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Cistercian Abbey, Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, interior, crossing pier - capital (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of scalloped capital shows underside with foliate carving.
St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny - interior, arcade pier, corbel
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Arcade pier showing foliate corbel / hood stop.
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.
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, 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.
St Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, exterior - south transept, (detail) gabled niche
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of gabled niche in the buttress on the south - west corner of the south transept. The gable terminates in head carved label stops and the roll - and - fillet moulded arches are carried on filleted shafts. Carvings on the east capital show human heads; those on the west have floriate designs.
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 Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, interior - corbel (detail)
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of corbel in nave showing foliate capital and animal carving at the end point.
St Mary's Parish Church, New Ross, Co Wexford, interior - piscina in south elevation of chancel
Photograph by Roger Stalley.Piscina in south elevation of chancel at the east end. Niche has trefoil headed arches with roll moulding and nailhead ornament resting on two small engaged shafts. Capital on east jamb has cable twist abacus above stylized leaves and nailhead moulding below. Capital on west jamb has simplified leaf ornament above a…
St Mary's Parish Church, New Ross, Co Wexford, interior - window, north - west elevation of chancel
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of west end of chancel showing stringcourse and lancet window in north elevation with roll moulding, hood moulding and floriated label stop on the west side of the window. The capitals and shafts that are present on other windows are missing here. The outline of a pointed arch, the original chancel arch, can be…