Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - south aisle, detail of monks' doorway

Cistercian Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny, interior - south aisle, detail of monks' doorway

Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Photograph by Roger Stalley. Detail of the monks' doorway in south aisle showing jambs and orders. One capital is badly damaged but the other shows fine stiff - leaf foliage carving and cable moulding. Soffit mouldings show dogtooth and roll - and - fillet designs while the jambs are plain shafts. Inner order of doorway has cusped, round - headed arch.

Architecture, Medieval - Ireland, Architecture, Gothic - Ireland, Ecclesiastical architecture, Cistercian architecture, Capitals (Architecture), Gothic, Foliation (Architecture and decoration), Gothic doorways, Mouldings, doorway, stiff - leaf foliage, foliate capital, dogtooth moulding, cable moulding, roll - and - fillet moulding, shaft, bell capital, cusps

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Stalley, Roger

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