IMAGES OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE

BRITAIN: WALES
ABERGAVENNY (ST. MARY'S PRIORY CHURCH)

© Alison Stones


EXTERIOR
©Alison Stones, Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean, 1973
West Front

INTERIOR

SCULPTURE
©Alison Stones, Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean, 1973 ©Alison Stones, Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean, 1973
Jesse (From Jesse Tree)
15th century? Sculpture from Screen or Altarpiece?

Click here to see other Medieval Jesse Trees

TOMB IN NAVE
©Alison Stones, Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean, 1973 other side: Fryer, fig 23
Wooden Effigy of a Knight:
Scholars disargee over who it represents:
Possibly George de Cantelupe, Baron of Abergavenney (d. 1273), or
John Hastings, second Baron of Hastings (d. 1313)


OTHER TOMBS OF KNIGHTS
Adapted from
Medieval Figure Sculpture in England,
Prior and Gardiner, p. 629
Adapted from
Medieval Figure Sculpture in England,
Prior and Gardiner, p. 629
Both are made of Freestone and are c. 1340


OTHER TOMBS IN NAVE
©Alison Stones, Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean, 1973
Tomb of Eva de Broase, daughter of Wm. Marshall, Earl of Pembrook,
wife of Wm. de Broase, Lord of Abergavenenny
(died 1255)


TOMBS IN HERBERT CHAPEL
©Alison Stones, Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean, 1973 ©Alison Stones, Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean, 1973
Tomb of Thomas (died 1446),
Father of the Pembroke line
Other Tombs

Please select one of the following options:

England

Britain

MEDART

Main Page

Glosssary

Glossary


Designed by Jane Vadnal & Philip Maye, 1999-2009