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Childhood of Christ

This window (c1260), in the apse of Tours cathedral, contains sixteen scenes from the Annunciation to the Flight into Egypt.

 

Bishop Walter de Cantelupe. Worcester Cathedral

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.

Tree of Jesse - Tours Cathedral

 

This late 13th century window, above the choir at Tours cathedral. The 18 panels in the main part of the window depict the Tree of Jesse running up the center of the window, and the childhood of Christ on either side. The panels in the tracery contain representations of Abraham and Isaac, and an Angel with a Lamb stopping the sacrifice of Isaac.

 

Creation Story - Rouen Cathedral

 

 

The creation story craved in stone in the quatrefoils on either side of the Portail des Libraires at Rouen Cathedral.
 

Adam and Eve - Rouen 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.

Life of Saint Martin Clerestory Window

This window depicting the Life of St Martin is one of the choir clerestory windows at Tours Cathedral. The main window consists of some eighteen panels in six registers and is dated to the completion of the just after the rebuilding of the chancel in last part of the 13th century.

 

 

Canons of Loches

 

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.

 

 

Effigy of John de Verdun - Brixworth, Northamptonshire

This thirteenth century effigy of a Knight dressed in chain mail and surcoat, is thought to be John de Verdun (d1274) a close supporter of King Henry III. The effigy is sculpted from Barnack Rag stone, and can be found in the Saxon church of All Saints Brixworth, Northamptonshire.

 

C14th English stained glass fragments - Pattishall Northamptonshire

C14 stained glass fragments

 

This fragmentary but evocative window from Holy Cross Church, Pattishall, preserves elements of a 14th-century English stained glass narrative cycle. The surviving lights depict a kneeling orant figure with hands raised in prayer, and beside it, a group showing Christ with a disciple or saint, set beneath delicately painted Gothic architectural canopies.

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