrude.
This effigy on a low tomb chest is thought to be Alexander of Holderness (d1226) abbot of Peterborough.
This elegant Neoclassical funeral monument, located in the portico of the Camposanto Monumentale within Pisa's Piazza dei Miracoli, commemorates Anastasia Petri-Schouvaloff (dates uncertain, likely 18th–19th century).
