Catfield, All Saints Church, Norfolk, England Bishop head stop, South door
Catfield, All Saints Church, Norfolk, England Bishop head stop, South door, 15th century?
View MoreCatfield, All Saints Church, Norfolk, England Bishop head stop, South door, 15th century?
View MoreCatfield, All Saints Church, Norfolk, England, Cleric head stop, right side, South door, 15th century?
View MoreWall painting of martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket of Canterbury. Two knights stab the archbishop while he kneels in prayers. 15th century.
View MoreCatfield, All Saints Church, Norfolk, England, interior nave, looking east from parvise steps, view of rood screen, 15th century.
View MoreCatfield, All Saints Church, Norfolk, England, interior, painted wood panel dado of rood screen with 2 light tracery divisions painted with figures of 15 canonized Kings and one Queen. Here, St. Edward the Confessor, St. Olaf, 15th...
View MoreCatfield, All Saints Church, Norfolk, England, chancel screen, 15th century chancel screen of two double bays flanking a four-part center opening, oak, ogee arch, cusping.
View MoreCatfield, All Saints Church, Norfolk, England, interior, detail of painted dado rood, St. Peter and St. Paul, part of dado with two-light tracery divisions. 15th century original, faces repainted later?
View MoreGloucester Cathedral, Tombof Edward II, full view, 1330s, sculpture, alabaster, purbeck marble, oolite. Carved in the Decorated Style with ogee arches, microarchitecture, cusping, crockets, finials. meant to resemble a saint's shrine.
View MoreGloucester Cathedral, Tomb of Edward II, lion, effigy, 1330s, 14th century, sculpture
View MoreGloucester Cathedral, detail of capital in nave, heraldic emblem, Richard II, late 14th century or later. Painted.
View MoreIstanbul, Pedestal, Base, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Submission of the Barbarians, west face,Turkey, sculpture, 379-395, 4th century, bas relief
View MoreIstanbul, Pedestal Base of Obelisk of Theodosius I, Emperor and his court, south face,Turkey, sculpture, 379-395
View MoreIstanbul, Pedestal Base of Obelisk of Theodosius I, Theodosius I Offers Laurels of Victory, east face,Turkey, sculpture, 379-395, 4th century.
View MoreIstanbul, Pedestal Base of Obelisk of Theodosius I, Theodosius I Offers Laurels of Victory (detail), east face,Turkey, sculpture, 379-395.
View MorePanxworth, All Saints Church Tower, 14th century with some Victorian renovations, Norfolk
View MoreCawston, Church of St. Helen, detail of painted, Rood Screen, St Matthew with spectacles, 15th century.
View MoreIsenheim Altarpiece, by Matthias Grunewald, view of front panels, 1515, oil on wood panel, Musee d'Unterlinden (a 13th century Dominican monastery), Colmar, France
View MoreModern image of Santiago as Pilgrim, Coruxo (Castilian Corujo), Church of San Salvador, Vigo, Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain. A former monastery, it is documented as early as 1074. The triple apse is the only remaining Romanesque...
View MoreSan Marcos, former Mother House of the Military/Religious Order of Santiago. Built in the 12th century (Romanesque), rebuilt in the Plateresque Style 1513-1539 by Juan de Badajoz, portrait on the facade, Leon, Spain.
View MoreReliquary shrine of Charlemagne, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreApse, Church of Santiago, c. 1200, Romanesque, Villafranca del Bierzo (Leon), a small church on the Galician Road to Santiago de Compostela (end of the 10th stage of the journey in Spain). While technically in Leon, it borders Galicia and...
View MoreDetail: The Crucifixion. Christ flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist.
View MoreReliquary Shrine (chasse), Limoges, End of 12th century, Trier
View MoreDetail of Tree of Jesse below the Trinity and the image of Santiago on the trumeau. Master Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. 1188-1211, Romanesque.
View MorePassage along north side of cathedral, emerging into the plaza of the Obradoiro, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Joseph window, apse, window 16, section 2, c. 1220-1230, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail of the capital frieze with scenes from Genesis. Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreReliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, gems.
View MoreSan Martin de Sobran, door in the center of the south side of the church, c. 1100. Romanesque, Villajuan, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreBirds, Lions, Santiago de Compostela, ambulatory capitals, north side. 12th century, Romanesque.
View MoreEvangelische Peterskirche, detail transept (exterior), Bacherach, Rhineland, Germany, c. 1230/40, with 15th century renovations and modern paint, giving a wonderful sense of how all these buildings once looked.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musicians Blowing Horns, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MorePorta Negra, detail of column on facade, c. 180, Late Antique, Roman Empire, built to keep Celts out of city of Trier, one of the main Roman capitals. The builders used stone blocks without mortar, clamping them together with iron clamps...
View MoreHereford Cathedral, West facade, 1079-16th century, Early English Style, Hereford, England.
View MoreNave, looking towards the modern altar, Real Monasterio de Armenteira (Armentera). First built by the Cistercians c. 1160 with their usual ban on ornamentation. The style is transitional Romanesque to Gothic. The church, except for its...
View MoreHereford Cathedral, Lady Chapel, 1079-16th century, Early English Style, Hereford, England.
View MoreEvangelische Peterskirche, Pier Capitals (acanthus), Bacherach, Rhineland, c. 1230/40, with 15th century renovations and modern paint, giving a wonderful sense of how all these buildings once looked.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, view of choir interior,1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Christ at the center of Angelic Musicians Playing, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreIsenheim Altarpiece, by Matthias Grunewald (Mathis Gothart Neithart), detail of prayer book from the Annunciation Panel, 1515, oil on wood panel, Musee d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France. Inscription in book reads from Isaiah 7:14 ""Behold, a...
View MoreJulian brings the passenger (Christ) back.ote that from this moment, Julian has a halo, the mark of holiness.
View MoreDecorative detail, note Four Evangelists symbols and other animals in trees, Reliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreDetail: Jacques Le Lieur donated this window and these panels show a grotesque with a body that ends with interlacing ""liures"" (bindings), which recalls the donor's name : Jacques Le Lieur (Jacques the Binder).
View MoreRouen Cathedral, apse, window 24, section 2, c. 1220-1230, Gothic stained glass, France. Right: Christ Washing of Feet.
View MoreInlaid marble on spandrels of arcade in the gallery; Corinthian capitals, Palatine Chapel, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreDetail: Upper portion of window.
View MoreDetail: Red and white angels.Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreRoyal Portal, West facade, Chartres Cathedral, c. 1145-1170, France.
View MoreVera Cruz Templar Church and the Alcazar, , Segovia, Spain. Consecrated in 1208, Romanesque. Twelve-sided structure with a tower to the south, once claimed to hold a piece of the True Cross, hence, its name. The Alcazar, once a fortress...
View MoreWest facade, Santiago de Compostela, 18th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Tormented souls boiling in Hell. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Joseph window, apse, window 16, section 3, c. 1220-1230, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail: Death of St. Stephen (St. Etienne) with mourning animals (monkey, eagle). Lower portion of left lancet window, second pair from the right. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreStrasbourg Cathedral, apse interior,1176-1439, High-Late Gothic, Erwin von Steinbach, Ulrich von Ensingen, Johannes Holtz (major architects), at 142 meters, it is one of the tallest churches in the world, Strasbourg, France.
View MoreMosteiro (monastery), west facade, c. 1100, Romanesque, Meis, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, musician corbel (modillion),12th century, Romanesque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreNativity, left (north) tympanum, second level, Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreSan Marcos, former Mother House of the Military/Religious Order of Santiago. Built in the 12th century (Romanesque), rebuilt in the Plateresque Style 1513-1539 by Juan de Badajoz, detail of the upper part of the chapel facade; note...
View MoreChurch at Caldas de Reis (Reyes), probably 11th or 12th century, Romanesque, built (perhaps) to replace the church destroyed by Almanzor. The west portal, north side, and apse are Romanesque, while the tower was added in the 18th century.
View MoreNave detail, Santiago de Compostela, 12th century, Romanesque. Galicia, Spain.
View MoreReliquary Monstrance of St. Sebastian, 19th century, gold, rock crystal, gems, Treasury of Cologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, Germany
View MoreTop left: In a military camp composed of tents, Julian rests under his tent. Top center: The parents of Julian, worried by his disappearance go to look for him. Top right: Arriving at the castle in Julian's absence (he has gone hunting)...
View MoreDetail of bottom of left portal tympanum, angels. Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, west facade and Cruceiros, 12th century, Romanesque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreApses of Vera Cruz Templar Church, Segovia, Spain. Consecrated in 1208, Romanesque. Twelve-sided structure with a tower to the south, once claimed to hold a piece of the True Cross, hence, its name.
View MoreCloister, Real Monasterio de Armenteira (Armentera), Spain. First built by the Cistercians c. 1160 with their usual ban on ornamentation. The style is transitional Romanesque to Gothic. The church, except for its modern altar and...
View MoreFelines, Santiago de Compostela, ambulatory capitals, north side. 12th century, Romanesque.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, detail of the interior clerestory of the Corona Chapel. .
View MoreDetail: Jewish man attacked, robbed, and left on the side of the road to die.
View MoreEvangelische Peterskirche, apse interior, Bacherach, Rhineland, c. 1230/40, with 15th century renovations and modern paint, giving a wonderful sense of how all these buildings once looked.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Joseph window, apse, window 16, section 5, c. 1220-1230, Gothic stained glass, France.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreDetail: Christ carrying the Cross.
View MoreTrinity on the base of the trumeau below the feet of Santiago and above the tree of Jesse. Master Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. 1188-1211, Romanesque.
View MoreEagles, Santiago de Compostela, ambulatory capitals, north side, 12th century, Romanesque.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, base of the Cruceiros with image of souls in Purgatory with Christ opening the door (or maybe the Harrowing of Hell?),18th century, by sculptor Xose Cerviio (Pepe da Pena), Late Baroque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Red devil tormenting souls. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreDetail: Figures debating.
View MoreSculpted capitals with angel, griffin, and vine scroll.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, right portal, west facade, tympanum sculpture with life of St. Peter, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreDevil falling (top right) on top of lancet windows and 62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreDetail of central tympanum (next left end of the lower level), Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreDetail: The lifting of St. Stephen's (Etienne's) soul to heaven by angels. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreGeneral view of the south side, Castrelos, Church of Santa Maria, consecrated in 1216. Located in Vigo in the Province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Adoration of the Magi.
View MoreRoad near Cebrero Church (aka Cebrerios) on the Galician Road to Santiago (after Villafranca).
View MoreSan Isidoro Basilica (aka the Royal Collegiate Church of St. Isidore of Seville), c. 1160, South side, which is the main entrance of San Isidoro; view of right portal. Romanesque, Leon, Spain.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreHereford Cathedral, South Transept, 1079-16th century, Romanesque style elevation, Hereford, England.
View MoreNorth transept portal tympanum, Infancy Cycle and Legend of Theophilus, c. 1260. Massacre of the Innocents and Fight into Egypt.
View MoreDetail: Christ crowned with the Crown of Thorns.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, First Communion pose before the Cruceiros,18th century, by sculptor Xose Cerviio (Pepe da Pena), Late Baroque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, pillar of the Cruceiros with images of repentant Adam and Eve and atlantid angels,18th century, by sculptor Xose Cerviio (Pepe da Pena), Late Baroque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MorePier Capital, Hereford Cathedral, Romanesque, Hereford, England.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreEvangelische Peterskirche, corbel capital (male Luxuria?), Bacherach, Rhineland, c. 1230/40, with 15th century renovations and modern paint, giving a wonderful sense of how all these buildings once looked.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Etienne (St. Stephen), Choir, Window B, Passion Cycle Window, 13th century, Gothic, stained glass, France.
View MoreInterior, SE. pier at crossing (intersection of nave and S. transept), added c. 1231-1281. St. Denis (Seine-St. Denis, Ile-de-France), France.
View MoreDetail of central tympanum (extreme lower right), Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreCrucifixion with Christ bleeding into a chalice held by the Virgin Mary and flanked by an archangel. To the right is John the Evangelist and Synagogua.
View MoreDetail of tympanum of south transept portal, with scenes from the life of St. Honoratus. Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Sts. Peter and Paul Window, Apse, window 26, section 3, Meeting of Peter and Paul; Paul leaves, Peter remains seated on a throne, stained glass, 14th century, France.
View MoreWindow of north apse (now missing columns), Coruxo (Castilian Corujo), Church of San Salvador, Vigo, Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain. A former monastery, it is documented as early as 1074. The triple apse is the only remaining...
View MoreApocalypse Tapestry, Chateau d'Angers, earliest surviving warp tapestry, originally depicted the entire story of the Apocalypse. Each tapestry consisted of seven wall hangings showing seated figures and fourteen panels (alternating red and...
View MoreReliquary Monstrance of St. Sebastian, 19th century, gold, rock crystal, gems, Treasury of Cologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, Germany
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Cymbals, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreDetail: Blue devil tormenting souls. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Sts. Peter and Paul Window, Apse, window 26, section 5, stained glass, 14th century, France. Peter and Paul confuse the Simon the magician; the Emperor Nero sits on his throne with Simon the magician to his right.
View MoreDetail: Death of St. Stephen (St. Etienne) with mourning monkey. Lower corner of left lancet window, second pair from the right. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreView of north apse interior (note groin vaults), Coruxo (Castilian Corujo), Church of San Salvador, Vigo, Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain. A former monastery, it is documented as early as 1074. The triple apse is the only remaining...
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center.
View MoreVirgin of Mercy (protecting souls in her cloak) wall painting from inside the Romanesque spire, Chartres Cathedral.
View MoreAt the death of the couple, two angels lift their souls to heaven in a mandorla.
View MoreArm reliquary of Charlemagne. Relic translated 12 October, 1481. Arms of Louis XI in enamel. Gold, rock crystal, gems, enamel. Treasury of Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreThe lord dies. Julian raises his hands to heaven, while the wife clasps her hands in prayer.
View MoreProphets, right jamb, Master Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Late 12th century, Romanesque.
View MoreWindow on the south side - two modillions/corbels, Castrelos, Church of Santa Maria, consecrated in 1216. Located in Vigo in the Province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Sts. Peter and Paul Window, Apse, window 26, section 4, Paul converts the Jews and the emperor and his wife who represented kneeling in prayer, their hands united, stained glass, 14th century, France.
View MoreNave, Cebrero Church, pilgrim stop after Villafranca on the Galician Road to Santiago de Compostela. Romanesque.
View MoreDetail: Story of Christ's Passion surrounding the Good Samaritan bringing Jewish man to an inn.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Organ, detail of north transept rose window, early 16th century, Rayonnant Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail: Putti playing a lute under inscription.
View MoreDetail of lintel of south transept portal, with images of the twelve apostles. Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreDurham Cathedral, wall painting of Crucifixion.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Viol, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, north transept rose window, Rayonnant Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreLeft: Julian returns from hunting. Center: Julian serves at the table of his lord and wife.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Hurdy-Gurdy, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreWest facade, Santiago de Compostela, 18th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreEulogizing angel flanking the left hand of the couple taken to heaven.
View MoreSan Marcos, former Mother House of the Military/Religious Order of Santiago. Built in the 12th century (Romanesque), rebuilt in the Plateresque Style 1513-1539 by Juan de Badajoz, detail of the upper left of the chapel facade, Leon, Spain.
View MorePorta Negra, c. 180, Late Antique, Roman Empire, built to keep Celts out of city of Trier, one of the main Roman capitals. The builders used stone blocks without mortar, clamping them together with iron clamps. Simeon, A Greek monk...
View MoreSan Martin de Sobran, southeast view of the apse, c. 1100. Romanesque, Villajuan, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreJudas receiving Silver, Christ crowned with thorns.
View MoreEly Cathedral, lancet windows in the presbytery built by Bishop Northwold to house the shrine of St. Ethelreda.
View MoreReliquary Monstrance, 14th century, gold, rock crystal, Treasury of Cathedral of Trier, Germany.
View MoreDetail: Man looking over crenelations.
View MoreReliquary Drinking Bowl of St. Helena, Amethyst, 3-4th century, Gilt Silver, 14th century, Treasury of Trier Cathedral, Germany.
View MoreRight portion of inner archivolt, musicians, Master Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. 1188-1211, Romanesque.
View MoreDetail: Jewish man attacked, robbed, and left on the side of the road to die.
View MoreApses, Real Monasterio de Armenteira (Armentera), Spain. First built by the Cistercians c. 1160 with their usual ban on ornamentation. The style is transitional Romanesque to Gothic. The church, except for its modern altar and cloister...
View MoreReliquary Arm of St. Anne, 15th Century, with 19th century additions, gold, silver, enamel, gems, Treasury of Trier Cathedral, Germany.
