Index of Gothic Sculpture

Story of Noah Spandrels - Bourges Cathedral

walwyn Thu, 01/06/2022 - 21:30

Decorated in about 1240 the spandrels below the portal of St Stephen at Bourges Cathedral contain sculpures depicting the story of Noah.

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.

Creation Spandrels - Bourges Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 08/02/2021 - 18:04

Decorated in about 1240 the spandrels below the north portal contain sculpures depicting the Creation.

Effigy of Robert de Harcourt - Worcester Cathedral

walwyn Sat, 05/14/2011 - 00:54

Monument to Robert de Harcourt (d1202). The effigy of a cross legged knight is mid 13th century.

Bishop William de Kilkenny - Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire

walwyn Sat, 07/17/2010 - 18:03

William de Kilkenny (d1256) monument. Bishop of Ely Cambridgeshire.

Gérard de Conchy - Amiens Cathedral, France

walwyn Sun, 07/25/2010 - 20:16

Monument to Gérard de Conchy (d1257).

Bishop Walter de Cantelupe. Worcester Cathedral

walwyn Tue, 07/19/2011 - 21:28

This mid 13th century tomb of Bishop Walter de Cantelupe (d1266) is made of Purbeck marble. The relief of the effigy is more rounded than that of the nearby tomb of his predecessor the bishop of Worcester William de Blois (d1236) which is still in the Romanesque style and shows the development to the more rounded forms of the early Gothic.

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.

Bishop Walter de la Wyle - Salisbury Cathedral

walwyn Sat, 10/08/2011 - 17:39

This much mutilated, Purbeck marble, effigy is of Bishop Walter de la Wyle at Salisbury Cathedral.

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.

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