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Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior, crossing pier - capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Capital of north - west crossing pier showing beaded zig - zag bands with infill of floral motifs and interlace.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior, crossing pier - capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Scallop capital of cylindrical crossing pier showing beaded strapwork with foliate infill.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior, crossing pier - capital (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of scalloped capital shows underside with foliate carving.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior, nave, north elevation - arcade
Photograph by Roger Stalley. North elevation of nave showing six - bay pointed arch arcade with round - headed clerestory windows over the piers. Piers, varied in design (round, square and octagonal) have scallop capitals and rest on a perpyn wall (damaged).
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior, transept chapel - capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Scalloped capital of transept chapel showing geometric d - shaped fret pattern with foliate infill.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, Collon, County Louth - interior, west end - crypt
Photograph by Roger Stalley. West - end crypt viewed from the south. The rectangular main chamber is accessed via stone steps and is lit by four small windows in the west wall, each had a cruciform grille. A doorway leads from this main chamber to a roughly square - planned room under the west bay of the north aisle. It receives no direct lighting.…
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, Collon, County Louth, interior - north transept chapel, pier respond
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of north transept showing north pier respond of south - eastern transept chapel. Roll - and - fillet arch mouldings rest on water - holding bases on a chamfered plinth.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, Collon, County Louth, interior - north transept chapel, pier respond
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of north transept showing south - eastern transept chapel. The south pier respond adjoins the north - east crossing pier. Complex series of roll - and - fillet arch mouldings are augmented with endélit shafts, these all rest on water - holding bases and a chamfered plinth.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital and vault rib
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior of lavabo showing twin round shafts separated by arris fillet bearing acanthus foliate carved bell capital which interrupts a roll - and - fillet stringcourse;the abacus is the springing point of the vault rib.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - north transept, pier and doorway
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior view of northern transept showing half - pier abutting wall and doorway. Half - pier has roll - and - fillet angle shafts flanked by hollows and fillets. Doorway leading to newel stair has plain chamfered jambs terminating in pyramidal stops at base.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - chapter house, south elevation, east window
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of eastern - most window in the south elevation of the chapter house. A pair of cusped round - headed lights are surmounted by a small spherical diamond light which separates the curvilinear tracery above. This is composed of two cusped inward facing mouchettes surmounted by a cusped quatrefoil light. The mullions…
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - chapter house, buttress
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Buttress on the exterior of chapter house showing base course formed of plinth with upper concave moulding surmounted by a filleted roll.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - chapter house, buttress
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Angle buttress on the exterior of chapter house showing base course with convave moulding at top of plinth surmounted by a filleted roll.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - cloister arcade (south side)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Reconstructed section of the south side of the cloister viewed from the south west showing arcade of twin colonettes composed of twin, round en délit shafts and scalloped capitals surmounted by round arches.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - cloister arcade (south side)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Reconstructed section of the south side of the cloister showing arcade of twin colonettes of round en délit shafts and scalloped capitals supporting round arches.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - lavabo, arch and capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of lavabo arch and capital. The damaged capital shows remains of affronted winged birds or hybrids. The abacus is plan. The string - course above the capital is broken. The soffit is moulded with a triplet of roll - and - fillets, each separated by a fillet. The soffit rolls are separated from the outer orders by a…
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - nave from north - west
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Nave viewed from the north - west showing foundations of the north and south aisle walls and some of the main arcade piers including the north - west and south - west crossing piers. The chapter house with Decorated window is visible in the background.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - north transept, door jamb
Photograph by Roger Stalley. North transept door in three moulded orders. Inner square order has angle shaft flanked by three - quarter hollows and fillets. Outer two orders have plan shafts with water - holding bases on round plinths. These shafts flanked at inner faces by hollows and round shafts and at outer faces by hollows and roll - and -…
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - presbytery north facade, buttresses
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Exterior of thirteenth - century addition to east end presbytery showing buttresses projecting from a battered masonry plinth. Disposition and size of the buttresses suggest the existence of a rib - vault in the extended presbytery, probably divided into three bays. A similar arrangement exists at the Cistercian Abbey…