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.

Gloucestershire

Medieval

Tudor

15th century wooden Apostles - Dunstable Priory

walwyn Tue, 05/29/2012 - 22:27

These 15th century wooden apostles are part of the roof corbels at Dunstable Priory. Each figure holds a shield which would have identified them, unfortunately this information seems to have been lost over the centuries.

Robert Lord Hungerford - Salisbury Cathedral

walwyn Fri, 10/07/2011 - 22:52

This monument of an alabaster knight wearing Milanese armour is dedicated to Robert Lord Hungerford (d1464).

Bishop Ferry de Beauvoir - Amiens, France

walwyn Fri, 07/30/2010 - 21:06

Bishop Ferry de Beauvoir (d1473). Amiens Cathedral France.

Bishop John Stanbury - Hereford Cathedral.

walwyn Fri, 08/12/2011 - 21:43

This carved alabaster monument of Bishop John Stanbury contains his effigy and has saints and angels as mourners carrying shields around all sides. Unfortunately the heads of the angels were chipped off during the reformation.

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.

St. Firmin Polychrome Reliefs - Amiens Cathedral

walwyn Sun, 10/17/2010 - 20:45

Polychrome reliefs retelling the legend of St Firmin a disciple of St Saturninus of Toulouse, founded the first church in Amiens in the third century.