Index of Medieval Sculpture

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.

Lord John Cheney Monument - Salisbury Cathedral

walwyn Tue, 06/21/2011 - 23:05

Lord John Cheney (d1499) was a Lancastrian supporter who in 1483 had supported the Duke of Buckingham's rebellion against Richard III. When Buckingham's rebellion failed he joined Henry Tudor in Brittany and returned with him from France in 1485.

Black Madonna - Chartres Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 02/20/2012 - 21:26

This Madonna and child was commissioned in 1508 as a black wooden copy of the 13th century silver Madonna that stood on the main altar at Chartres Cathedral.

Polychrome Reliefs Telling The Story of St. James the Greater - Amiens

walwyn Thu, 08/05/2010 - 21:59

Polychriome reliefs telling the story of St James the Greater, and the conversion of Philetus and Hermogenes. Amiens Cathedral 1511.

Bishop Richard Mayew - Hereford Cathedral.

walwyn Sat, 06/25/2011 - 18:47

This tomb in the South choir contains the effigy of Bishop Richard Mayew (d1516) under an elaborate canopy, and with weepers around the base. The weepers are thought to represent saints and were damaged during the reformation.

Cleansing the Temple Polychrome Relief - Amiens Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 02/28/2011 - 23:43

These polychrome reliefs in Amiens cathedral are of Jesus Cleansing the Temple. They were donated in 1523 by Jean Wytz and are on the west wall of the north transept.