View MoreMosteiro (monastery), detail of scroll volute corbel (modillion) and capital, apse, c. 1100, Romanesque, Meis, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MorePorta Negra, detail of facade, c. 180, Late Antique, Roman Empire, built to keep Celts out of city of Trier, one of the main Roman capitals. The builders used stone blocks without mortar, clamping them together with iron clamps. Simeon...
View MoreCapital, south side of nave arch before apse, Annunciation and Visitation. 12th century. .
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of jamb figures of saints, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreDetail: Old Testament Prophet enthroned with flowering scepter.
View MoreAmbulatory, Palatine Chapel, c. 800, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of buttresses, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of west facade, 1248-16th century, towers completed 1842-1880, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreReal Monasterio de Armenteira, rose window. First built by the Cistericans ca.1160 with their usual ban on ormentation. The style is Romanesque-Gothic. The church has been left fairly well in its original state except for the modern altar...
View MoreWest facade, the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary (Cologne Cathedral), High Gothic, Begun in 1248, work came to a halt at the beginning of the 16th C, and the cathedral was not completed until 1842-80.
View MoreEvangelische Peterskirche, atlantid corbel figure, Bacherach, Rhineland, c. 1230/40, with 15th century renovations and modern paint, giving a wonderful sense of how all these buildings once looked.
View MoreSan Martin de Sobran, window on the west end of the south side of the church, c. 1100. Romanesque, Villajuan, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreMoses
View MoreSte. Foy, Conques, tympanum, Last Judgment with 124 figures. .
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Drums, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreDetail: Adam and Eve eat the apples from the Tree of Good and Evil. Note serpent in the tree.
View MoreEvangelische Peterskirche, corbel capital (Luxuria), Bacherach, Rhineland, Germany, c. 1230/40, with 15th century renovations and modern paint, giving a wonderful sense of how all these buildings once looked.
View MoreJulian crosses the river made turbulent by the storm.
View MoreA second window on the south side - four modillions.ote interesting narrow window. Castrelos, Church of Santa Maria, consecrated in 1216. Located in Vigo in the Province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSan Martin de Sobran, capital of engaged column on the apse, c. 1100. Romanesque, Villajuan, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain, architecture
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreDetail: Apex of window 17.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Sts. Peter and Paul Window, Apse, window 26, stained glass, 14th century, France.
View MoreWest facade portals, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. Architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont. .
View MoreNave buttresses and south tower, Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreJust below the apex of the window. Top: Julian takes the Devil across the river, as is his job. The black figure is the Devil and Julian is the glowing saintly figure. Left: Julian brings the passenger back.ote that from this moment...
View MoreDetail: Christ child carrying the cross. Above the second pair of lancet windows from the right.
View MoreTop left: In a military camp composed of tents, Julian rests under his tent. Top center: The parents of Julian, worried by his disappearance go to look for him. Top right: Arriving at the castle in Julian's absence (he has gone hunting)...
View MoreTympanum (lower center), Master Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. 1188-1211, Romanesque.
View MoreDetail of gallery, Palatine Chapel, c. 800, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreDetail: Christ before Pilate. Crowd whispering.
View MoreSoldiers and Christ Carrying the Cross.
View MoreMaster Matteo, Left Portal, Portico de la Gloria, entrance to north aisle, Santiago de Compostela, 1168-1188, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Bottom left, figure with jug and bowl.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Playing the Zither, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreFigures, scrolls, Santiago de Compostela, ambulatory capitals, north side, 12th century, Romanesque.
View MoreAmbulatory capitals, north side, Santiago de Compostela, 12th century, Romanesque, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Women resurrected with red devil making mischief. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreOn the other bank, an unknown passenger waits. The legend describes the person as a leper, but he is recognizable as Christ.
View MoreDetail: Head and cusped canopy.
View MoreVaults of the nave and apse, Gothic, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of choir buttresses and windows, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreDetail: Bottom right with baker. France
View MoreCologne Cathedral, Reliquary of St Cordula, 16th century.
View MoreSouth transept portal, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Bagpipes, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, left portal, west facade, tympanum sculpture with story of the Three Kings, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center.
View MoreStone and brickwork of nave interior, Basilica of Constantine, begun by Maxentius in 306, completed by Constantine after 313, Early Christian, largely reconstructed.
View MoreStrasbourg Cathedral, gargoyles, north side,1176-1439, High-Late Gothic, Erwin von Steinbach, Ulrich von Ensingen, Johannes Holtz (major architects), at 142 meters, it is one of the tallest churches in the world, Strasbourg, France.
View MoreChrist crowned with thorns, Christ mocked.
View MoreTop left: Julian returning from war. Top center: Julian sees his parents in the master bedroom, but mistakenly assumes it is his wife who is cheating and he kills them. Top right: Leaving the bedroom, Julian meets his wife who tells him...
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Joseph Window, Window 16, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MorePorta Negra, detail of column on facade, c. 180, Late Antique, Roman Empire, built to keep Celts out of city of Trier, one of the main Roman capitals. The builders used stone blocks without mortar, clamping them together with iron clamps...
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of buttresses and transept, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Christ carrying the Cross, bottom of Les Belles verrieres windows (detail), 4th bay north aisle, nave, stained glass, 15th-16th centuries, Late Gothic, France.
View MoreDetail: Betrayal and Arrest of Christ.
View MoreDetail of a military camp composed of tents, where Julian rests under his tent (left) and (right) the parents of Julian, worried by his disappearance go to look for him.
View MoreDetail: Eustace and family take a sea voyage.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Playing a Flute, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center.
View MoreDetail: God (Christ) warning the naked Adam and Eve not to eat from the Tree of Good and Evil.
View MoreDuring a stormy night, Julian hears a voice calling from the other side of the river. His wife urges him to get up.
View MoreDetail of Tree of Jesse on the trumeau. Master Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. 1188-1211, Romanesque.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Organ, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreEly Cathedral, Adam and Eve floor mosaic. Prior Cruden's Chapel, early 14th century.
View MoreMosteiro (monastery), detail of animal corbels (modillions), apse, c. 1100, Romanesque, Meis, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreMaster Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, 1168-1188, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail of foot with sandal, Reliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, left portal, west facade, tympanum sculpture with story of the Three Kings, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreDetail: Jacques Le Lieur donated this window and these panels show a grotesque with a body that ends with interlacing ""liures"" (bindings), which recalls the donor's name : Jacques Le Lieur (Jacques the Binder).
View MoreFlagellation of Christ (right), Scourging of Christ (left).
View MoreJamb bases, Real Monasterio de Armenteira (Armentera). First built by the Cistercians c. 1160 with their usual ban on ornamentation. The style is transitional Romanesque to Gothic. The church, except for its modern altar and cloister...
View MoreFirst built by the Cistericans ca.1160 with their usual ban on ormentation. The style is Romanesque-Gothic. The church has been left fairly well in its original state except for the modern altar, but the cloister was completely redone in...
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of tower tracery (interior), 1248-16th century, towers completed 1842-1880, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreDetail of tri-lobed arch over archivolt. Note Islamic influence in the tri-lobe shape and the flat color lozenge patterns.ote also the vine scrolls and floating heads typical of Romanesque. In the center is Christ as the Lamb of God.
View MoreTrumeau with pilgrim placing hand in indentation created by pilgrims over the centuries. Master Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. 1188-1211, Romanesque.
View MoreThrone of Charlemagne, c. 800, gallery of the Palatine Chapel, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Etienne (St. Stephen), apse, Window K, Bay 17, 13th century, Prodigal Son Window, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreNave looking towards the east, Hereford Cathedral, Romanesque columns, Gothic vaulting, Hereford, England
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Triangle, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, corbels (modillions), 12th century, Romanesque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreEvangelische Peterskirche, Romanesque elevations, Gothic vaults, Bacherach, Rhineland, c. 1230/40, with 15th century renovations and modern paint, giving a wonderful sense of how all these buildings once looked.
View MoreSan Marcos, former Mother House of the Military/Religious Order of Santiago. Built in the 12th century (Romanesque), rebuilt in the Plateresque Style 1513-1539 by Juan de Badajoz, Leon, Spain.
View MoreSan Marcos, former Mother House of the Military/Religious Order of Santiago. Built in the 12th century (Romanesque), rebuilt in the Plateresque Style 1513-1539 by Juan de Badajoz, detail of center portal, Leon, Spain.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Harp, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Chapel of St. Julian, St. Michael conquering the dragon, mid-15th century, Guillaume Barbe (Glass Master), France.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail), doctor at the bedside of the wounded man, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreWest facade, Coruxo (Castilian Corujo), Church of San Salvador, Vigo, Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain. A former monastery, it is documented as early as 1074. The triple apse is the only remaining Romanesque portion.
View MoreDetail: the Flagellation of Christ.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, central portal, west facade, tympanum and archivolts, 1248-19th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreStatue of Master Mateo (small, perhaps 3 feet tall), on the back of the base of the trumeau of his Portico de la Gloria. Known as the ""santo dos Croques,"" the face and head have been blackened over the centuries by thousands (pilgrims...
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreChrist Carrying the Cross and Soldiers with ladders and pike staff (Longinus).
View MoreDetail: Eustace farming.ote foreshadowing of ox, a type of animal in which he and his family will eventually be martyred by the Roman emperor Hardrian.
View MoreCentral portion of inner archivolt, Master Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. 1188-1211, Romanesque.
View Morefacade of Real Monasterio de Armenteira, Spain, left and center portal and rose (wheel) window. First built by the Cistercians c. 1160 with their usual ban on ornamentation. The style is transitional Romanesque to Gothic. The church...
View MoreDetail: Blessed souls as intercessors and angel blowing trumpet. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreStrasbourg Cathedral, exterior detail, looking down from the tower, west facade, begun 1277, Germany.
View MoreSide View of Pulpit of Henry II, c. 1002-1024, Palatine Chapel, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of towers, west facade, 1248-16th century, towers completed 1842-1880, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreDetail: Apex of window. Lower right, St. Stephen is stoned to death.
View MoreDomes and Balustrades, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreIsenheim Altarpiece, by Matthias Grunewald (Mathis Gothart Neithart), detail of Virgin Mary in heavenly realm, 1515, oil on wood panel, Musee d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France
View MoreJulian's childhood with his parents.
View MoreCharlemagne's throne, c. 800, gallery of the Palatine Chapel, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreDetail of the archivolt, Four and Twenty Elders playing instruments; Santo Domingo, Soria, Romanesque sculpture.
View MoreHereford Cathedral, Crypt Chapel, 13th century, Early English Style, Hereford, England.
View MoreDetail of Lion of Mark, Reliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreArrest of Christ (left), Christ before Pilate (right)
View MoreNave, Hereford Cathedral, nave, 1079-16th century, Early English Style, Hereford, England.
View MoreDetail: God chastising Adam and Eve, who cover their nakedness with leaves. Note scroll with words.
View MoreWest-southwest view of the facade. Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of jamb figures of saints with sculpted canopies, lower archivolts, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreMaster Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. 1188-1211, Romanesque.
View MoreMaster Matteo, Tree of Jesse detail, Portico de la Gloria, 12th century, Romanesque, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreCapital, cloister, Palm Trees. 12th century. .
View MoreSan Marcos, former Mother House of the Military/Religious Order of Santiago. Built in the 12th century (Romanesque), rebuilt in the Plateresque Style 1513-1539 by Juan de Badajoz, close up of window in facade, Leon, Spain.
View MoreThe Demon of the Abyss, the Destroyer. Apocalypse Tapestry, Chateau d'Angers, earliest surviving warp tapestry, originally depicted the entire story of the Apocalypse. Each tapestry consisted of seven wall hangings showing seated figures...
View MoreDetail: lower portion.
View MoreDetail: feet and inscription with coat of arms hefted by a pair of angels below.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Sts. Peter and Paul Window, Apse, window 26 (detail), stained glass, 14th century, France.
View MoreDetail: Samaritan brings wounded Jewish man (on the Samaritan's horse) to an inn, promising to pay the cost.
View MoreLa Lanzada Hermitage, Spain. Romanesque style, but built well into the Gothic period. The small, undistinguished structure has long been (and still is) a goal of ""romerias,"" a combination of pilgrimage and picnic. It is located in a...
View MoreDetail of mosaic inscription in the spandrels of the arcade, Palatine Chapel, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MorePorta Negra, detail of upper facade, c. 180, Late Antique, Roman Empire, built to keep Celts out of city of Trier, one of the main Roman capitals. The builders used stone blocks without mortar, clamping them together with iron clamps. ...
View MoreDetail of inset marble and mosaic in arcade spandrel, Palatine Chapel, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreDetail of central portal tympanum (left end of lower level). Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreLothar Cross, c. 1000. Germs, gold, spolia cameo (Augustus). Treasury of Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreNicolas Hagenau, Detail of St. Jerome from St. Anthony between Sts. Augustine and Jerome, Isenheim Altarpiece, Scultpure, c. 1505, polychromed and gilded wood, Musee d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Playing a Drum, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreIsenheim Altarpiece, by Matthias Grunewald (Mathis Gothart Neithart), View of Crucifixion, 1515, oil on wood panel, Musee d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France
View MoreEvangelische Peterskirche, wall painting of St. Christopher, Bacherach, Rhineland, c. 1230/40, with 15th century renovations and modern paint, giving a wonderful sense of how all these buildings once looked.
View MoreDetail: Samaritan brings wounded Jewish man (on the Samaritan's horse) to an inn, promising to pay the cost.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, base of the Cruceiros with image of Eve eating the apple,18th century, by sculptor Xose Cerviio (Pepe da Pena), Late Baroque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail: God (Christ) speaks to (appears before) Moses in the Burning Bush on Mt. Sinai
View MoreDetail of the capital frieze with God creating the sun, moon, stars, and sea from Genesis. Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Jewish man abandoned by the side of the road.
View MoreEulogizing angel to the right of the couple being lifted to heaven.
View MoreMosteiro (monastery), detail of corbel figures (modillions) including annoyed man, apse, c. 1100, Romanesque, Meis, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreArcade arch with colored voussoirs, Palatine Chapel, c. 800, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ.
View MoreGallery, near Charlemagne's throne, Palatine Chapel, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreSan Martin de Sobran, corbel figures (modillions) on the apse, c. 1100. Romanesque, Villajuan, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Sts. Peter and Paul Window, Apse, window 26, section 3, The emperor is informed of Paul's miracle, Paul brought before emperor, stained glass, 14th century, France.
View MoreDetail: Burial of St. Stephen (Etienne).ote mourning animals. Bottom left of second pair of lancet windows from the right.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Etienne (St. Stephen), apse, Window K, Bay 17, 13th century, Prodigal Son Window, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreBath Abbey, detail of fan vaults by Robert and William Vertue. .
View MoreDetail of lower left lancet window.
View MoreView of the south side, Castrelos, Church of Santa Maria, consecrated in 1216. Located in Vigo in the Province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail of the Lothar Cross, c. 1000. Gold, gems, enamel, spolia cameo (Augustus). Treasury of Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreOccupations: including drapers and metalsmith (?)
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center.
View MoreTympanum Sculpture of Church at Portomarin showing Christ in Majesty surrounded by the 24 Elders on the archivolt. Note the relationship between it and the Portico de la Gloria in terms of composition. A dam and reservoir on the Mino...
View MoreLeft portion of first archivolt, Master Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. 1188-1211, Romanesque.
View MoreDetail: devil falls.
View MoreGable end of reliquary shrine of Charlemagne, gold, silver, gems, enamel. Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MorePortal, Romanesque, early Gothic architecture, College of St. Jerome (at the University of Santiago), Santiago de Compostela, La Coruna.ote innermost left jamb figure (St. James), innermost right figure (St. Peter), next to Peter, St...
View MoreDetail: a priest and a Levite pass the stricken Jewish man.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Playing the Flute and the Triangle, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreNave and apse interior, Basilica of Constantine, begun by Maxentius in 306, completed by Constantine after 313, Early Christian, largely reconstructed.
View MoreVirgin and Child (top), Donor portraits (from left to right) Azon le Tort, female donor, pilgrim donor.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Organ, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreDetail: St. Stephen being stoned to death.
View MoreExterior of Unterlinden Museum, former 13th century Dominican Monastery.
View MorePuerta Santa, Santiago de Compostela. Open only during Jubilee years (when St. James day falls on a Sunday) flanked by Master Mateo sculptures placed there in the 17th century when they were removed from Mateo's stone choir stalls (c...
View MoreDetail: Baptism of Clovis(?)
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Sts. Peter and Paul Window, Apse, window 26, section 1, apex, stained glass, 14th century, France. The veil is given by St. Paul, St. Paul's soul arrives in heaven accompanied by two angels.
View MoreArcade arch with colored voussoirs, Palatine Chapel, c. 800, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreDetail: Censing angel.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Musical Instrument, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreAcanthus, angels, Santiago de Compostela, ambulatory capitals, north side. 12th century, Romanesque.
