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Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior view of the lavabo showing bell capital with acanthus foliate carving surmounted by a roll - and - fillet abacus resting on a jamb with a round engaged shaft.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Foliate capital of the lavabo with acanthus carvings carried on twin round shafts. The roll - and - fillet abacus continues as a stringcourse above which springs a vault - rib.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital
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.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - chapter house
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior view of the chapter house showing rib - vaulted ceiling and roll - and - fillet shafts with foliate capitals.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Double foliate capital of the lavabo with acanthus foliage showing drill holes, carried on twin round shafts. The roll - and - fillet abacus (damaged) continues as a stringcourse.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Capital of the lavabo showing acanthus foliate carving with decorative drill holes below. Capital is surmounted by a roll - and - fillet abacus; round shafts below are missing.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Capital (damaged) of the lavabo. Similar to rscm0837 which shows acanthus foliate carving in the bell surmounted by a roll - and - fillet abacus all resting upon a jamb with a round engaged shaft.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Foliate capital of the lavabo with acanthus foliate carvings carried on twin round shafts. The roll - and - fillet abacus continues as a stringcourse above which springs a vault - rib.
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Foliate capital of the lavabo with acanthus foliate carvings carried on twin round shafts. The roll - and - fillet abacus continues as a stringcourse above which springs a vault - rib.
St Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, interior - north choir elevation, window rere - arch capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of a shaft between the two rere - arches. The whitewash left and right is on the splay of the lancets - which run in a continuous sequence. The jamb is moulded with a large central hollow (to house a now missing endélit shaft) flanked by roll - and - fillets and further hollows. This capital has an upper unit…
St Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, interior - crossing capitals
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of crossing capitals. Outer order of the crossing has roll - and - fillet angle rolls terminating in bell capitals. The central order has an engaged frontal roll - and - fillet topped with a stiff - leaf capital which supports a soffit - roll, which itself is essentially another chamfered order.
St Patrick's Cathedral, Cashel, Co Tipperary, interior - north choir elevation, window rere - arch capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of a shaft between the two rere - arches. The whitewash left and right is on the splay of the lancets - which run in a continuous sequence. The jamb is moulded with a large central hollow (to house a now missing endélit shaft) flanked by roll - and - fillets and further hollows. The outer hollows terminate in…
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, exterior - lavabo, arch and capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of lavabo arch and capital. The damaged capital shows remains of affronted winged birds or hybrids. The abacus is plan. The string - course above the capital is broken. The soffit is moulded with a triplet of roll - and - fillets, each separated by a fillet. The soffit rolls are separated from the outer orders by a…
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, arches, capitals and shafts
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior view of lavabo showing 1.5 bays of the octagonally planned building. Each bay occupies a side of the octagon. The bays are divided vertically by angle shafts of twin rolls separated by an angle fillet which support acanthus capitals, these in turn once supported a rib - vault. The bays are divided horizontally…
St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny - interior, corbel
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Corbel showing carved male heads with lozenge ornament on abacus.
Franciscan Friary, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny - interior, bell capital
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Bell capital with dogtooth on (damaged) abacus and head carvings to left and right of shaft.