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Hore Abbey, Cashel, Co Tipperary - interior, piscina and aumbry
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of piscina and aumbry in the chancel showing chamfered trefoil headed arch and capital with stiff - leaf foliage .
Hore Abbey, Cashel, Co Tipperary - interior, chapter house, east elevation
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of the chapter house showing single window over stringcourse at ground level and double ogee headed cusped window at upper level. Shafts with annulets at north - east and south - east corners, latter with foliate capital.
Hore Abbey, Cashel, Co Tipperary - interior, chapter house, capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of capital in chapter house showing stiff - leaf foliage carving.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital and vault rib
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior of the lavabo showing twin round shafts separated by an arris fillet and a stringcourse at abacus height; the acanthus carved bell capital is the springing point for a vault rib.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Foliate capital of the lavabo with acanthus carvings carried on twin round shafts. The roll - and - fillet abacus continues as a stringcourse above which springs a vault - rib.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Double foliate capital of the lavabo with acanthus foliage showing drill holes, carried on twin round shafts. The roll - and - fillet abacus (damaged) continues as a stringcourse.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Foliate capital of the lavabo with acanthus foliate carvings carried on twin round shafts. The roll - and - fillet abacus continues as a stringcourse above which springs a vault - rib.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Foliate capital of the lavabo with acanthus foliate carvings carried on twin round shafts. The roll - and - fillet abacus continues as a stringcourse above which springs a vault - rib.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Capital of the lavabo showing acanthus foliate carving with decorative drill holes below. Capital is surmounted by a roll - and - fillet abacus; round shaft of the jamb is missing but others visible in background.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, arches, capitals and shafts
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior view of lavabo showing 1.5 bays of the octagonally planned building. Each bay occupies a side of the octagon. The bays are divided vertically by angle shafts of twin rolls separated by an angle fillet which support acanthus capitals, these in turn once supported a rib - vault. The bays are divided horizontally…
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo capital, abacus and shaft
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Capital of the lavabo with acanthus foliate carving in the bell surmounted by a roll - and - fillet abacus all resting upon a jamb with a round shaft. Richly moulded soffit is visible at the top of the image.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - chapter house, window, capital and vault rib
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior view of chapter house showing window with filleted arch mouldings and foliate capital carried on a shaft. Rib vaulting also visible. Original tracery has been substituted with glazing.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - chapter house
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior view of the chapter house showing rib - vaulted ceiling and roll - and - fillet shafts with foliate capitals.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - chapter house
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior of the chapter house showing rib - vaulted ceiling, portion of window rere - arch mouldings and bell capital with nailhead ornament carried on a roll - and - fillet shaft.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior - cloister, pier - figural carving
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of the cloister showing 'dumb - bell' pier with water - holding base and figural carving. The 'dumb - bell' pier, here with round pseudo - colonnettes, later became a standard feature of Irish cloister designs. The foreground pier depicts an ecclesiastical figure, an abbot or bishop, arrayed in liturgical…
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior - cloister, pier - figural carving
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of cloister showing round chamfered arches carried on 'dumb - bell' piers with bell capitals, water - holding bases and figural carvings. The 'dumb - bell' pier, here with round pseudo - colonnettes, later became a standard feature of Irish cloister designs. The foreground pier depicts a female figure in…
Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - south aisle, monks' doorway
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of monk's doorway in south ailse. Receding orders show alternating roll - and - fillet and dogtooth arch mouldings enclosed by hood mould with foliate carved label stop. The inner order is chamfered and multi - cusped; the west capital shows fine stiff - leaf foliage and the east one chevron ornament as well as…
Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - south aisle, detail of monks' doorway
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of the monks' doorway in south aisle showing jambs and orders. One capital is badly damaged but the other shows fine stiff - leaf foliage carving and cable moulding. Soffit mouldings show dogtooth and roll - and - fillet designs while the jambs are plain shafts. Inner order of doorway has cusped, round - headed…
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, foliate capital, ex situ,
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Foliate capital ex situ, photographed in the crypt of the cathedral.