View MoreMaster Matteo, Trinity Sculpture on the Portico de la Gloria, central column below the feet of Santiago, 12th century, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreReliquary of the Cross from S. Mary ad Gradus, 1240, gold, silver, silver gilt, enamel, gems, Treasury of Cologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, Germany
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Drum, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreSan Martin de Sobran, south side of church, SSE part of the apse, c. 1100. Romanesque, Villajuan, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreMosteiro (monastery), detail of corbel figures (modillions) including mermaid and piled logs, apse, c. 1100, Romanesque, Meis, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Acrobats and jugglers at the apex.
View MoreExterior Sculpture, Church at Villar de Donas, Spain. Romanesque. On the Galician Road to Santiago de Compostela.
View MoreSan Isidoro Basilica (aka the Royal Collegiate Church of St. Isidore of Seville), c. 1160, South side, which is the main entrance of San Isidoro; the west end was built against the Roman city wall, right portal, bottom of tympanum. Note...
View MorePorta Negra, detail of facade, c. 180, Late Antique, Roman Empire, built to keep Celts out of city of Trier, one of the main Roman capitals. The builders used stone blocks without mortar, clamping them together with iron clamps. Simeon...
View MoreDetail of capital from arcade of Palatine Chapel, Aachen Cathedral, c. 800, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreIsenheim Altarpiece, by Matthias Grunewald (Mathis Gothart Neithart), detail of Christ's feet from the predella, 1515, oil on wood panel, Musee d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France
View MoreVera Cruz Templar Church and the Alcazar, Segovia, Spain. Consecrated in 1208, Romanesque. Twelve-sided structure with a tower to the south, once claimed to hold a piece of the True Cross, hence, its name. The Alcazar once a fortress...
View MoreAmbulatory Capitals, north side, Santiago de Compostela, 12th century, Romanesque, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreMosteiro (monastery), detail of the portal, west facade, c. 1100, Romanesque, Meis, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Flagellation of Christ.
View MoreDetails of corbels (modillions) and capitals from the apses. Note acrobat to the right.
View MoreInside the Romanesque Spire at Chartres Cathedral.
View MoreAngels, Santiago de Compostela, ambulatory capitals, north side. 12th century, Romanesque.
View MoreAbraham stopped from sacrificing Isaac by the angel of God.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Viol, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreEvangelische Peterskirche, pier capitals with foliage, Bacherach, Rhineland, c. 1230/40, with 15th century renovations and modern paint, giving a wonderful sense of how all these buildings once looked.
View MoreBetrayal of Christ (left), Arrest of Christ (right).
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center.
View MoreSan Marcos, former Mother House of the Military/Religious Order of Santiago. Built in the 12th century (Romanesque), rebuilt in the Plateresque Style 1513-1539 by Juan de Badajoz, detail of the upper part of the chapel facade; note...
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician, detail of north transept rose window, early 16th century, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreIsenheim Altarpiece, by Matthias Grunewald (Mathis Gothart Neithart), detail of meeting of St. Anthony and Hermit Paul (the coat of arms belongs to Guido Guersi, 1515, oil on wood panel, Musee d'Unterlinden (a 13th century Dominican...
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Etienne (St. Stephen), apse, Window K, Bay 17, 13th century, Prodigal Son Window, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreBath Abbey, detail of buttresses with crenellations, crockets, and pinnacles. .
View MoreTypanum and archivolts of the left (north) portal, Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreJulian serves at the table of his lord and wife. The lord falls ill and is given last the rights. Julian and the lord's wife are present.
View MoreCenter: Jacob: shown Coat of Joseph; Joseph: Brethren conspiring; Joseph: cast into Pit,
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Etienne (St. Stephen), Choir, Window B, Passion Cycle Window, 13th century, Gothic, stained glass, France.
View MoreDecorative detail, Reliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreLast Judgement.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, tympanum sculpture,12th century, Romanesque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreApocalypse Tapestry, Chateau d'Angers, earliest surviving warp tapestry, originally depicted the entire story of the Apocalypse. Each tapestry consisted of seven wall hangings showing seated figures and fourteen panels (alternating red...
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of lower left west facade, 1248-16th century, towers completed 1842-1880, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Playing the Harp, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreDetail of Magi sighting the star. 24 quatrefoils illustrate Biblical and apocryphal prophecies associated with the Queen of Sheba, the Three Magi, Solomon, and Herod. Beneath the Magi are six quatrefoils that show the search for Christ. .
View MoreDetail of foot with sandal, Reliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreDetail: Putti flanking coat of arms under and inscription.
View MoreExterior Capitals (including Luxuria?), Church at Villar de Donas, Spain. Romanesque. On the Galician Road to Santiago de Compostela.
View MoreStrasbourg Cathedral, gargoyles, north side,1176-1439, High-Late Gothic, Erwin von Steinbach, Ulrich von Ensingen, Johannes Holtz (major architects), at 142 meters, it is one of the tallest churches in the world, Strasbourg, France.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, central portal, west facade, tympanum, right jamb figures and archivolts, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreDetail of left archivolt with two saddled horses without riders. Known simply as ""La Corticela,"" existed in close proximity to the location of the present 11th-century Cathedral. It was founded by Bishop Sisnando I in the late 9th...
View MoreStairs, Santiago de Compostela, West facade, 18th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSan Martin de Sobran, capitals of columns on right side of portal, west facade, c. 1100. Romanesque, Villajuan, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center.
View MoreAnd I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems upon its horns and a blasphemous name upon its heads. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard, its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was...
View MoreTympanum (lower left), Master Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. 1188-1211, Romanesque.
View MoreSan Isidoro Basilica (aka the Royal Collegiate Church of St. Isidore of Seville), c. 1160, tower of church and Roman wall which abuts the west end of the building, Romanesque, Leon, Spain.
View MoreGeneral view from Alcazar, Vera Cruz Templar Church, Segovia, Spain. Consecrated in 1208, Romanesque. Twelve-sided structure with a tower to the south, once claimed to hold a piece of the True Cross, hence, its name.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Blows Horn, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreThe Grand Prostitute. Apocalypse Tapestry, Chateau d'Angers, earliest surviving warp tapestry, originally depicted the entire story of the Apocalypse. Each tapestry consisted of seven wall hangings showing seated figures and fourteen...
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Recorder, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreIsenheim Altarpiece, by Matthias Grunewald (Mathis Gothart Neithart), detail of crown of thorns from the predella, 1515, oil on wood panel, Musee d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France
View MoreDetail: Apex of window. Jacques Le Lieur donated the money for this window .
View MoreChrist blesses at apex, below the souls of Julian and his wife are lifted to heaven in a mandorla by angels.
View MoreThe horned Devil calls Julian.
View MoreCarlisle Cathedral, detail of dogtooth decoration of arcade arch in the choir interior. .
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of gallery-level west facade, 1248-16th century, towers completed 1842-1880, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreHe enters the service of a lord, by putting his hands in the hands of his protector, in a typical feudal gesture.
View MoreNave interior, Basilica of Constantine, begun by Maxentius in 306, completed by Constantine after 313, Early Christian, largely reconstructed.
View MoreDetail: Three Magi before Herod.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of buttresses and gargoyles, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreMosteiro (monastery), detail of corbel figure of monk and capital, apse, c. 1100, Romanesque, Meis, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreLeft: Julian returns from hunting. Center: Julian serves at the table of his lord and wife. Right: The lord falls ill and is give last the rights. Julian and the lord's wife are present.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, stained glass light on dado, heraldic glass,1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreReliquary Monstrance of St. Sebastian, 19th century, gold, rock crystal, gems, Treasury of Cologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, Germany
View MorePortal, west facade, Castrelos, Church of Santa Maria, consecrated in 1216. Located in Vigo in the Province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetails of corbels (modillions) and capitals from the central apse. Note man with open book on corbel and acanthus leafed capitals.
View MoreDetail: Blue devil tormenting souls (including a monk). Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreSan Martin de Sobran, window on the east end of the south side of the church, c. 1100. Romanesque, Villajuan, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreNicolas Hagenau, Detail of St. Anthony from St. Anthony between Sts. Augustine and Jerome, Isenheim Altarpiece, Scultpure, c. 1505, polychromed and gilded wood, Musee d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of buttresses and gargoyles, 1248-16th century, towers completed 1842-1880, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreWindow of the south apse with columns and capitals, Coruxo (Castilian Corujo), Church of San Salvador, Vigo, Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain. A former monastery, it is documented as early as 1074. The triple apse is the only...
View MoreTympanum, Master Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. 1188-1211, Romanesque.
View MoreCharlemagne in majesty, gable end, Chalemagne reliquary shrine. Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreMosteiro (monastery), detail of capitals, portal, west facade, c. 1100, Romanesque, Meis, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, stair tower, built under Anselm (r. 1093-1109) with the upper sections added by Prior Wibert c. 1160. One of the few features of the pre-1174 Cathedral to survive. .
View MoreDetail of heel, decorative detail, note Four Evangelists symbols and other animals in trees, Reliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreFlagellation of Christ (left), Scourging of Christ (right).
View MoreCaptials on the facade of the Church of Santiago, Villafranca, with the Dream of the Magi and their travel on horseback. c. 1200, Romanesque, Villafrance del Bierzo (Leon), on the Galician Road to Santiago de Compostela (end of the 10th...
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, corbels (modillions), note acrobat on the right, 12th century, Romanesque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSan Martin de Sobran, capital of engaged column on the apse, c. 1100. Romanesque, Villajuan, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreChapel exterior of Unterlinden Museum, former 13th century Dominican Monastery.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, top of the Cruceiros with image of Deposition,18th century, by sculptor Xose Cerviio (Pepe da Pena), Late Baroque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of towers, west facade, 1248-16th century, towers completed 1842-1880, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreNicolas Hagenau, St. Anthony between Sts. Augustine and Jerome, Isenheim Altarpiece, Scultpure, c. 1505, polychromed and gilded wood, Musee d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France.
View MoreJulian returning from hunting.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail), the robbers leave the covered in wounds, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDoor on the north side, Castrelos, Church of Santa Maria, consecrated in 1216. Located in Vigo in the Province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of buttresses, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreDetail of archivolt of central portal, Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreApse, Romanesque.ote buttress and corbels. Church at Caldas de Reis (Reyes), probably 11th or 12th century, Romanesque, built (perhaps) to replace the church destroyed by Almanzor. The west portal, north side, and apse are Romanesque...
View MoreVisitation, Nativity, left (north) tympanum, second level, Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of gable, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreSan Martin de Sobran, west facade, c. 1100. Romanesque, Villajuan, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreCologne Cathedral, Reliquary of Peter's Chains, c. 1500, gold, rock crystal.
View MoreDetail: The Flagellation of Christ.
View MoreEvangelische Peterskirche, detail of apse and stairtower (exterior), Bacherach, Rhineland, c. 1230/40, with 15th century renovations and modern paint, giving a wonderful sense of how all these buildings once looked.
View MoreSte. Foy, Conques, exterior north transept arm. Picture taken in 1966. .
View MoreEvangelische Peterskirche, view of gallery and clerestory, Bacherach, Rhineland, c. 1230/40, with 15th century renovations and modern paint, giving a wonderful sense of how all these buildings once looked.
View MoreVirgin & Child, Flight into Egypt, left (north) tympanum, third level, Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Joseph window, apse, window 17, c. 1220-1230, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of flying buttresses, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Sts. Peter and Paul Window, Apse, window 26, section 1, apex, stained glass, 14th century, France. The veil is given by St. Paul, St. Paul's soul arrives in heaven accompanied by two angels.
View MoreLandscape around Cerero Church, located on a stormy and foggy mountain pass. It is the next pilgrim stop after Villafrance on the Galician Road to Santiago de Compostela.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, apse, window 24, section 2, c. 1220-1230, Gothic stained glass, France King David and the Pelican in her piety
View MoreSan Marcos, former Mother House of the Military/Religious Order of Santiago. Built in the 12th century (Romanesque), rebuilt in the Plateresque Style 1513-1539 by Juan de Badajoz, close up of capital of a pilaster on facade, Leon, Spain.
View MoreDetail of eagle of John, Reliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Colorful Angels, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, grisaille glass, angels flank the 10 Commandments, stained glass, Late Gothic, 15th century, France.
View MoreDetail: Baptism of Clovis; Enthronement of Bishop (St. Denis) (?)
View MoreDetail: City of Jerusalem (apex of the window).
View MoreDetail: Three Mary's at Christ's empty tomb greeted by angel telling them that Christ had been resurrected. Note sleeping guard in chain mail.
View MoreDetail: Lower lancet windows.
View MoreIsenheim Altarpiece, by Matthias Grunewald (Mathis Gothart Neithart), detail of Temptation of St. Anthony, 1515, oil on wood panel, Musee d'Unterlinden (a 13th century Dominican monastery), Colmar, France
View MoreThe Damned, detail of central tympanum, Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreReliquary shrine of Charlemagne, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Etienne (St. Stephen), Choir, Window C, 13th century, Saint Stephen Window, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail: Female and male monk emerging from tombs. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, base of the Cruceiros with image of Eve receiving the apple from the snake,18th century, by sculptor Xose Cerviio (Pepe da Pena), Late Baroque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, detail of the south side exterior towards the east end, including St. Anselm's Chapel and the Corona Chapel. .
View MoreCapital, north side of nave, with mythological creatures, perhaps sphinxes. 12th century. .
View MoreStrasbourg Cathedral, view of nave towards the apse,1176-1439, High-Late Gothic, Erwin von Steinbach, Ulrich von Ensingen, Johannes Holtz (major architects), at 142 meters, it is one of the tallest churches in the world, Strasbourg, France.
View MoreEagles, Santiago de Compostela, ambulatory capitals, north side. 12th century, Romanesque.
View MoreSpies returning from Canaan with enormous bunch of grapes
View MoreDome (interior) over the transept crossing, Real Monasterio de Armenteira (Armentera), Spain. Note the technique of parallel ribbing sometimes called ""califal"" or ""mudejar."" First built by the Cistercians c. 1160 with their usual ban...
View MorePorta Negra, detail inside gate, c. 180, Late Antique, Roman Empire, built to keep Celts out of city of Trier, one of the main Roman capitals. The builders used stone blocks without mortar, clamping them together with iron clamps. ...
View MoreSan Marcos, former Mother House of the Military/Religious Order of Santiago. Built in the 12th century (Romanesque), rebuilt in the Plateresque Style 1513-1539 by Juan de Badajoz, detail of balcony above central doorway, note Santiago coat...
View MorePortal, Church at Caldas de Reis (Reyes), probably 11th or 12th century, Romanesque, built (perhaps) to replace the church destroyed by Almanzor. The west portal, north side, and apse are Romanesque, while the tower was added in the 18th...
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of choir buttresses, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musicians Plays Trumpet, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreThere are 62 musician angels encircling Christ (at center) in this rose. This window is designed symmetrically, having matching angels and instruments, a pair, one left and one right of center in the same spots. The bass viol is at...
View MoreDetail of Magi journeying to Bethlehem. 24 quatrefoils illustrate Biblical and apocryphal prophecies associated with the Queen of Sheba, the Three Magi, Solomon, and Herod. Beneath the Magi are six quatrefoils that show the search for...
View MoreDetail: Tormented souls boiling in Hell including a monk.ote the red and blue devils who torment them. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreCentral apse roofline with modillions/corbels, Coruxo (Castilian Corujo), Church of San Salvador, Vigo, Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain. A former monastery, it is documented as early as 1074. The triple apse is the only remaining...
View MoreDetail: Story of Adam and Eve surrounding the attack of the Jewish man.
View MoreDetail of foot with sandal, Reliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreDetail: St. Severus clothes the naked, 4th north bay of the nave.
View MoreDetail of Reliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of tower tracery (interior), 1248-16th century, towers completed 1842-1880, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, detail, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of tower tracery (interior), 1248-16th century, towers completed 1842-1880, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreDetail: Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary holding up a chalice to catch Christ's blood (Eucharistic imagery) and an angel holding the pikestaff used to wound Christ.
View MoreThe parents of Julian, worried by his disappearance go to look for him (left). Arriving at the castle in Julian's absence, they are welcomed by his wife (right).
View MoreProphets, left jamb, Master Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Late 12th century, Romanesque.
View MoreSan Martin de Sobran, window on the apse, c. 1100. Romanesque, Villajuan, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Flagellation of Christ.
View MoreCourtyard and tower, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, SPain.
View MoreArcade arch with colored voussoirs, Palatine Chapel, c. 800, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreThe leper shows himself to be Jesus, and announces the redemption of Julian.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of jamb figures of saints with sculpted canopies, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreArcade arch with colored voussoirs, Palatine Chapel, c. 800, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View More62 angelic musicians surrounding Christ in the center.
