IMAGES OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE

ENGLAND: LINCOLN CATHEDRAL

Exterior Sculpture

Lincoln Cathedral is noted for the exterior sculpture on iyd west facade and south side portal.  On the west facade, there is Norman molding around the portals, a Romanesque frieze, and  a series of Gothic figures of "Kings of England". There is also an interesting "Judgment Portal" on the south side of the minster. See also Interior Sculpture and Furnishings.
 
 
West Facade

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1974
West Front- General View
Screen Sized Version/ Large "archive version"

Location of Sculpture
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Norman Moulding

Romanesque Frieze 

Gallery of Kings


South Side- "Judgement Portal"

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from the "Judgement Portal"


Preliminary Bibliography

British Archeological Association. Medieval art and architecture at Lincoln Cathedral. [London] : British Archaeological Association ; Leeds : Obtained from W.S. Maney ; Oxford : Oxbow Books, 1986. L C. Number: N6771 L54M4 1986

Cockerell, C. R. (Charles Robert). Iconography of the west front of Wells cathedral, with an appendix on the sculptures of other medieval churches in England; by Charles Robert Cockerell.Oxford and London, J.H. Parker, 1851. LC Number: t NB463 .C66

Kahn, Deborah, editor. The Romanesque frieze and its spectator : the Lincoln symposium papers / edited by Deborah Kahn London : Published for the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral [by] Harvey Miller ; New York : Published in the U.S. in conjunction with Oxford University Press, c1992. LC Number: NA2965 R65 1992

Zarnecki, George.Romanesque Lincoln : the sculpture of the cathedralLincoln : Honywood, 1988. LC Number: NB471 L5Z3 1988

Zarnecki, George. Romanesque sculpture at Lincoln Cathedral. Lincoln, Eng., The Friends of Lincoln Cathedral, 1964?] LC. Number: NB463 .Z37r 



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