St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, exterior - West doorway

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Title

St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, exterior - West doorway

Location

Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland

Description

Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of West doorway showing main arch which is subdivided allowing two portals.These are surrounded by cusped arches. The spandrel above has a quatrefoil frame flanked by foliage bosses and smaller quatrefoil frames containing carved angel figures.

Subject

Architecture, Medieval - Ireland, Architecture, Gothic - Ireland, Ecclesiastical architecture, Cathedrals - Ireland, Foliation (Architecture and decoration), Kilkenny (Ireland) - Buildings, structures, etc., Gothic doorways, Mouldings, Wells Cathedral, portal, cusped arch, spandrel, foliage boss, quatrefoil frame, hood stop, figural carving, tracery

Type

Image

Artist / Creator / Agent, etc.

Stalley, Roger

Contributor's Role

Photographer

TARA (Trinity's Access to Research Archive) URI

Sponsor

Irish Research Council for Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (IRCHSS), The Heritage Council of Ireland

Publisher

Trinity College Dublin

Rights

This item is protected by original copyright

Rights Holder

The Contributor/s and the Board of Trinity College Dublin

Access Rights

These images may be downloaded and used (with attribution) for research, teaching or private study. They may not be used for commercial purposes without permission. Permission for commercial use will only be considered on completion of a Rights and Reproductions contact form.

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