View MoreCrossing tower interior, with wooden fan vaults added in 1634.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, top of the Cruceiros with image of Deposition, 18th century, by sculptor Xose Cerviio (Pepe da Pena), Late Baroque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Sts. Peter and Paul Window, Apse, window 26, section 4, stained glass, 14th century, France. Paul preaches to the crowd; conversion of the gentiles.
View MoreMaster Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, 1168-1188, Romanesque, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of choir buttresses and pinnacles, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreArchivolts, Real Monasterio de Armenteira (Armentera), Spain. First built by the Cistercians c. 1160 with their usual ban on ornamentation. The style is transitional Romanesque to Gothic. The church, except for its modern altar and...
View MoreView of nave and central apse, Coruxo (Castilian Corujo), Church of San Salvador, Vigo, Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain. A former monastery, it is documented as early as 1074. The triple apse is the only remaining Romanesque portion.
View MoreThe Second Angel announces the Fall of Babylon. Apocalypse Tapestry, Chateau d'Angers, earliest surviving warp tapestry, originally depicted the entire story of the Apocalypse. Each tapestry consisted of seven wall hangings showing seated...
View MoreTop: Julian serves at the table of his lord and wife. Bottom: A deer had predicted that he would kill his parents. To escape his fate, Julian leaves his family.
View MoreDetail of lower portion (lancets). Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MorePilgrim Badge of St. Martin, late 14th - early 15th century, pewter, 41 mm h, 52 mm l. Collection: Cluny Museum Paris.
View MoreFelines, lions, Santiago de Compostela, ambulatory capitals, north side. 12th century, Romanesque.
View MoreWest facade and south transept, Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, base of the Cruceiros with image of Virgin Mary as intercessor for souls in Purgatory,18th century, by sculptor Xose Cerviio (Pepe da Pena), Late Baroque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Stephen's soul taken to heaven by angels and Stephen being stoned.
View MoreDetail: Red devil tormenting souls. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreReliquary Monstrance, 14th century, gold, rock crystal, Treasury of Cathedral of Trier, Germany.
View MoreOrgan and Gothic choir screen, nave, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of buttresses, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreSarria, Church of San Salvador, portal, west facade.ote roughly-carved orant figure on tympanum and dogstooth decoration on the archivolts. Romanesque, Sarria, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Annunciation to the Shepherds.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail apex), Christ in majesty on a hill with trees, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Blows Horn, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Cymbals, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreApocalypse Tapestry, Chateau d'Angers, earliest surviving warp tapestry, originally depicted the entire story of the Apocalypse. Each tapestry consisted of seven wall hangings showing seated figures and fourteen panels (alternating red and...
View MoreReliquary Monstrance of St. Sebastian, 19th century, gold, rock crystal, gems, Treasury of Cologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, Germany
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Lute, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Sts. Peter and Paul Window, Apse, window 26, section 1, apex, stained glass, 14th century, France.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of jamb figures of saints, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreDetail, Lion support, Reliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreDetail of Reliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreDetail: Red and white angels. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreArcade in the choir with alternating purbeck marble columns.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Joseph window, apse, window 16, section 6, c. 1220-1230, Gothic stained glass, France.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreEvangelische Peterskirche, fanciful vault tracery, side aisle, Bacherach, Rhineland, c. 1230/40, with 15th century renovations and modern paint, giving a wonderful sense of how all these buildings once looked.
View MoreDonor portraits: Azon le Tort, female donor, pilgrim donor with grisaille background.
View MoreNativity and Joseph warned to flee into Egypt, detail of tympanum, left portal sculpture. Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreView of interior, south apse Coruxo (Castilian Corujo), Church of San Salvador, Vigo, Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain. A former monastery, it is documented as early as 1074. The triple apse is the only remaining Romanesque portion.
View MoreDetail: Orientalized tormentor (note turban) picking up rock to throw at St. Stephen (Etienne). Lower left side of central lancet pair. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, base of the Cruceiros with image of souls in Purgatory with Christ opening the door (or maybe the Harrowing of Hell?),18th century, by sculptor Xose Cerviio (Pepe da Pena), Late Baroque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreMosteiro (monastery), detail of tympanum, portal, west facade, c. 1100, Romanesque, Meis, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSan Marcos, former Mother House of the Military/Religious Order of Santiago. Built in the 12th century (Romanesque), rebuilt in the Plateresque Style 1513-1539 by Juan de Badajoz, close up of frieze in facade, Leon, Spain.
View MoreArchivolt detail, south transept portal, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreDetail of left portal tympanum, bottom right, Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of lower left west facade, 1248-16th century, towers completed 1842-1880, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, central portal, west facade, tympanum and archivolts, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreDetail: Magistrate and courtier ordering the stoning of St. Stephen (Etienne). Lower left side of central lancet pair.ote gritted teeth of figure on the right. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, jamb figure (St. Jude?), 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Hurdy-Gurdy, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreJulian meets his wife who tells him the truth. The deer's prophesy in which he would kill his parents has come true.
View MoreDetail: Allegorical Scene below Virgin and Child. Note Italian Renaissance-style architecture.
View MoreDetail: Red angels (Cherubim?) carrying candles above the second set of lancet windows from the left under the north transept rose window.
View MoreTympanum, Master Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. 1188-1211, Romanesque.
View MorePrior's House which was also used as a royal guest house. Originally built in the 12th century with later Gothic additions.
View MoreCorbel figures/modillions on exterior of apse. Church at Caldas de Reis (Reyes), probably 11th or 12th century, Romanesque, built (perhaps) to replace the church destroyed by Almanzor. The west portal, north side, and apse are Romanesque...
View MorePortal of the Quintana, Santiago de Compostela. Clock tower in upper left, apse of cathedral, upper right.
View MoreApses, Real Monasterio de Armenteira (Armentera), Spain. First built by the Cistercians c. 1160 with their usual ban on ornamentation. The style is transitional Romanesque to Gothic. The church, except for its modern altar and cloister...
View MorePuerta Santa from the Plaza de la Quintana, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreReliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreDetail: Ship's captain kidnapping Eustace's wife.
View MoreDetail of Lothar Cross, c. 1000. Gold, gems, spolia cameos, enamel. Treasury of Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of portal and flying buttress, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreFront (west) facade, Castrelos, Church of Santa Maria, consecrated in 1216. Located in Vigo in the Province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Apex of window.
View MoreThe cloister is composed of four different styles, each occupying two and a half sections adjacent to a corner.ote, in particular, the Mudejar-style arches of the southwest corner (seen here). San Juan de Duero, (aka San Juan Arcos de...
View MoreCebrero Church and attached dwelling. Located at the stormy and foggy top of a mountain pass, Cebrero (aka Cebreiros) is the next pilgrim stop after Villafranca on the Galician road to Santiago. It once had a hospital as well as lodging...
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Etienne (St. Stephen), Choir, window A, Infancy Cycle Window, 13th century, Gothic, stained glass, France.
View MoreImage of St. James (Santiago) on the trumeau. Master Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. 1188-1211, Romanesque.
View MoreAbbey Church of St. Denis, detail of piers in nave arcade, added c. 1231-1281. St. Denis (Seine-Saint Denis, Ile-de-France, France).
View MoreDetail: Apex with The Virgin Mary as martyr (note palm leaf).
View MoreDetail: Tormented souls being boiled in a cauldron. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, interior view towards west entrance, 12th century, Romanesque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Putti flanking a coat of arms.
View MoreArcade arch with colored voussoirs, Palatine Chapel, c. 800, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreVoid above vaulting in the nave. Note timber supported by masonry.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, cloister garth detail. Begun in 1397 by Stephen Lote. .
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Lyre, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, apse, window 24, section 2, c. 1220-1230, Gothic stained glass, France. Christ Washing of Feet (left)
View MorePorta Negra, detail of lower facade, c. 180, Late Antique, Roman Empire, built to keep Celts out of city of Trier, one of the main Roman capitals. The builders used stone blocks without mortar, clamping them together with iron clamps. ...
View MoreSan Martin de Sobran, view of nave toward the apse, c. 1100. Romanesque, Villajuan, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreArm Reliquary of Charlemagne, translated 12 October 1481. Coat of arms of Louis XI. rock crystal, gold, gems, enamel. Treasury, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreArchivolts, Real Monasterio de Armenteira (Armentera), Spain. First built by the Cistercians c. 1160 with their usual ban on ornamentation. The style is transitional Romanesque to Gothic. The church, except for its modern altar and...
View MoreReal Monasterio de Armenteira, Spain, view from SW. First built by the Cistercians c. 1160 with their usual ban on ornamentation. The style is transitional Romanesque to Gothic. The church, except for its modern altar and cloister...
View MoreDetail: Moses before the Pharaoh surpassing the magic of the Egyptian priests (changing the staff into a snake).
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Horns, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreRose Window and entrance from inside the nave, Real Monasterio de Armenteira. (Armentera). First built by the Cistercians c. 1160 with their usual ban on ornamentation. The style is transitional Romanesque to Gothic. The church, except...
View MoreDetail: Three Mary's met at Christ's Tomb by an Angel who tells them of his Resurrection.
View MoreDetail: Bottom of the window. Jacques Le Lieur donated the funds for this window.
View MoreSpire added c. 1320 over the crossing. At 404 ft tall, it is the tallest cathedral in England.
View MoreSan Marcos, former Mother House of the Military/Religious Order of Santiago. Built in the 12th century (Romanesque), rebuilt in the Plateresque Style 1513-1539 by Juan de Badajoz, portrait on the left of the facade, Leon, Spain.
View MoreDetail of Lion of Mark, Reliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreDurham Cathedral, original door to the night stairs leading down.
View MoreDetail: St. Stephen prays outside of the city.
View MoreCrucifixion with Christ bleeding into a chalice held by the Virgin Mary and flanked by an archangel. To the left is a clerical saint and Ecclesia.
View MoreRose window, kings' gallery, west facade detail, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. Architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont. .
View MoreCentral Portal, North Transept, Chartres Cathedral, 1194-1220, France.
View MoreEly Cathedral, exterior sculpted corbel monstrous heads leering and fearful above arcade with stiffleaf capitals.
View MoreCapital, north side of nave arch before the apse, soldiers fighting a seven-headed hydra. 12th century. .
View MoreLooking towards the east, nave interior. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.
View MoreEntry into Jerusalem (left) and Entombment of Christ (right), capital frieze, west facade, Chartres Cathedral, 1145-1155.
View MoreRose window, west facade detail, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. Architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont. .
View MoreDetail of animal voussoirs, acanthus and dogtooth decoration adorning the rose window.ote also the cusped tracery of the window influenced by Muslim architecture. Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreSantiago (St. James) as pilgrim, sculpted figure from S. Marta de Tera, Zemer, 1129, Spanish Romanesque.
View MoreBuilt atop a volcanic pinnacle, the chapel provided a dramatic physical goal for the pilgrim. To reach the top, one must climb 220 steps.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Descent from the Cross (detail), bottom of Les Belles verrieres windows (detail), 4th bay north aisle, nave, stained glass, 15th-16th centuries, Late Gothic, France.
View MoreBath Abbey, detail of south side clerestory windows. The 52 windows of the church comprise 80% of the nave wall space. The lower height, buttresses, and Perpendicular tracery made these giant windows possible. .
View MoreChartres Cathedral, upper west facade, twelfth-thirteenth century, France.
View MoreFlying Buttresses, Chartres Cathedral, north side, thirteenth century, France.
View MoreWall tracery beneath windows. Note man leaning over molding.
View MoreDetails of corbels (modillions) and capitals from the apses. Note stiff leaf acanthus capital with face on left and acrobat on the corbel to the right.
View MoreInside the spire at Chartres Cathedral.ote putlog holes. .
View MoreSte. Foy, Conques, tympanum, Last Judgment. Condemned souls in Hell tormented by devils.ote figure being roasted on a spit in the upper right. .
View MorePortals of the North Transept, Chartres Cathedral, 1194-1220, France.
View MoreDurham Cathedral, nave entrance from the cloister.
View MoreEly Cathedral, exterior view of octagonal crossing tower.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Four of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus doze as an angel censes them (below), (above) a mason walls up the entrance and the inscription reads (There the wall is closed), northeast chapel of the apse, 13th century, France.
View MoreCastilian coat of arms dating to a later period (?). Located on the outskirts of Santiago de Compostela, its Romanesque fabric (1144- c. 1168-72) has survived. .
View MoreDetail of the archivolt, Four and Twenty Elders playing instruments and censing angel; Santo Domingo, Soria, Romanesque sculpture.
View MoreLower lintel left, Nativity.orth transept portal tympanum, Infancy Cycle and Legend of Theophilus, c. 1260.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Christ carrying the Cross, bottom of Les Belles verrieres windows (detail), 4th bay north aisle, nave, stained glass, 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic, France.
View MoreGargoyle in Winter, Reims Cathedral, France, 13th century.
View MoreDetail of tri-lobed arch over archivolt. Note Islamic influence in the tri-lobe shape and the flat color lozenge patterns.ote also vine scrolls, vines emerging from heads, and mermaids (on the lintel)--typical of the Romanesque.
View MoreChapter house central column and vaulting. Windows were added during the 15th century and are Perpendicular in style.
View MoreBath Abbey, detail of buttresses with pierced crenellations, crockets, and pinnacles. .
View MoreRouen Cathedral, the Seven Sleepers move towards the cave (below), the upper apex is mutilated, northeast chapel of the apse, 13th century, France.
View MoreBath Abbey, interior detail of north bay by the east end, near the high altar. .
View MoreCloister entrance, San Juan de Duero, (aka San Juan Arcos de Duero). Former monastery of the Knights of Saint John, built in the 12th century with 13th century additions. Famous for the Islamic influence (note horseshoe arch) that have...
View MoreArchivolt detail (note man blowing the shofar), south transept portal, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreSalisbury Cathedral, interior nave. Note purbeck marble colonettes on arcade piers.
View MoreDetail of the archivolt, Four and Twenty Elders playing instruments; Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreRose Window of the North Transept, exterior, Chartres Cathedral, thirteenth century, France.
View MoreNorwich Cathedral, spire (detail). Rebuilt in stone by Bishop Goldwell in 1480.
View MoreThe cloister, on the north side of the nave, dates from the late 11th-early twelfth century. It was influenced by Islamic and Byzantine architectural styles. Note the multi-colored voussoirs of the arcade and the flat lozenge patterns in...
View MoreDetail of interior, nave bay before crossing, facing east. Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, exterior Corona Chapel. .
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, ruins of the Romanesque infirmary. The ruined arcade is composed of seven bays. .
View MoreCapital, north side of nave arch before the apse, with Salome dancing before Herod, then requesting the Head of John the Baptist as her prize from Herod Antipas. 12th century.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, interior of chapter house, completed in 1405 under Prior Chillenden. .
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Chapel of St. Eloi (Eloy), Saint Nicholas, mid-15th century, Guillaume Barbe (Glass Master), France.
View MoreChapter House interior. Walls are Norman and windows are Perpendicular.
View MorePortal with human-headed drip stops. Sculpture from portal was probably destroyed in the Reformation.
View MorePilgrim Badge of St. Lubin, Chartres Cathedral, 14th century, France, pewter, H: 42 mm; L: 26 mm, Collection: Paris, Musee de Cluny
View MoreSanto Domingo, Soria. Romanesque architecture. Note rose window, blind arcades with decorated capitals and sculpted portal.
View MoreExterior wall of main building, San Juan de Duero, (aka San Juan Arcos de Duero). Former monastery of the Knights of Saint John, built in the 12th century with 13th century additions. Famous for the Islamic influence that have resulted...
View MoreBath Abbey, interior detail of the east end and the high altar. .
View MoreDetail of the archivolt, Four and Twenty Elders playing instruments; Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreDetail of the archivolt, Four and Twenty Elders playing instruments; Santo Domingo, Soria, Romanesque sculpture.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail of center under the apex), two apostles, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreSte. Foy, Conques, tympanum, Last Judgment. Condemned souls in Hell with devils.ote image of Judas hanging himself. .
View MoreView of the whole tympanum from below (with voussoirs and gable).orth transept portal tympanum, Infancy Cycle and Legend of Theophilus, c. 1260.
View MoreSyncopated arches in choir bay with seated kings in the spandrels. .
View MoreEly Cathedral, detail of interlaced (syncopated) arches in the nave.
View MoreApse (choir), Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. Architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont. .
View MoreVoid above vaulting in the nave. Note the timber supported by masonry.
View MoreTower over west entrance.ote ogee arches, crockets, and finials.
View MoreTympanum of the portal with image of Virgin and Child, St. John the Evangelist, and kingly-donor with acanthus leaves in archivolts. Known simply as ""La Corticela,"" existed in close proximity to the location of the present 11th-century...
View MoreDetail of the archivolt, Four and Twenty Elders playing instruments; Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreCarlisle Cathedral, East Window, c. 1340-60, illustrating the Last Judgment in the upper lights. Here is a detail of the Hellmouth. The lower lights were done by John Hardman in 1861. .
