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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.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior - base (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of base showing torus and thin horizontal rolls and a pronounced spur at the corner.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior - nave, south aisle from the west
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of south aisle from the west showing south elevation of nave with five - bay pointed arch arcade. Piers, varied in design (round, square and octagonal, the latter with engaged shafts) have scallop capitals and rest on square plinths. They are linked by a perpyn wall(damaged). Entrance to the north transept is via…
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior - north nave arcade, west windows
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of north arcade of nave from the south - east showing chamfered arches resting on scallop capitals and alternating square and cylindrical piers on low perpyn walls. The west gable has three round headed windows with a smaller single light over the central window. The round headed clerestory windows are located over…
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior - window
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of pointed window set in deep splays.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior, chancel - sedilia
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Sedilia of three round - headed niches highlighted with bands of chevron ornament.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior, crossing pier - capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. South - west crossing pier showing scallop capital with guilloche beaded strapwork and foliate infills.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior, crossing pier - capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Capital of north - west crossing pier showing beaded zig - zag bands with infill of floral motifs and interlace.
Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior, crossing pier - capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Scallop capital of cylindrical crossing pier showing beaded strapwork with foliate infill.