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Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - corbel
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of corbel showing nailhead and dogtooth ornament.
Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - corbel
Photograph by Roger Stalley.View of corbel with nailhead and dogtooth ornament. Arches carried by corbel have roll moulding.
Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - nave arcade, cluster pier and capitals
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of south - east jamb and capital of the nave arch to the presbytery showing soffit rolls of the arch resting on bell capitals and filleted shafts. There are remains of dogtooth ornament on the necking of the centre capital.
Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - presbytery
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of north elevation of the presbytery from the south - west of the nave showing springers of the vaults, two lancet windows, pointed door, soffit rolls and bell capital of the nave arch. Lancet windows have multiple annulets; vaults have fallen and statues rest on the the springers.
Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - presbytery, window and springer detail
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of north - east corner of presbytery showing rib vault springer, rib mouldings comprise of roll - and - fillets flanked by rolls; vault supported by bell capital and filleted shaft. Lancet window on north elevation of presbytery has multiple annulets; rere - arch suported by bell capital.
Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - south aisle, detail of monks' doorway
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of monks' doorway in south elevation of nave showing jambs and capitals (damaged)with dogtooth and chevron ornament.
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…
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, 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, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior - cloister, south east door into south aisle
Photograph by Roger Stalley. North - east corner of cloister showing door into south aisle. The door has scallop capitals and through it can be seen south - west crossing pier of nave with capital comprising of beaded strapwork and foliate infill. The north - west corbel of the late medieval crossing tower can be seen in the distance.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior - east elevation presbytery, window
Photograph by Roger Stalley. East elevation of presbytery showing pointed, traceried, three - light window which is cusped throughout. The three lights have round heads, the central lower than the outer to accomonate the roundel (damaged but once filled with whirling mouchettes) which fills the head. The hood is moulded with a hollow carved with…
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior - east end presbytery, transepts & crossing tower - viewed from the south - east
Photograph by Roger Stalley. East end viewed from the south - east showing presbytery and north and south transepts. East elevation of presbytery shows pointed, traceried, three - light window which is cusped throughout. The three lights have round heads, the central lower than the outer to accomonate the roundel (damaged but once filled with…
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior - north elevation of nave - viewed from the south
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Partial view of north elevation of the nave showing round - headed clerestorey windows.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior - north wall, window
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Cusped vessica surmounts twin cusped ogee lights.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior - south - west view of nave, west end - gable windows
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of west gable end of the nave from the south - west. Three round - headed windows with chamfered mouldings have roll - and - fillet hood mouldings linked by stringcourse; the lights are bounded above and below by stringcourse and a smaller single light is located in the head of the gable over the central window.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior - south transept, sacristy, east end presbytery & crossing tower - viewed from the south - east.
Photograph by Roger Stalley. South transept, sacristy, east end presbytery and crossing tower viewed from the south - east. South transept shows two pointed arch windows, sacristy shows entrance portal and south elevation of presbytery shows twin ogee lights similar to those in the crossing tower which has crow - step battlements.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, exterior, cloister - pier sculpture
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of sculptured bracket on dumb - bell pier in cloister depicting a man in contemporary dress.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior - Romanesque pier capital with decorative carving
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Decorative carving on the capital of the south - west crossing pier showing beaded abstract geometric design. Behind this is another capital with scallops and beading.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior - base (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of base showing torus and thin horizontal rolls on a square plinth with a spur.