IMAGES OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE
ENGLAND- WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL
Cathedral Curch of the Holy Trinity, Saints Peter and Paul, and
Saint Swithin
NORMAN FONT
Adapted from Prior and Gardiner, p 204
West and South Sides- Scenes from the Life of St. Nicholas
Screen-sized Version |
South Side
St. Nicholas gives doweries to daughters of poor nobleman
Screen-sized version / Large
"Archive version"
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Adapted from Bond Fonts, p 169
Western Side- Episodes from the Life of St. Nicholas
St Nicholas resurrects murdered boys to life and
nobleman journeys to give St Nicholas a golden cup
Screen-sized Version |
Adapted from Bond Fonts, p 169
Eastern Side- Roundels containing Pairs of Birds
with grapes?
Screen-sized Version |
Preliminary Notes
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Generaly dated ca. 1150, during the episcopate of Henry of Blois
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Made of Tournai "marble,", and generally thought to have been imported
after the sculptures were completed
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One of a group of similar fonts- authorities differ on the number of fonts
in this group- but it usually is thought to be about ten
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Subject matter except north side, which containd roundels with single doves,
and one figure which may be a salimander
Preliminary Bibliography
Francis Bond, Fonts and Font Covers (Henry Frowde, Oxford University
Press, np, 1908) pp 46, 57, 143, 151, 153, 155, 157, 173, 175, 179, 185,
204.
Phillip Lindley, "The Medieval Sculpture in Winchester Cathedral" In
Winchester Cathedral, Ed. John Crook, p 99.
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