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Clontuskert Augustinian Priory, cloister, capital

Capital from reconstructed cloister, moulding from top down comprises: abacus, roll, roll, angle-fillet, roll-and-fillet, fillet, bell, necking roll-and-fillet.

Tags: Architecture, Augustinian, Bell capitals, Cloisters (Architecture), Clontuskert, County Galway, etc., fillets, Galway (Ireland) - Buildings, Gothic - Ireland, Gothic capitals (Architecture), Moldings, roll moldings, roll-and-fillet moldings, structures, wild atlantic way

Clontuskert Augustinian Priory, east window, mullion

Mullion of curvilinear east window. Mullion is moulded at both inner and outer faces. Inner face comprises: frontal fillet flanked at either side by hollow chamfer, quadrant, hollow chamfer. The moulding of the outer face comprises: frontal fillet flanked at either side by hollow chamfer, right-angled rebate and hollow chamfer. The sides of the…

Tags: Architecture, Augustinian, Clontuskert, County Galway, etc., Galway (Ireland) - Buildings, Gothic - Ireland, hollow, Moldings, mullions, Quadrant, roll moldings, structures, Tracery (Architecture), wild atlantic way

Clontuskert Augustinian Priory, interior, east window, base

Base of shaft at outer face of jamb. Moulding from top down comprises: chamfered fillet, bell with keel half way down, fillet, scroll, chamfer, plinth. This base is similar in type to those at Holycross, Kilconnell, Lorrah, Strade etc.

Tags: Architecture, Augustinian, bar tracery, Clontuskert, County Galway, etc., fillets (moldings), Galway (Ireland) - Buildings, Gothic - Ireland, keel moldings, plinth, roll moldings, Scroll, structures, wild atlantic way

Clontuskert Augustinian Priory, interior, east window, jamb

Jamb shaft running along reveal of east window. Moulding comprises, from angle: corner triple filleted roll flanked at either side by hollows and chamfers. This moulding looks Early English but is most likely fifteenth century, it looks similar to the work at Roscommon Dominican Friary, both in the jambs and in the tracery (both broken but…

Tags: Architecture, Augustinian, bar tracery, Clontuskert, County Galway, etc., fillets (moldings), Galway (Ireland) - Buildings, Gothic - Ireland, hollow, Moldings, roll-and-fillet moldings, structures, Tracery (Architecture), wild atlantic way

Clontuskert Augustinian Priory, rood screen, arch

Arches of rood screen, moulding from soffit comprises: quadrant, fillet, quarter-hollow, fillet, right-angled rebate, fillet, ogee, right-angled rebate, ogee, fillet, hollow chamfer, quadrant, ogee, fillet. Extensive use of ogees here, a late Gothic moulding rarely found in Ireland. When found it is often in association with very high quality work.

Tags: Architecture, Augustinian, Clontuskert, County Galway, etc., fillets (moldings), Galway (Ireland) - Buildings, Gothic - Ireland, hollow, Moldings, Ogee, Quadrant, roll moldings, structures, wild atlantic way

Clontuskert Augustinian Priory, rood screen, base

Base of rood screen, moulding comprises from top down: chamfered fillet, bell with keel, scroll, ogee, chamfer, plinth. This is similar to the complex bases from the cloister at Holycross, similar also to those at Lorrah Dominican and Roscrea.

Tags: Architecture, Augustinian, chamfered fillet, Clontuskert, County Galway, etc., fillets, Galway (Ireland) - Buildings, Gothic - Ireland, keel moldings, Moldings, plinth, roll moldings, Scroll, structures, wild atlantic way

Clontuskert Augustinian Priory, rood screen, capital

Capital of rood screen, from top down moulding comprises: scroll, roll, angle-fillet, scroll with upper and lower fillets, bell with keel, necking-scroll. This capital is very similar to those from the cloister at Holycross and the group related to it - particularly the use of the scroll, roll and angle-fillet in the upper element and the keel in…

Tags: Architecture, Augustinian, Bell capitals, Clontuskert, County Galway, etc., fillets (moldings), Galway (Ireland) - Buildings, Gothic - Ireland, Gothic capitals (Architecture), keel moldings, roll moldings, Scroll, structures, wild atlantic way

Clontuskert Augustinian Priory, stone store, mullion fragment

Mullion, loose in stone store, only one side of the mullion has elaborate mouldings, the other side is simply chamfered. The moulded side comprises: central fillet flanked at either side by hollow chamfer, spike, hollow chamfer.

Tags: Architecture, Augustinian, Clontuskert, County Galway, etc., Galway (Ireland) - Buildings, Gothic - Ireland, hollow, Moldings, mullions, structures, Tracery (Architecture), wild atlantic way

Clontuskert Augustinian Priory, west door, jamb and arch

West door moulding, from soffit moulding comprises: roll-and-fillet, fillet, hollow, fillet, roll-and-fillet, fillet, hollow, fillet, roll-and-fillet, fillet, hollow, roll-and-fillet, fillet, pinnacle. This door, in its overall composition and the width of the fillets, is close to doors at Holycross, Kilcooly and other works related to them.

Tags: Architecture, Augustinian, Clontuskert, County Galway, etc., Galway (Ireland) - Buildings, Gothic - Ireland, Gothic doorways, hollow, Moldings, roll-and-fillet moldings, structures, wild atlantic way