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, Norman water tower built by Prior Wilbert. Upper windows and lead roof added c. 1400 by Prior Chillenden. .
View MoreDetails of corbels (modillions) and capitals from the apses. Note stiff leaf acanthus capital with leonine face on right and acrobat (?) on the corbel to the left.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, wall painting, St. Gabriel's Chapel, c. 1130 showing the name of St. John the Baptist. .
View MoreNorth transept rose window, Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, 13th century.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Chapel of St. Eloi (Eloy), Saint John the Baptist, mid-15th century, Guillaume Barbe (Glass Master), France.
View MoreThe cloister is composed of four different styles, each occupying two and a half sections adjacent to a corner.ote, in particular, the Mudejar-style arches of the southwest corner (far right). San Juan de Duero, (aka San Juan Arcos de...
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, Norman blind arcades, south choir aisle. .
View MoreArchivolt detail (note blacksmith in the center), south transept portal, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreChapter house gardens. Perpendicular windows were added in the 15th century.
View MoreTheophilus swears an oath to the Devil, the magician Salatin witnesses and holds the sealed charter.orth transept portal tympanum, Infancy Cycle and Legend of Theophilus, c. 1260.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Les Belles verrieres windows (detail), 4th bay north aisle, nave, stained glass, 13th century, High Gothic, France.
View MoreWest facade, influenced by Islamic architecture. Built atop a volcanic pinnacle, the chapel provided a dramatic physical goal for the pilgrim. To reach the top, one must climb 220 steps.
View MoreWall tracery and organ, north choir aisle, c. 1340. Note ogee arches, cusping, re-cusping, and microarchitecture.
View MoreDetail of jamb figures of south transept portal, with images saints and angel (left side). Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreTympanum, North Portal, Last Judgment Reims Cathedral, France, 13th century.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, city wall of Ephesus with cross indicating the city's Christinization, northeast chapel of the apse, 13th century, France.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail), the robbers flee, carrying their spoils, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreArchivolt detail, south transept portal, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreCarlisle Cathedral, East Window, c. 1340-60, illustrating the Last Judgment in the upper lights. Here Christ judges at the apex of the window. The lower lights were done by John Hardman in 1861. .
View MorePilgrim Badge of Our Lady of Undercroft, Canterbury Cathedral, late 14th century, England, pewter, H: 140 mm, Collection: Museum of London, Photo: Phlippe Philippio
View MoreDurham Cathedral, Decorated window tracery with modern stained glass.
View MoreLocated on the outskirts of Santiago de Compostela, its Romanesque fabric (1144- c. 1168-72) has survived. In the 18th century gigantic external buttresses (often featured on postcards) were added to shore up the building. .
View MoreRose and Lancet Windows, south transept, Chartres Cathedral, thirteenth century, France.
View MoreDurham Cathedral, central column for bay arch in the nave (detail).
View MoreApse (choir), Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. Architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont. .
View MoreWest portal with Christ enthroned and the Four Evangelists.
View MoreEly Cathedral, detail of springing arch with restored polychrome vine scrolls.
View MoreSanto Domingo, Soria, Romanesque sculpture. Tympanum features Christ Pantocrater.
View MoreApse detail with sculptures of enthroned kings and gargoyles, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. Architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont. .
View MoreEly Cathedral, exterior pinnacle with crockets, finials, and gargoyles.
View MoreDetail of animal voussoirs adorning the rose window. Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreCarlisle Cathedral, East Window, c. 1340-60, illustrating the Last Judgment in the upper lights. Here people are resurrected from the dead above a Hellmouth. The lower lights were done by John Hardman in 1861. .
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail lower left), the traveler is attacked by robbers, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreEly Cathedral, infirmary exterior. Originally with a long hall with side aisles. The roof was lost and the interior of the building turned into Firmary Lane. Here are blocked arches which led from the central hall into the side aisles. At...
View MoreSanto Domingo, Soria. Romanesque architecture. Note rose window, blind arcades with decorated capitals and sculpted portal. It was originally dubbed Santo Tome, probably referring to Thomas Becket.
View MoreBath Abbey, detail of south side with flying buttresses, lower chapels, pierced crenellations, crockets, and pinnacles. .
View MoreOriginally a hermitage and the oldest church in Santiago, Galicia, Spain. Rebuilt by Gelmirez in 1122 with additions in the 14th century and restored in the 18th century.ote Romanesque portal. .
View MoreLooking towards the east, nave interior. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.
View MoreDetail of carved foliage pinnacle.
View MoreChoir screen detail, 15th century, learning, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), .
View MoreSte. Foy, Conques, tympanum, Last Judgment with Christ in majesty. .
View MoreDetail of angel awakening the Magi in Dream of the Magi. 24 quatrefoils illustrate Biblical and apocryphal prophecies associated with the Queen of Sheba, the Three Magi, Solomon, and Herod. Beneath the Magi are six quatrefoils that show...
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail), a priest who passes by the wounded traveler gives him a speech, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail of tympanum of south transept portal, with scenes from the life of St. Honoratus. Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreMartyrdom of St. Thomas Becket, Lucy Chapel, North Transept, Christ Church, Oxford, England, c. 1320.
View MorePanel, Troupeau de Job, from Sainte Chapelle, France, 13th century, Collection, Paris, Musee de Cluny
View MoreSculptural Triptych of the devil flanked by pilgrims, between the tops of the lancet windows. South side of Lincoln Cathedral. Lincoln, England. 13th-14th centuries.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Les Belles verrieres windows (detail), 4th bay north aisle, nave, stained glass, 13th century, High Gothic, France.
View MoreCapital, cloister, Acanthus leaves. 12th century. .
View MorePortal, Romanesque, early Gothic architecture, College of St. Jerome (at the University of Santiago), Santiago de Compostela, La Coruna.ote innermost left jamb figure (St. James) here on the right, beside two clerical saints. .
View MoreApse (choir) detail with buttresses, crockets, and pinnacles, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. Architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont. .
View MorePainted sedalia (stalls) in chapter house. The walls consist of alternating bands of green and brown stone, here polychromed to look like curtains.
View MoreSocle Figure, left portal, right jamb, Royal Portal, West facade, c. 1145-1170, France.
View MoreDetail of the archivolts, right side of portal; Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreCarlisle with molding. Because of the constantly-changing weather conditions, the ground on which the Cathedral rests moves, dislocating the balance of the structure (seen here in the masonry).ote also griffin in capital sculpture to the...
View MoreRouen Cathedral, St. Joseph Window, apse, window 17, Potipher imprisons Joseph, stained glass, 13th century, High Gothic, France.
View MoreThe cloister, on the north side of the nave, dates from the late 11th-early twelfth century. It was influenced by Islamic and Byzantine architectural styles. Note the multi-colored voussoirs, lozenge patterns, and the mermaid keystone.
View MoreRose and Lancet Windows, north transept, Chartres Cathedral, thirteenth century, France.
View MoreDetail of animal voussoirs, acanthus and dogtooth decoration adorning the rose window.ote also the cusped tracery of the window influenced by Muslim architecture. Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail), a robber hidden in the house watches for the Good Samaritan, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDesign of altered bays in the nave changing from Norman Romanesque to Perpendicular Gothic style.
View MoreLooking down at the nave towards the east end. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Les Belles verrieres windows (detail), 4th bay north aisle, nave, stained glass, 13th century, High Gothic, France.
View MoreDetail of St. John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness (?). 24 quatrefoils illustrate Biblical and apocryphal prophecies associated with the Queen of Sheba, the Three Magi, Solomon, and Herod. .
View MoreNave interior (toward the choir), Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. Architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont. .
View MoreCarlisle Cathedral, detail of gallery in choir. .
View MoreDetail of lintel of south transept portal, with images of the twelve apostles. Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreWonderfully-inventive architectural sculpture with acanthus-type capital on a corbel supporting a sinuous fret pattern topped by scrolling leaves. The rounded bottom of the corbel is held up by an outstretched hand.
View MoreCarlisle Cathedral, crossing (?) and south transept. Built of red sandstone. .
View MoreThe cloister is composed of four different styles, each occupying two and a half sections adjacent to a corner. San Juan de Duero, (aka San Juan Arcos de Duero). Former monastery of the Knights of Saint John, built in the 12th century with...
View MoreApse (choir) with buttresses, crockets, and finials, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. Architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont. .
View MoreDurham Cathedral, syncopated arches with modern polychromy.
View MoreAbraham Sacrificing Issac, Capital, Ste. Foy, Conques, France, 12th century.
View MoreFront entrance with sculpted portal, Romanesque, early Gothic architecture, College of St. Jerome (at the University of Santiago), Santiago de Compostela, La Coruna. The edifice was moved in the 17th century to its present position on the...
View MoreLeft Side Jamb Figures, Central Portal, North Transept, Chartres Cathedral, 1194-1220, France.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, cloister garth detail. Begun in 1397 by Stephen Lote. .
View MoreInterlaced arches. Bishop Ernulf (1114 - 24) built the cloister garth, now in ruins.
View MoreApse (choir) detail with gargoyles, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. Architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont. .
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail), care is lavished on the wounded man, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreOuter archivolt shows the Virgin and Child flanked by male and female saints including a pope (note tiara) and bishop. Inner archivolt features angels playing instruments, flanking a Godhead. Tympanum with Virgin and Child adored by...
View MoreRemains of the north transept, interior. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.
View MoreDetail of Solomon Feasting. 24 quatrefoils illustrate Biblical and apocryphal prophecies associated with the Queen of Sheba, the Three Magi, Solomon, and Herod. .
View MoreThe cloisters on the southwest were begun c. 1270 by Bishop de la Wyle.
View MoreEly Cathedral, interior nave towards the west.
View MoreDetail of the archivolt, Four and Twenty Elders playing instruments; Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreFlying buttresses, south side, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. Architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont.
View MoreLooking towards the west, nave interior. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail), care given to the wounded man, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreBath Abbey, interior looking west from the crossing. The west window features scenes from the Old Testament, starting with the birth of Eve in the bottom left hand corner (Genesis 2:22) to Moses addressing the Elders in the top left hand...
View MoreLe Puy is a starting point of one of the several routes across France to Camino de Santiago. It has a splendid Romanesque cathedral and the Chapel of Saint-Michel-de-l'Aiguilhe (10th-14th centuries).
View MoreCapital, south side of nave arch before the apse, Flight into Egypt, 12th century. .
View MoreDetail of Solomon Judging. 24 quatrefoils illustrate Biblical and apocryphal prophecies associated with the Queen of Sheba, the Three Magi, Solomon, and Herod. .
View MoreThe cloister is composed of four different styles, each occupying two and a half sections adjacent to a corner. San Juan de Duero, (aka San Juan Arcos de Duero). Former monastery of the Knights of Saint John, built in the 12th century with...
View MoreSte. Foy, Conques, tympanum, Last Judgment. Condemned souls in Hell tormented by devils.ote figures being pushed into the gaping mouth of Hell. .
View MoreSte. Foy, Conques, exterior north transept arm and radiating chapels. Picture taken in 1966. .
View MoreCarlisle Cathedral, pier capitals in the choir with green man and foliage. .
View MoreDetail of archivolt with Dream of the Magi (note angel in upper right); Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreSte. Foy, Conques, exterior north transept arm. Picture taken in 1966. .
View MoreGable and windows behind of the central portal, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. Architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont. .
View MoreNorwich Cathedral, exterior of round radiating chapel of the apse (detail).
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail), the doctor traveling to tend to the wounded man, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreEly Cathedral, transept hammer beams. Wood with polychrome. Angels hold bishop's miter and open book.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail), the Good Samaritan leads the wounded man to the hospital, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreCarlisle Cathedral, interior aisle. Because of the constantly-changing weather conditions, the ground on which the Cathedral rests moves, dislocating the balance of the structure (seen here in the masonry above the arch). .
View MoreThis Romanesque facade was transferred in 1908 from a local church of St.icholas which had fallen into ruins. The tympanum shows St.icholas flanked by followers.
View MoreThe cloister, on the north side of the nave, dates from the late 11th-early twelfth century. It was influenced by Islamic and Byzantine architectural styles. Note the multi-colored voussoirs.
View MoreNorth Portal, Reims Cathedral, France, 13th century.
View MoreDetail of Judgment of Solomon (deciding to which mother the child belonged). 24 quatrefoils illustrate Biblical and apocryphal prophecies associated with the Queen of Sheba, the Three Magi, Solomon, and Herod. .
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, Great Cloisters interior detail. begun in 1397 by Stephen Lote. .
View MoreEly Cathedral, exterior buttress with gable with sculpted monster.
View MoreCarlisle Cathedral, view from the east. The East Window dates from c. 1340-60. .
View MoreTheophilus receives money from a devil and bribes another official; Theophilus repents and prays before a statue of the Virgin.orth transept portal tympanum, Infancy Cycle and Legend of Theophilus, c. 1260.
View MoreDetail of the archivolts: inner archivolt with Four and Twenty Elders; Second and third archivolts with Infancy Cycle; outer archivolt with Passion Cycle; Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreWooden choir stalls (detail), installed 1305-1310.ote ogee arches, gables, crockets, microarchitecture, and carved heads.
View MoreCrossing interior, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. Architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont. .
View MoreCapitals and Columns from Jube from Chartres Cathedral, France, 13th century, Collection: Louvre Museum.ote hawthorn leaves and birds and beasts.
View MoreDetails of corbels (modillions) and capitals from the central apse. Note thinker figure on the left corbel.
View MoreExterior of side aisle and nave of the church, known simply as ""La Corticela,"" existed in close proximity to the location of the present 11th-century Cathedral. It was founded by Bishop Sisnando I in the late 9th century. Later it...
View MoreThe Apostle St. James the Elder as Pilgrim, limestone figure, Berlin-Dahlem, c. 1430, French Gothic.
View MoreThe Virgin appears and forces the Devil to surrender Theophilus's charter.orth transept portal tympanum, Infancy Cycle and Legend of Theophilus, c. 1260.
View MoreCorbel in the shape of a fierce dog, to the left of the main portal, west facade.
View MoreDetail of St.icholas saving the three boys (?). 24 quatrefoils illustrate Biblical and apocryphal prophecies associated with the Queen of Sheba, the Three Magi, Solomon, and Herod. .
View MoreLower west facade, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. Architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont. .
View MoreArchivolt detail (note John the Baptist on the left), south transept portal, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail), the Good Samaritan places the wounded traveler on his horse, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreSte. Foy, Conques, tympanum, Last Judgment. Condemned souls in Hell with devils. Note both male and female figures including a knight and a monk. .
View MoreRouen Cathedral, The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus move towards the cave (above), Malchus bringing the bread to his companions lying down in the cave (below), northeast chapel of the apse, 13th century, France.
View MoreDetail of Judgment of Solomon. 24 quatrefoils illustrate Biblical and apocryphal prophecies associated with the Queen of Sheba, the Three Magi, Solomon, and Herod. .
View MoreNorwich Cathedral, cloister, built 1297-1430. Largest surviving cloister in England with two stories--meant to house 100 monks.
View MoreCarlisle Cathedral, choir bay with arcade, gallery, and clerestory. .
View MoreBaptismal font, dates from 1150, and made of Tournai marble from Belgium. Carved with scenes of the life of St.icholas.
View MoreEly Cathedral, exterior view of octagonal crossing tower.
View MoreLe Puy is a starting point of one of the several routes across France to Camino de Santiago. It has a splendid Romanesque cathedral and the Chapel of Saint-Michel-de-l'Aiguilhe (10th-14th centuries).
View MoreDetail of tri-lobed arch over archivolt. Note Islamic influence in the tri-lobe shape and the flat color lozenge patterns.
View MoreSt. John the Evangelist, Jube from Chartres Cathedral, France, 13th century, Collection: Louvre Museum.
View MoreCentaur capital with dancing body and serious face.
View MoreDetail of the archivolts: inner archivolt with Four and Twenty Elders; Second and third archivolts with Infancy Cycle; outer archivolt with Passion Cycle; Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreSte. Foy, Conques, tympanum, Last Judgment. Condemned souls in Hell tormented by devils.ote figure in lower right being pulled up with a winch. .
View MoreCapital, cloister, Sphinxes. 12th century. .
View MoreCapital from Church of the Madeleine at Vezelay, France, 12th century.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Joseph window (detail), apse, Joseph becomes a servant to Potipher and his wife, window 17, c. 1220-1230, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreEly Cathedral, detail of arcade arches in nave with polychrome designs of stripes, vine scrolls, and chevrons.
View MoreDetail of the capital with elegant birds. Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreDetail of tympanum of south transept portal, with scenes from the life of St. Honoratus. Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreMartyrdom of St. Thomas Becket, Lucy Chapel, North Transept, Christ Church, Oxford, England, c. 1320.
