Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital

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Title

Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital

Location

Collon, County Louth, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Description

Photograph by Roger Stalley. Foliate capital of the lavabo with acanthus carried on twin round shafts. The roll - and - fillet abacus continues as a stringcourse from which springs a vault rib.

Subject

Architecture, Medieval - Ireland, Architecture, Gothic - Ireland, Ecclesiastical architecture, Cistercian architecture, Architecture - Ireland - Louth, Monasteries—Ireland, Capitals (Architecture), Mouldings, floriate capital, roll - and - fillet moulding, acanthus leaf, round shaft, stringcourse, roll - and - fillet, abacus, vault rib, bell capital

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

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