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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…
Tags: abacus, acanthus leaf, Architecture, Architecture - Ireland - Louth, arris fillet, chamfered moulding, Cistercian architecture, Collon, County Louth, decorative drill hole, Ecclesiastical architecture, Europe, foliate capital, jamb, lavabo, Lavabos (Architecture), Leinster, Medieval - Ireland, Monasteries—Ireland, Mouldings, Republic of Ireland, roll - and - fillet moulding, roll - and - fillet stringcourse, round shaft, soffit, vault rib