View MoreDetail of the capital frieze: Adam and Eve chased from the Garden of Eden. Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, St. Vincent Window, north aisle, top roundel, 13th century with modern additions. The body of Vincent is thrown into the sea weighted down with a millstone, Vincent's body is protected from wild animals; banquet scene...
View MoreTwo of the three apses, the large central one is polygonal and the side apses are semi-circular with polygonal interiors. Located on the outskirts of Santiago de Compostela, its Romanesque fabric (1144- c. 1168-72) has survived. .
View MoreApse (choir) detail with flying buttresses, crockets, pinnacles, and gargoyles (note gargoyle in the shape of a tonsured monk), Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. Architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de...
View MoreAerial view, San Juan de Duero, (aka San Juan Arcos de Duero). Former monastery of the Knights of Saint John, built in the 12th century with 13th century additions. Famous for the Islamic influence (note horseshoe arch) that have resulted...
View MoreWooden ceiling with traceried panels and bosses.
View MorePartial stair from rood screen support in pier before chancel.
View MoreParclose screen with five lights and dado. Note cusping and recusping.
View MorePanels form funerary brass with praying gentleman against field of flowers. The hems of the gowns of the angels above survive, too.
View MoreFlying Buttresses, Tower, south side, Chartres Cathedral, thirteenth century, France.
View MoreFont cover (1925) dedicated to 16th-century Professor of Divinity, John Overall, raised by winch near clerestory window. Window tracery consists of two trefoil-headed arches surmounted by a quatrefoil.
View MoreParclose screen with three main lights and two half lights on either end.ote cusping and recusping.
View More15th century bench ends on a modern bench include an image of a wolf guarding/holding a bearded head in its jaws. Is it St. Edmund's head being guarded by a wolf or a cloven-hoof priest beast (note its vestments) grasping the head? One...
View MoreEaste Sepulchre made from 15th century tomb set within the north wall of the chancel with an opening to the chapel beyond. Below, three shields framed by quatrefoils were once inlaid and there are indents for brasses on the sides (now...
View MoreChurch chests including an early chest made from half a tree truck, probably willow.
View MoreExterior detail of crenelations.ote rubble flint construction, and open-mouthed grotesque gargoyle
View MoreSouth porch with paired windows on either side and 3 images niches over the entrance.
View MoreModern wooden brace beam rests on stone corbels.; Corbels depict head of a devil pulling his mouth open and a green man.
View MoreInterior, fragments of wall painting.
View MoreExterior from the south. Tower features late Perpendicular window. Tall lancet windows.
View MoreSouth porch, views of the exterior.
View MoreInterior view of wooden ceiling and stained glass near the west end.ote cambered tie beams.
View More15th century (restored) Robinson heraldic tabard with the arms beneath a helm, surmounted by a large stag. Placed over the chantry screen.
View MoreBench ends with images on the castellated caps and elbows including rabbits and dogs.
View MoreTomb, brass of Henry and Margaret Everard, the only heraldic pair on separate bases that still exists in Suffolk. Henry wears a tabard over armor and a help with a large head, while his wife is garbed in a kennel headdress and mantle...
View MoreInterior view of rood beam and cambered tie beams creating the low-pitched roof.
View MoreView of widely spaced clerestory. Interior.
View MoreView of the crypt begun by Wulstan in 1084. It is the largest Norman crypt in England.
View MoreChoir stalls in the chancel. Four that face the back of the rood screen have misericords. Note also the hymn board.
View MoreMisericords of the choir stalls in the chancel. Three are adorned with flowers, while a fourth features a crane. In one claw, it holds a stone which will drop and wake it if it falls asleep.
View MoreSeven Sacraments baptismal font with Ordination, Penance, Mass, Last Rites, Crucifixion, Confirmation, Matrimony, and Baptism. Heads of figures were destroyed in the Reformation.
View MoreInterior view from the chancel looking west towards the tower.
View MoreInterior of nave, ruin.
View MoreThe Parish Church of St. Peter in Burlingham fell into ruins in the early 20th century. The 13th century round tower fell in 1906 and the congregation moved to St. Andrew's church nearby in 1936. There are traces of wall paintings...
View MoreSouth porch exterior.ote holy water stoup, crenelations, canopied image niche, and grotesque gargoyle.
View MoreCadaver or transi tomb, probably of John and Katherine Denston. Figures lie rotting with their shrouds open, though gathered in a topknot above their heads. The original brass inscription is now missing.
View MoreTower screen, originally from Burlingham (North), Parish Church of St. Peter.ote feathered angles, heraldry, and micro-architecture.
View MoreArchitectural sculpture.
View MoreStained glass window, detail of the Martyrdom of Thomas Becket Lucy Chapel, North Transept, Christ Church, Oxford, England. c. 1320.
View MoreView of rood screen dado (south) with images (from the left) of Sts. John the Baptist, Cecilia, Walstan, Catherine, and two unidentified figures.
View MoreLower window of chancel, exterior view.
View MoreInterior lower window
View MoreView of hammerbeam ceiling and top of rood screen.
View MoreDetail of exterior of bell tower.ote sound hole and quatrefoil window in stair tower.
View MoreDetail of top molding of rood screen.
View MoreDemi-angel corbels holding shields .ote polychromy.; Hammerbeams.
View MoreDetail of corbel with head of a jester.
View MoreWest portal. Located on the outskirts of Santiago de Compostela, its Romanesque fabric (1144- c. 1168-72) has survived. .
View MoreTower stage from beneath with opening for the bell.
View MoreTower screen originally from Burlingham (North), St. Peter. Detail of feathered angels.
View MoreTower screen originally from Burlingham (North), St. Peter. Detail of round pendant sculpture.
View MoreChurch of the Holy Sepulchre, facade. Romanesque, 12th century.
View MoreChurch of the Holy Sepulchre, facade. Note ladder and cross.
View MorePiscina in interior, Burlingham (North), St. Andrew's Parish Church, Norfolk
View MoreEntrance to south porch, Burlingham (North), St. Andrew's Parish Church, flint construction.
View MoreTower from Burlingham (North), St. Andrew's Parish Church.ote flint construction.
View MoreBurlingham, St. Andrew's (North) Parish Church, detail of tower.ote sound holes and small windows on staircase. Flint construction.
View MoreDetail of lower rood screen of St. Andrew's Parish Church, Burlingham (North). Saints (from the left): St. Withburga, St. Benedict, St. Edward the Confessor, and St. Thomas Becket (defaced).
View MoreWest facade portals, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. Architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont. .
View MoreHexagonal pulpit with cusped Gothic arches
View MoreBanner Stave Locker, nave, west wall, 15th century, for storage of poles and banners used in processions. Now used to store cleaning supplies.
View MoreBanner Stave Locker, nave, west wall, 15th century, for storage of poles and banners used in processions.
View MoreStairs to parvise above south porch. 15th century.
View MoreBracket for sermon timer (hourglass). Probably 18th century or earlier
View MoreHammerbeam ceiling of nave of All Saints Parish Church, Catfield, Norfolk, 15th century.
View MoreSouth Portal, Le Mans Cathedral, c. 1150. Tympanum, Christ with Symbols of the Four Evangelists; lintel Apostles
View MoreSantiago (St. James) as pilgrim, sculpted figure from S. Marta de Tera, Zemer, 1129, Spanish Romanesque.
View MoreChartres Cathedrals, lancet windows, bays 101-105
View MoreMartyrdom of Thomas Becket at altar, under trilobe-cusped arch.ote use of silver stain.
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria la Real, portal, Sanguesa, Navarre, Spain
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria la Real, lintels above portal, Christ in Majesty surrounded by Symbols of the Four Evangelists , Sanguesa, Navarre, Spain
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria la Real, lintels above portal, Apostle under rounded arch, Sanguesa, Navarre, Spain
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria la Real, lintels above portal, Christ in Majesty surrounded by Symbols of the Four Evangelists and flanked by Apostles under rounded arches, Sanguesa, Navarre, Spain
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria la Real, lion with victim, Sanguesa
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria la Real, spandrel sculptures including griffins, sphinxes, horseback riders, etc., Sanguesa
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria la Real, Archivolt and spandrel sculptures, Sanguesa.ote trees, horseback riders, wrestlers, etc.
View MoreNorth Portal, Reims Cathedral, France, view from a distance.
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria la Real, Tympanum with Last Judgement, Blessed and the Damned. Lintel Virgin and Child flanked by Apostles, Sanguesa.ote open mouths of Hell.
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria la Real, Luxuria, Sanguesa.ote frog and snake attached to breasts.
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria la Real, interlace knot design, Sanguesa
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria la Real, Griffins, Sanguesa
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria la Real, Sphinxes (or Sirens), Sanguesa
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria la Real, archivolt figures: musicians interspersed between foliate scrolls, Sanguesa
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria la Real, Jamb figures, Sanguesa. Slender early Gothic queens and prophets.
View MoreComparison of sculpted cloister capitals Santo Domingo de Silos Abbey (left and top), late 11th century and Palamos Monastery (right and bottom) late 10th century.
View MoreCrucifijo de Don Fernando y Dona Sancha (Crucifix of Don Fernando and Dona Sancha), ivory with jet eyes, 11th-century, Spain. The edges are decorated with animals and human figures in interlace patterns.
View MoreRebolledo de la Torre, Church of Sts. Julian and Basilissa, Siren or Sphinx on corbel, Burgos, Castile and Leon, Spain
View MoreEly Cathedral, exterior corbel shelf with heads.
View MoreTorres del Rio, Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Crowned Crucifixion, Navarre, Spain. Polychromed wood hanging in the apse.
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria, Piasca, Cabezon de Liebana, Soldier with Shield, Cantabria, Spain
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria, Piasca, Cabezon de Liebana, acanthus scroll, Cantabria, Spain
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria, Piasca, Cabezon de Liebana, Two Musicians, Cantabria, Spain
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria, Piasca, Cabezon de Liebana, Jamb capital with bird in foliate sculpture, Cantabria, Spain
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria, Piasca, Cabezon de Liebana, Jamb capitals centaurs, Cantabria, Spain
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria, Piasca, Cabezon de Liebana, Jamb capitals with centaurs and girffins, Cantabria, Spain
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria, Piasca, Cabezon de Liebana, Lion capital, Cantabria, Spain
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria, Piasca, Cabezon de Liebana, St. Peter, Cantabria, Spain. Above the portal. polychromed stone.
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria, Piasca, Cabezon de Liebana, Portal, Cantabria, Spain. Polychromed stone.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail), doctor at the bedside of the wounded man, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria, Piasca, Cabezon de Liebana, St. Paul, Cantabria, Spain. Polychromed stone.ote inscription of name.
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria, Piasca, Cabezon de Liebana, Grotesque head capital, Cantabria, Spain. Polychromy on stone.
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria, Piasca, Cabezon de Liebana, St. Peter, Cantabria, Spain. Flanked by foliate capital (left) and grotesque head capital (right)
View MoreChurch of Santa Maria, Piasca, Cabezon de Liebana, Virgin and Child (16th century) flanked by Sts. Peter and Paul (12th century), Cantabria, Spain
View MoreTuy Cathedral, Capitals with knights in chain mail slaying dragons while riding griffins
View MoreCristo de Carrizo de Leon, Romanesque, 11th century, ivory, eyes inlaid with jet. Originally from Cistercian Nunnery, St. Mary of Carrizo, it has cavities in its back and its knees for small relics. There are holes for now-absent gemstones...
View MoreElines, Collegiate Church of St. Martin, Exterior view
View MoreElines, Collegiate Church of St. Martin, interior view of apse
View MoreRomanesque Church, 10th century, view of apse
View MoreScenes of St. Peter, hermit saint with angel, and crucified woman saint.
View MoreMassacre of the Innocents with soldiers, crying mothers, and swaddled babies.
View MoreHermit saint (note his small hermitage behind him) and angel
View MoreSt. Peter helping the resurrected
View MoreChrist giving keys to heaven to St. Peter and St. Peter helping the resurrected.ote nude woman wrapped in shroud arising from her tomb and well-dressed dignitaries beside the tomb.
View MoreCrucifixion of saint (female?) flanked by grotesque jesters.
View MorePainting of Christ, accompanied by apostles, giving the keys to heaven to St. Peter
View MoreMassacre of the Innocents in two registers
View MoreTwo almost identical Virgin and Child, polychromed wood figures. Sedes sapientae (throne of wisdom) poses.
View MoreVirgin and Child, sedes sapientae (throne of wisdom) pose, polychromed wood
View MoreApex of tympanum of south transept portal, with crucifixion and pilgrims being healed under the relic of St. Honoratus being carried in a litter. Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreBath Abbey, detail of south side with flying buttresses, lower chapels, pierced crenellations, crockets, and pinnacles. .
View MoreVirgin and Child, sedes sapientae pose (throne of wisdom), slender figure
View MoreVirgin and Child, sedes sapientae (throne of wisdom) pose, polychromed wood
View MoreVirgin and Child, sedes sapientae (throne of wisdom) pose, polychromed wood
View MoreVirgin and Child, sedes sapientae pose (throne of wisdom), polychromed wood
View MoreVirgin and Child, sedes sapientae (throne of wisdom) pose, polychromed wood
View MoreTemplo San Julian y Santa Basilia, exterior view
View MoreMonasterio de Santa Maria de Mave, exterior view with apses
View MoreCollegiate Church of San Salvador de Cantamunda, exterior view
View More24 quatrefoils illustrate Biblical and apocryphal prophecies associated with the Queen of Sheba, the Three Magi, Solomon, and Herod. Beneath the Magi are six quatrefoils that show the search for Christ. .
View MoreOrense Cathedral, detail of portal, trumeau figure, seated St. James, above Virgin Mary with angels
View MoreOrense Cathedral, detail of portal, jamb figure
View MoreHuman-headed bird knight fighting a lion
View MoreCrowned Virgin and Child, polychromed wood, Sedes Sapientae pose
View MoreView of the Cathedral from Rochester Castle.n
View MoreOrense Cathedral, detail of portal, jamb capitals
View MoreOrense Cathedral, detail of portal, capitals without columns
View MoreOrense Cathedral, detail of portal, note angelic musicians, angels with scrolls, birds with human heads on jamb capitals
View MoreOrense Cathedral, portal.ote angelic musicians and interlaced cusping
View MoreOrense Cathedral, detail of portal.ote four and twenty elders with scrolls, cusping and recusping at bottom, and stylized acanthus leaves above
View MoreCastrejon de Pison, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, (Iglesia de la Asuncion), exterior view
View MoreCastrejon de Pison, Church of Our Lady of the Assumption (Iglesia de la Asuncion), exterior view
View MoreCastrejon de Pison, Church of Our Lady (Iglesia de la Asuncion), exterior side view with gable
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, detail of the crypt with two purbeck marble columns between which Becket's tomb once lay. .
View MoreTuy Cathedral (also known as Tui), elevation of south aisle from the nave
View MoreTuy Cathedral (also known as Tui), plan of crossing area
View MoreTuy Cathedral (also known as Tui), oblique drawing of cloister area
View MoreTuy Cathedral (also known as Tui), drawing of side of building
View MoreTuy Cathedral (also known as Tui), drawing of portal entrance and cloisters
View MoreTuy Cathedral (also known as Tui), drawing of portal entrance
View MoreTuy Cathedral (also known as Tui), drawing of north side
View MoreTuy Cathedral (also known as Tui), drawing of facade detail, Romanesque arcade
View MoreTuy Cathedral, drawing of elevation of the nave
View MoreTuy Cathedral, drawing of south side of the crypt
View MoreWest facade, south portal, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreCarlisle Cathedral, pier capitals in the choir with green man and foliage. .
View MoreInterior with view of south aisle in Olleros de Pisuerga Church. Carved out of the living rock of a cave.
View MoreInterior with view down nave vault in Olleros de Pisuerga Church. Carved out of the living rock of a cave.
View MoreInterior with view towards main altar in Olleros de Pisuerga Church. Carved out of the living rock of a cave.
View MoreInterior with view of side altar in Olleros de Pisuerga Church. Carved out of the living rock of a cave.
View MoreInterior nave with view towards apse of Olleros de Pisuerga Church. Carved out of the living rock of a cave.
View MoreInterior view of apse of Olleros de Pisuerga Church. Carved out of the living rock of a cave.
View MoreInterior columns of Olleros de Pisuerga Church. Carved out of the living rock of a cave.
View MoreExterior of Olleros de Pisuerga Church. Carved out of the living rock of a cave.ote bell cote. 10th-11th centuries, Romanesque
View MoreSan Martin de Elines Collegiate Church in Valderredible, Cantabria, apse features a quadrangular plan with rounded corners.
