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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…
Franciscan Friary, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny - interior, bell capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Bell capital with dogtooth on (damaged) abacus and head carvings to left and right of shaft.
St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny - interior, corbel
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Corbel showing carved male heads with lozenge ornament on abacus.
St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny - interior, head carved label stop
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Hood moulding with roll - and - fillet and male head carved label stop. Arch moulding rests on capital showing head carving and foliate ornament.
St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny - interior, label stop
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Corbel/hood stop on arcade pier showing head spouting foliage
St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny - interior, window rere - arch
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Bell capital and head carved label stop of hood moulding on rere - arch of window. Image also shows wall shaft with annulet.
St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, exterior - south entrance porch, jamb
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Western side of south entrance porch showing capitals with stiff - leaf and head carvings, en - delit shafts and moulded base . Detached shafts are absent. View into western side of interior of porch shows blind arcading.
St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, interior - foliate mask
Photograph by Roger Stalley.Head spouting foliage. Located on north wall of nave between the arch of the first nave bay and the crossing arch.
St Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran, Co Kilkenny, exterior - nave, west gable, north and south aisles
Photograph by Roger Stalley. North and south aisles and west gable of the nave seen from the north - west. Gable elevation has triple lancet and rose windows; aisle elevations have twin lancets with quatrefoil window overhead surmounted by hood moulding with head carved label stops. Buttresses on nave elevation at junction with aisles and at…
St Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran, Co Kilkenny, exterior - nave, west end
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of nave and west gable from the east showing triple lancet window with rectangualr and sexfoil rose windows overhead. Lancets set in deep splays have rere - arches treted with shafts and annulets, foliate and head carved capitals and water - holding bases. Surrounding hood moulding is roll - and - fillet design…
St Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran, Co Kilkenny, exterior - window
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of trefoil headed twin lancet windows showing chamfered mouldings and a central mullion with filleted shaft. A quatrefoil window is placed in the spandrel of the lancets and roll - and - fillet hood moulding with head carved label stops encloses the design.
St Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran, Co Kilkenny, interior - blocked chancel arch with reset doorway
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Doorway reset in east of nave showing recessed orders of roll - and - fillet arch mouldings, stiff - leaf foliage capitals, chamfered jambs and hood moulding terminating in head carved label stops. Scar of orinigal pointed chancel arch in wall over doorway.
St Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran, Co Kilkenny, interior - corbel
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Carved corbel depicting a man's face.
St Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran, Co Kilkenny, interior - nave, blocked chancel arch, jamb of reset door
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of reset door in blocked chancel arch. Capital sculpture comprises heads alternating with foliate carving showing drill hole. Capitals supported by filleted shafts and carry roll - and - fillet arch mouldings. Hood moulding has head carved label stop. Capital design very similar to those found at St. Canice's…
St Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran, Co Kilkenny, interior - nave, south aisle, tomb recess
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of tomb recesses below roll - and - fillet stringcourse in the south aisle of the nave. Cinquefoil arches have cable moulding and cusps carved with stiff - leaf foliage. Capitals are of bell and foliate design and have nailhead ornament also. Plain shafts rest on water - holding bases. Hood moulding has roll - and…
St Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran, Co Kilkenny, interior - nave, south aisle, tomb recess (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Piscina with multi - foiled arch on bell capitals with nailhead moulding and plain shafts on water - holding bases. Roll - and - fillet hood moulding terminates in male head carving on one side (other missing)
St Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran, Co Kilkenny, interior - nave, south aisle, tomb recess (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of tomb recesses in the south aisle of the nave showing cupsed arch with roll moulding and cable moulding; cusp is carved with stiff - leaf foliage. Capitals have foliate design and have nailhead ornament also. Hood moulding has roll - and - fillet moulding and foliate and head carved label stops.
St Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran, Co Kilkenny, interior - nave, south aisle, window, east elevation
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Window in east elevation of south aisle of nave showing twin lancets with trefoil heads and a quatrefoil window above and roll - and - fillet stringcourse below. The arches have foliate cusps and dogtooth mouldings; capitals have stiff - leaf foliage carvings; roll - and - fillet hood mouldings terminate in foliate and…
St Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran, Co Kilkenny, interior - nave, west gable windows
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of west gable of nave showing triple lancet windows with sexfoil rose window overhead. Arch and hood mouldings have roll - and - fillet design; capitals have stiff - leaf foliage and bell design; label stops are carved with male heads.
St Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran, Co Kilkenny, interior - window (detail)
Detail of window showing roll - and - fillet arch moulding and paired capitals with head, floral and foliate carving with drill hole in the flower head. A (worn) head carved label stop is partially visible.