View MoreSan Martin de Elines Collegiate Church in Valderredible, Cantabria, note inset rounded arches and belltower
View MoreSpandrel with weighing of the souls
View MoreSan Martin de Elines Collegiate Church in Valderredible, Cantabria, note inset rounded arches and belltower
View MoreSan Martin de Elines Collegiate Church in Valderredible, Cantabria, note heavy rounded arches and carved capitals
View MoreVielle, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreSt. Peter with Key, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreSt. Luke with Ox, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreProphets, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreProphet (left) Apostle (right), Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreLap Harp, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreHeads of Princes, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreEvangelist, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreTympanum of the portal with image of Virgin and Child, St. John the Evangelist, and kingly-donor with acanthus leaves in archivolts. Known simply as ""La Corticela,"" existed in close proximity to the location of the present 11th-century...
View MoreElders Playing the Organistrum , Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreOrganistrum (detail), Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreDemon Devouring the Damned, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreDemon Consuming the Damned (detail), Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreCapitals with Lions, Foliage, Grotesque Head, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreCapital with Trinity and Virgin and Child, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreProphet and Apostle Communing, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreThe Damned being Attacked by a Demon, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreLion, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreHead of an Angel, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreDetail of the capital with queens and kings. Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreFour and Twenty Elders Musicians (details), Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreExamples of Vielle, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreEvangelist Mark with Lion, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreTriangular Lap Harp played by King (detail), Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreLap Harp played by King (detail), Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreHead of a King (detail), Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreHarp played by angel (detail), Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreOrganistrum played by angel (detail), Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Les Belles verrieres windows (detail), 4th bay north aisle, nave, stained glass, 13th century, High Gothic, France.
View MoreDemon devouring the Damned (detail), Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreBearded Prophet (detail), Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreProphet with book (detail), Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreChrist with Four Evangelists, Tympanum, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreSeated John the Evanelist, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreAngels with Instruments of Christ's Passion, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreAngel with Column, from Instruments of Christ's Passion, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreAngel above the Head of an Apostle, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreEast wall of north transept, Gloucester Cathedral.ote location and height of the Mason's Bracket.
View MoreMemorial sculpture in the form of a mason's bracket, showing a young apprentice falling from vaults to the horror of the older, bearded mason.
View MoreRomanesque collegiate church, detail of apse window.
View MoreColumn Sculpture from Coulombs, France, 12th century, Collection: Louvre Museum,
View MoreRomanesque Collegiate church. Round bell tower on south end of transept.
View MoreNorth side of painted screen. Becket with a cross staff (right) and Edward with a ring (left) with their faces scored out during the Reformation.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, Angels with Instruments of the Passion, Portico della Gloria, views of King David by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, Angels with Instruments of the Passion, Portico della Gloria, views of Head of an Apostle by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, Angels with Instruments of the Passion, Portico della Gloria, King David Playing the Harp by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, Angels with Instruments of the Passion, Portico della Gloria, Head of an Apostle by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, Angels with Instruments of the Passion, Portico della Gloria, Heads of Sts. Peter and Paul, jamb figures by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, Angels with Instruments of the Passion, Portico della Gloria, Head of St. Peter by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, Angels with Instruments of the Passion, Portico della Gloria, Heads of Prophets by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, Angels with Instruments of the Passion, Portico della Gloria, Archivolt figure with foliage by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreSanto Domingo, Soria, Romanesque sculpture. Tympanum features Christ Pantocrater.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, Angels with Instruments of the Passion, Portico della Gloria, Capital with views of the Trinity by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, Angels with Instruments of the Passion, Portico della Gloria, Apostles (jamb figures) by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, Angels with Instruments of the Passion, Portico della Gloria, Angelis Musician with harp and vase by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, Angels with Instruments of the Passion, Portico della Gloria, Angel over the Blessed by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreExeter Cathedral, nave vaulting and nave looking towards the east, Decorated Style
View MoreExeter Cathedral, nave vaulting and nave looking towards the east, Decorated Style
View MoreExeter Cathedral, interior nave, looking towards the east end. Decorated Style.
View MoreExeter Cathedral, West facade exterior, Decorated Style, 14th century.
View MoreSalisbury Cathedral, exterior view from the northeast
View MorePortals, lower West facade, Salisbury Cathedral, 1220-1258, Early English Style
View MoreFemale Saint with scroll, Jamb Figure, Notre Dame de Corbeil, France, Late 12th or early 13th century, Collection: Louvre Museum,
View MoreLower West facade, Salisbury Cathedral, 1220-1258, Early English Style
View MoreWest facade, Salisbury Cathedral, 1220-1258, Early English Style, Early Gothic Period
View MoreInterior view of nave towards the east end, Salisbury Cathedral, 1220-1258, Early English Style.
View MoreHead of Apostles (jamb figures), Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreHead of St. James, trumeau figure, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone
View MoreTrumeau figure, St. James. Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreDemon tormenting Condemned Souls (man and woman), Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreHead of an Apostle, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreSt. Luke with Lion, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreJamb Figures, Head of Prophets (Daniel on right), Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreChoir screen, 15th century, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens). .
View MoreJamb Figures, Head of Prophets, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo
View MoreJamb Figures, Prophets with Scrolls, Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreJamb Figures, Prophets with Scrolls (Daniel on the right), Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreAngels with instruments of the Christ's Passion including the cross, the pillar, and the crown of thorns. Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo. Polychrome on stone.
View MoreCapital with intertwining birds biting each others' legs while snakes writhe around their feet. Santiago de Compostela, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo
View MoreAngel Blowing Trumpet, polychrome on stone, Portico della Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, 12th century, by Master Matteo
View MoreJamb figure of Old Testament Prophet, polychrome on stone, 12th century, Portico della Gloria, Santiago de Compostela by Master Matteo
View MoreHeads of Apostles, polychrome on stone, Portico della Gloria, Santiago de Compostela by Master Matteo
View MoreApostles Sculptures, Portico della Gloria by Master Matteo
View MoreRouen Cathedral, St. Vincent Window, north aisle, top roundel, 13th century with modern additions. The body of Vincent is thrown into the sea weighted down with a millstone, Vincent's body is protected from wild animals; banquet scene...
View MoreSouth wall of the nave, note early Gothic vaulting.; Interior of Cathedral of Tui, south wall of the nave, 13th century
View MoreTransi Tomb of Archbishop Henry Chichele of Canterbury Cathedral (c. 1364 ; 12 April 1443). Tomb is situated between the upper choir and the choir ambulatory adjacent to the north-east transept.
View MoreSoutheast ambulatory window. At top, the Adoration of the Magi; below St. John the Evangelist and St. James. Early 13th century, Chartres Cathedral, France
View MoreMiracle of Hugh of Jervaux
View MoreWhat happens to water flowing through a gargoyle in winter.
View MoreCHVNDA13 Narthex South
View Morecalvary in Plechatel, Britanny
View MoreNote traditional pilgrim costumes including broad-brimmed hats, scrips, and walking sticks. There is a monk on the right. The pilgrims meet each other on the road (cf. decorative tree in the background) and clasp hands.
View More35) A Jewish magus, Zambri, kills a bull by whispering in its ear; 36) Sylvester brings the bull back to life; 37) St. Sylvester's Funeral; 40-41) Angels receiving the saint's soul.
View More4) The young Sylvester presented by his mother to the priest Cyrinus; 5) Sylvester welcoming St. Timothy to his house; 6) Execution of St. Timothy; 8) Funeral of St. Timothy; 9) Sylvester refusing the prefect's orders to worship an idol...
View MoreThis was stitched together using nine photos so the detail is amazingly sharp. Click on any portion of the picture and it will show you a detail. There are also good images of stone masons and sculptors at work at the base of the window...
View MoreDetail of the Jesse tree from the cathedral of Le Mans
View MoreNote the jaunty expression and twisted horns of this gargoyle
View MoreThis was stitched together using several photos so the detail is amazingly sharp. Click on any portion of the picture and it will show you a detail.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, base of the Cruceiros with image of Eve receiving the apple from the snake,18th century, by sculptor Xose Cerviio (Pepe da Pena), Late Baroque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreMoarves de Ojeda, Church of San Juan, Capital with musician playing the fiddle plus dancers from the 4th capital, located 3rd capital from the left above the right jambs. Romanesque, early 12th century. Palencia, Spain.
View MoreBurgos Cathedral, north transept portal (Puerta de los Apostoles) The archivolts illustrate (outer) resurrected souls emerge from their tombs, (center) angels, (inner) seraphim. Note the torments of Hell at the base of each archivolt.
View MoreSasamon Parish Church, south transept portal, right side archivolts with angels and kingly musicians (four and twenty Elders), High Gothic sculpture, 13th-15th centuries, Burgos, Spain.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, interior vaulting of aisle. .
View MoreMoarves de Ojeda, Church of San Juan. Portal, Romanesque, early 12th century. Palencia, Spain.
View MoreMoarves de Ojeda, Church of San Juan, Capital with bearded warriors holding shields, 2nd capital from the left above the right jambs. Romanesque, early 12th century. Palencia, Spain.
View MoreSanta Marta de Tera Parish Church, detail of transept portal, Camaranza de Tera, Zamora, Spain, Romanesque, early 13th century.
View MoreRed Devil from the Church of Louvigna le Bais, Britanny, France The window's date is written on it: 1567.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, spandrel, right pier and jamb sculpture, late 11th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSanta Marta de Tera Parish Church, west portal, Camaranza de Tera, Zamora, Spain, Romanesque, early 13th century.
View MoreMoarves de Ojeda, Church of San Juan, Capital with Daniel in the Lion's Den, 2nd capital from the left above the right jambs. Romanesque, early 12th century. Palencia, Spain.
View MoreView from the nave. Le Puy is a starting point of one of the several routes across France to Camino de Santiago. It has a splendid Romanesque cathedral and the Chapel of Saint-Michel-de-l'Aiguilhe (10th-14th centuries).
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, right tympanum (left side) with the crowning of Christ with the Crown of Thorns, Flagellation of Christ, and the Healing of the Blind with the Epiphany in the upper portion, 12th...
View MoreBurgos Cathedral, spire with openwork tracery, 80 meters tall. Designed by John of Cologne (Juan de Colonia).
View MoreMoarves de Ojeda, Church of San Juan. Two apostles (third to the left of Christ), frieze above the portal.ote abstracted acanthus leaves in the Corinthian capitals, architectural superstructural canopies above. Romanesque, early 12th...
View MoreBurgos Cathedral, south transept portal (Puerta del Sarmental) Christ in majesty flanked by the symbols of the Four Evangelists adorn the tympanum.ote also the Evangelists writing at their desks as well. Lintel shows the twelve apostles...
View MoreConsecrated in 661 by Visigothic King Reccesuinth in thanks for healing from the local hot springs. It is considered one of the oldest and most original extant Visigothic church in Spain.ote the early appearance of the Muslim-influenced...
View MoreBurgos Cathedral, south transept portal (Puerta del Sarmental) Christ in majesty flanked by the symbols of the Four Evangelists adorn the tympanum.
View MoreMoarves de Ojeda, Church of San Juan. Two apostles (secondto the left of Christ), frieze above the portal.ote abstracted acanthus leaves in the Corinthian capitals, architectural superstructural canopies above. Romanesque, early 12th...
View MoreMoarves de Ojeda, Church of San Juan. Two apostles (first pair to the left of Christ), frieze above the portal. Left apostle, St. John the Evangelist, right apostle, St. Peter).ote scrolls, abstracted acanthus leaves in the Corinthian...
View MoreDetail of the archivolt, Four and Twenty Elders playing instruments; Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreMoarves de Ojeda, Church of San Juan. Frieze above the portal, with Christ as Pantocrater with the symbols of the Four Evangelists and the Twelve Apostles. Romanesque, early 12th century. Palencia, Spain.
View MoreSanta Marta de Tera Parish Church, detail of apostle, spandrel above west portal, Camaranza de Tera, Zamora, Spain, Romanesque, early 13th century.
View MoreSanta Marta de Tera Parish Church, exterior of transept arm, detail of blind arcade, Camaranza de Tera, Zamora, Spain, Romanesque, early 13th century.
View MoreMurder of Becket stained glass window, St. Ouen, France, 15th century
View MoreMoarves de Ojeda, Church of San Juan, Capital with musician (mouth organ?), located around a corner between the 4th and 5th capitals from the left above the right jambs. Romanesque, early 12th century. Palencia, Spain.
View MoreSasamon Parish Church, south transept portal, Christ with Four Evangelist symbols and Four Evangelists writing their Gospels, High Gothic sculpture, 13th-15th centuries, Burgos, Spain.
View MoreMoarves de Ojeda, Church of San Juan. Two apostles (second pair to the right of Christ), frieze above the portal. Left apostle, St. Thomas.ote abstracted acanthus leaves in the Corinthian capitals, architectural superstructural canopies...
View MoreCentral column and vaulting, chapter house.
View MoreConsecrated in 661 by Visigothic King Reccesuinth in thanks for healing from the local hot springs. It is considered one of the oldest and most original extant Visigothic church in Spain.
View MoreSasamon Parish Church, south transept portal, left side archivolts with angels and kingly musicians (four and twenty Elders), High Gothic sculpture, 13th-15th centuries, Burgos, Spain.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, spandrel, left pier sculpture, King David playing the viol, late 11th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreBurgos Cathedral, lantern crossing tower with spires, balconies, pinnacles, and crockets.
View MoreMoarves de Ojeda, Church of San Juan. facade portal (note lack of tympanum), Romanesque, early 12th century. Palencia, Spain.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, 12th century with 17th-century additions, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSasamon Parish Church, south transept portal, left side archivolts with angels and kingly musicians (four and twenty Elders), High Gothic sculpture, 13th-15th centuries, Burgos, Spain.
View MoreBurgos Cathedral, west facade, 15th century. Characterized by three stories with a gallery enclosed with a balustrade decorated with pinnacles, a rose window, and octagonal pierced tracery spires.
View MoreRemains of south aisle wall. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, right side of left tympanum with Temptation of Christ in the Desert (in fragments), with Woman Taken in Adultery with the skull of her lover in her lap, (attrib. Master of the...
View MoreSasamon Parish Church, south transept portal, left side archivolts with angels and kingly musicians (four and twenty Elders), High Gothic sculpture, 13th-15th centuries, Burgos, Spain.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, right tympanum with Christ wearing the Crown of Thorns, Flagellation of Christ, and the Healing of the Blind with the Epiphany in the upper portion, 12th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, right tympanum with the crowning of Christ with the Crown of Thorns, Flagellation of Christ, and the Healing of the Blind with the Epiphany in the upper portion, 12th century...
View MoreBurgos Cathedral, 13th- 15th century. Gargoyles, angels adorn exterior walls of the east end.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, spandrel, left pier sculpture, Christ Blessing King David, late 11th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, spandrel, angel plays a trumpet, 12th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, left tympanum with Temptation of Christ in the Desert (in fragments), on the right is the Woman Taken in Adultury with the skull of her lover in her lap (attrib. Master of the...
View MoreMoarves de Ojeda, Church of San Juan, Christ Pantocrater with symbols of the Four Evangelists, center, frieze above the portal. Romanesque, early 12th century. Palencia, Spain.
View MoreDetail of the archivolts: inner archivolt with Four and Twenty Elders; Second and third archivolts with Infancy Cycle; outer archivolt with Passion Cycle; Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreBurgos Cathedral, (Puerta de los Apostoles) The archivolts illustrate (outer) resurrected souls emerge from their tombs, (center) angels, (inner) seraphim.
View MoreSasamon Parish Church, south transept portal, right side archivolts with angels and kingly musicians (four and twenty Elders), High Gothic sculpture, 13th-15th centuries, Burgos, Spain.
View MoreSasamon Parish Church, south transept portal, Christ with Four Evangelist symbols and Four Evangelists writing their Gospels, High Gothic sculpture, 13th-15th centuries, Burgos, Spain.
View MoreBurgos Cathedral, 13th- 15th century. View of the roof, spires, lantern and the octagonal Chapel of the Condestable.
View MoreBurgos Cathedral, north transept portal (Puerta de los Apostoles) Last Judgment with the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist interceding for souls. The St. Michael weighs souls and the Blessed and Damned are divided on the lintel. Apostles...
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, spandrel, left pier sculpture, Christ Blessing King David, late 11th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreWest facade, base of the archivolt, capital decoration of intertwined circles. Consecrated in 661 by Visigothic King Reccesuinth in thanks for healing from the local hot springs. It is considered one of the oldest and most original extant...
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, spandrel, left pier sculptures, late 11th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreMoarves de Ojeda, Church of San Juan, Capital with musician playing the fiddle, located 3rd capital from the left above the right jambs. Romanesque, early 12th century. Palencia, Spain.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail), the Good Samaritan arrives on his horse, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreSanta Marta de Tera Parish Church, exterior of transept arm, Camaranza de Tera, Zamora, Spain, Romanesque, early 13th century.
View MoreMoarves de Ojeda, Church of San Juan, third capital from the left (above right jamb figures). Note beadred, happy, crowned head above abstracted acanthus leaves of the Corinthian capital. Palmettes above. Early 12th century, Palencia...
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, center of left tympanum with Temptation of Christ in the Desert (in fragments), note monkey-faced devil, (attrib. Master of the Platerias), 12th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, spandrel, left pier sculpture, Creation of Adam, late 11th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreBurgos Cathedral, Coat of Arms of Pedro Fernandez III de Velasco, Condestable of Castile, Chapel of the Condestable/Capilla del Condestable east end.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, grisaille glass, monk with knightly donor, stained glass, Late Gothic, 15th century, France.
View MoreSanta Marta de Tera Parish Church, exterior of transept arm, detail of blind arcade, Camaranza de Tera, Zamora, Spain, Romanesque, early 13th century.
View MoreMoarves de Ojeda, Church of San Juan, Capital with musician playing a harp, 5th capital from the left above the right jambs. Romanesque, early 12th century. Palencia, Spain.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, spandrel, Adam and Eve before God, late 11th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, left tympanum with Temptation of Christ in the Desert (in fragments), on the right is the Woman Taken in Adultury with the skull of her lover in her lap (attrib. Master of the...
View MoreDecorated cross on the keystone of the entry arch. Consecrated in 661 by Visigothic King Reccesuinth in thanks for healing from the local hot springs. It is considered one of the oldest and most original extant Visigothic church in Spain.
View MoreBurgos Cathedral, south transept portal (Puerta del Sarmental). The archivolts illustrate angels, the elders of the Apocalypse, and the Seven Liberal Arts.
View MoreSanta Marta de Tera Parish Church, exterior, Camaranza de Tera, Zamora, Spain, Romanesque, early 13th century.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, spandrel, left pier sculpture, King David playing the viol, late 11th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreBurgos Cathedral, north transept portal (Puerta de los Apostoles) apex. The archivolts illustrate (outer) resurrected souls emerge from their tombs, (center) angels, (inner) seraphim.
View MoreBath Abbey, interior towards the east. The east window features 56 scenes from the Life of Christ. .
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, spandrel, angel plays a trumpet, 12th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSanta Marta de Tera Parish Church, detail of St. James, spandrel above west portal, Camaranza de Tera, Zamora, Spain, Romanesque, early 13th century.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, 12th century with 17th-century additions, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreMoarves de Ojeda, Church of San Juan. Two apostles (third pair to the left of Christ), frieze above the portal.ote abstracted acanthus leaves in the Corinthian capitals, architectural superstructural canopies above. Romanesque, early 12th...
View MoreMoarves de Ojeda, Church of San Juan, Capital with two dancers, 4rd capital from the left above the right jambs. Romanesque, early 12th century. Palencia, Spain.
View MoreBurgos Cathedral, south transept portal (Puerta del Sarmental) Christ in majesty flanked by the symbols of the Four Evangelists adorn the tympanum.ote also the Evangelists writing at their desks as well.
View MoreBurgos Cathedral, gargoyles, angels adorn exterior walls of the east end near the flying buttresses.
View MoreBurgos Cathedral, west facade, 15th century. Characterized by three stories with a gallery enclosed with a balustrade decorated with pinnacles, a rose window, and octagonal pierced tracery spires.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, spandrel, pilgrim graffiti, 12th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreMoarves de Ojeda, Church of San Juan. Two apostles (to the right of Christ), frieze above the portal.ote scrolls, abstracted acanthus leaves in the Corinthian capitals, architectural superstructural canopies above, and flowers decorating...
View MoreDetail of interior, side aisle looking east into apse. Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreThe only Galician Romanesque cloister to survive from this period. A large number of abaci are supported by two columns throughout. .
View MoreSasamon Parish Church, south transept portal, apex archivolts with angels and kingly musicians, four and twenty Elders, High Gothic sculpture, 13th-15th centuries, Burgos, Spain.
View MoreSasamon Parish Church, south transept portal, spandrel with soldiers, High Gothic sculpture, 13th-15th centuries, Burgos, Spain.
View MoreMoarves de Ojeda, Church of San Juan, Capital with Daniel in the Lion's Den, 4th capital from the left above the right jambs. Romanesque, early 12th century. Palencia, Spain.
View MoreSanta Marta de Tera Parish Church, exterior, Camaranza de Tera, Zamora, Spain, Romanesque, early 13th century.
View MoreBurgos Cathedral, north transept portal (Puerta de los Apostoles) The archivolts illustrate (outer) resurrected souls emerge from their tombs, (center) angels, (inner) seraphim.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, left side of left tympanum with Temptation of Christ in the Desert (in fragments), Christ with angels, (attrib. Master of the Platerias), 12th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreEly Cathedral, choir gallery, clerestory, vaulting. Vaulting added c. 1340.
View MoreConsecrated in 661 by Visigothic King Reccesuinth in thanks for healing from the local hot springs. It is considered one of the oldest and most original extant Visigothic church in Spain. Note the early appearance of the...
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, spandrel sculpture of people drowning in the great flood, Noah cycle, 13th century.ote cusping.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, spandrel, pilgrim graffiti, 12th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreCarrion de los Condes, Church of Santa Maria de las Victorias also known as Sta Maria del Camino in the Middle Ages. Romanesque, 12th century.
View MoreJaca Cathedral, exterior chapel, begun 1076, during the reign of Sancho Ramirez Romanesque, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreDetail of decorated archivolt of intertwined circles and spandrel blocks with aligned cross trees on the entry arch. Consecrated in 661 by Visigothic King Reccesuinth in thanks for healing from the local hot springs. It is considered one...
View MoreCarrion de los Condes, Church of Santiago, portal, Palencia, Spain. Romanesque, 12th century. Archivolt with twenty-four occupational figures including a metalworker. The Church originally belonged to the Templar Order.
View MoreSan Salvador, Monastery of San Salvador de Leyre, archway in side aisle towards one of the three apses, 11th-12th centuries, Romanesque, Navarre, Spain. Consecrated 1057, though construction began earlier.
View MoreSasamon Parish Church, south transept portal, spandrel with coat of arms, High Gothic sculpture, 13th-15th centuries, Burgos, Spain.
View MoreDetail of apse window with engaged columns with Corinthian-inspired capitals to either side supporting corbel shelves.
View MoreGermigny-des-Pres (Loiret, Orleanais), Oratory built by Bishop Theodulf of Orleans in 806 as part of a palace complex in Germaniacus like that of Charlemagne's at Aachen. Carolingian, France.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, detail of King David playing the viol, detail of capital, south portal, begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreOurscamp, Abbey of Notre Dame (Oise), remains of the apse and two side aisles, added 1254, France. The Cistercian plan once measured 102 m in length and 24 m in width. It suffered devastation throughout the centuries, being used later as...
View MoreEunate, Church of St. Mary, abstracted double Corinthian capital, Romanesque, 12th century, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), the Nativity, Romanesque, 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreExterior arches (reconstructed from an earlier cloister?). Eunate, Church of St. Mary, Romanesque, 12th century, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), Last Supper, Romanesque, 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Kings and Queens, Royal Portal (Christ's ancestors?), west facade, south portal, north side jamb figures, c. 1145, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, spandrel sculpture of people and livestock drowning in the great flood, Noah cycle, 13th century.
View MoreVezelay, Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, exterior, apse, Romanesque architecture, 12th century with 13th century Gothic additions, France.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, King David playing the lute and other musicians, detail of capital, south portal, begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreExterior of side aisle and nave of the church, known simply as ""La Corticela,"" existed in close proximity to the location of the present 11th-century Cathedral. It was founded by Bishop Sisnando I in the late 9th century. Later it...
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Kings and Queens (Christ's ancestors?), Royal Portal, west facade, central portal, south side jamb figures, c. 1145, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreSan Salvador, Monastery of San Salvador de Leyre, interior, view of arch leading to one of the three apses, 11th-12th centuries, Romanesque, Navarre, Spain. Consecrated 1057, though construction began earlier. Composed of a nave, side...
View MorePortals of the North Transept, Chartres Cathedral, 1194-1220, France.
View MorePoitiers, Church of Notre Dame le Grande, from the south, Romanesque architecture, 12th century, France.
View MoreTorres del Rio, Church of the Holy Sepulcher (Sepulcher), detail of windows, 12th century, Romanesque, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Royal Portal, mid-12th century, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreSt. Benoit sur Loire, atlantid figure with two birds at a crossing, Romanesque architecture, sculpture, 11th century, France.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), Romanesque, 10th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain. Built into a cliffside, the two-story church still has some Mozarabic elements.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, spandrel sculpture of Noah's sons making wine in the vineyard (stamping on grapes in a barrel), Noah cycle, 13th century.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, heads of Kings and Queens, Royal Portal (Christ's ancestors?), west facade, south portal, north side jamb figures, c. 1145, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, spandrel sculpture of Noah gathering the animals two by two (sheep?), and sons digging for food, Noah cycle. Note the dragon-like, winged snake from the Garden of Eden on the left. 13th century.
View MoreSan Cebrian de Mazote, interior north side aisle towards the west end, Valladolid, Spain, Mozarabic church, 10th century. Note Corinithian columns supporting the horseshoe arches and timber gabled roof and striated column.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, detail of musician playing the lute, King David playing the viol capital, south portal, begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, spandrel sculpture of Noah's sons exposing Noah's nudity in the vineyard, Noah cycle, 13th century.
View MoreCapital with angel waking the three sleeping Magi, eastern gallery of the cloisters, Arles, Church of St. Trophime, Romanesque sculpture, 1190-1200, France.
View MoreCapital with angel waking the three sleeping Magi (left) and Herod (right), eastern gallery of the cloisters, Arles, Church of St. Trophime, Romanesque sculpture, 12th century, France.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, spandrel sculpture of Noah gathering the animals two by two (crocodiles?), Noah cycle, 13th century.
View MoreCarrion de los Condes, Church of Santiago, portal, Palencia, Spain. Romanesque, 12th century. Frieze with the twelve apostles (c. 1175). The Church originally belonged to the Templar Order.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), Magi (king) on horseback, Romanesque, 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreSt. Benoit sur Loire, capitals with mermaid, and fish, another with scales, from colonnade, west front, Romanesque architecture, sculpture, 11th century, France.
View MoreCapital, south side of nave arch before the apse, birth of Christ.ote ox and ass above basketed child, midwife behind the Virgin Mary, and angels at the corners. 12th century. .
View MoreSan Salvador, Monastery of San Salvador de Leyre, Speciosa La Porta, archivolts (center), real and fantastic animals and plants, Master Esteban, 12th century, Romanesque, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreEunate, Church of St. Mary, capital with grimacing leonine or feline faces, Romanesque, 12th century, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreOurscamp, Abbey of Notre Dame (Oise), remains of the apse and two side aisles, added 1254, France. The Cistercian plan once measured 102 m in length and 24 m in width. It suffered devastation throughout the centuries, being used later as...
View MoreSangueza, Church of Santa Maria la Real, south portal, male figure, once the palace church of the king of Navarre, 12th century, Spain.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, detail of capital, Sixtus of Gerona: Scene, unidentified -- Man holding book in draped left hand before Sixtus, name inscribed, hands raised. South portal, begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain. With thanks to...
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, 12th century with 17th-century additions, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, spandrel sculpture of angel, Adam and Eve with winged snake, Noah cycle. 13th century.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Royal Portal, central portal, Tympanum, Christ in Majesty with Four Evangelist Symbols, mid-12th century, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Kings and Queens, Royal Portal (Christ's ancestors?), west facade, north portal, north side jamb figures, c. 1145, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreSt. Benoit sur Loire, atlantid figure at a crossing, Romanesque architecture, sculpture, 11th century, France.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, the Sacrifice of Issac, detail of capital, south portal, begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain. Influence from a 2nd-century Roman sarcophagus is evident in the focus on the muscular, nude figure of Abraham and...
View MoreSan Salvador, Monastery of San Salvador de Leyre, Speciosa La Porta, archivolts (detail), real and fantastic human races and grotesque faces, Master Esteban, 12th century, Romanesque, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreSangueza, Church of Santa Maria la Real, south portal, Last Judgment, once the palace church of the king of Navarre, 12th century, Spain.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, detail of musician playing the organ, King David playing the viol capital, south portal, begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreEscalada, Monastery of San Miguel, exterior, inscribed and decorated tympanum, interlace and vine scrolls, 10th century, Mozarabic architecture, Leon, Spain.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, spandrel above portals with Transfiguration and Abraham, vine scrolls, 12th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreEscalada, Monastery of San Miguel, exterior, north with cloister, 10th century, Mozarabic architecture, Leon, Spain.
View MoreSan Cebrian de Mazote, sculpture with schematic building and two monks (?) framed by a vine scroll all carved in low, flat relief, Valladolid, Spain, Mozarabic church, 10th century. Stone block now stored on the church's porch.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Kings and Queens, Royal Portal (Christ's ancestors?), west facade, central portal, south side jamb figures, c. 1145, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreGermigny-des-Pres (Loiret, Orleanais), Oratory. vault of tower, dome on squinches, the center of a Greek cross plan. Carolingian, 9th century, France.
View MoreTympanum (detail), resurrected climbing out of their coffins at the Last Judgment, North Portal, Reims Cathedral, France, 13th century.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Royal Portal, west facade, north portal, tympanum, c. 1145, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreEunate, Church of St. Mary, corbel decorations with grimacing faces and abstracted Cornithian capital, Romanesque, 12th century, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, detail of capital, Sixtus of Gerona: Scene, before Dacian -- Sixtus, hands grasped by man beside Dacian, crowned, right hand raised, legs crossed.. South portal, begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain. With...
View MoreTorres del Rio, Church of the Holy Sepulcher (Sepulcher), 12th century, Romanesque, Navarre, Spain. Modeled on the church in Jerusalem by the Knights Templar.
View MoreVezelay, Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, center of west facade, Romanesque architecture, 12th century with 19th century additions, France.
View MoreSangueza, Church of Santa Maria la Real, south portal, jumble of sculptures, real and fantastic animals, once the palace church of the king of Navarre, 12th century, Spain.
View MoreSangueza, Church of Santa Maria la Real, south portal, tympanum, Last Judgment, once the palace church of the king of Navarre, 12th century, Spain.
View MoreCarrion de los Condes, Church of Santiago, portal, Palencia, Spain. Romanesque, 12th century. Frieze with the twelve apostles (c. 1175). The Church originally belonged to the Templar Order.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), Christ turning water into wine, Romanesque, 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, central portal tympanum, 13th century.
View MoreHistoriated capitals showing scenes from the life of St.icholas. Transferred to this church from the Church of St.icholas, which had fallen into ruins, in 1908.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Royal Portal, west facade, south portal, tympanum, Marian cycle, c. 1145, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreEscalada, Monastery of San Miguel, exterior, view of cloisters with horseshoe arches, 10th century, Mozarabic architecture, Leon, Spain.
View MoreEscalada, Monastery of San Miguel, exterior, detail of roof line and decorated brackets, 10th century, Mozarabic architecture, Leon, Spain.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, spandrel sculpture of Noah landing on Mt. Ararat and climbing out of the ark onto dry land, Noah cycle. 13th century.
View MoreSt. Benoit sur Loire, capitals with sheep and wolf, another with vine scrolls, from colonnade, west front, Romanesque architecture, sculpture, 11th century, France.
View MoreSan Salvador, Monastery of San Salvador de Leyre, view of the crypt, 11th-12th centuries, Romanesque, Navarre, Spain. Consecrated 1057, though construction began earlier.
View MoreSan Salvador, Monastery of San Salvador de Leyre, Speciosa La Porta, archivolts (left side), real and fantastic animals and plants, Master Esteban, 12th century, Romanesque, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreChartres , c. 1205, High Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, detail of court musicians including pan pipes and horns from King David playing the lute, detail of capital, south portal, begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, tympanum of the west portal shows chrismon between two lions, Public penance ritual would be enacted here on Ash Wednesday. Building begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreSculptural Triptych of the devil flanked by pilgrims, between the tops of the lancet windows. South side of Lincoln Cathedral. Lincoln, England. 13th-14th centuries.
View MoreCarrion de los Condes, portal, south porch, Church of Santa Maria de las Victorias also known as Sta Maria del Camino in the Middle Ages. Large reliefs with Sampson and the lion (left) and equestrian figure trampling a foe (right) and...
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, detail of musician playing the horn and lute, King David playing the viol capital, south portal, begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Kings and Queens, Royal Portal (Christ's ancestors?), west facade, central portal, north side jamb figures, c. 1145, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreVezelay, Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, interior nave looking towards the apse, Romanesque architecture, 12th century, France.
View MoreEscalada, Monastery of San Miguel, exterior, detail of roof line and decorated brackets, 10th century, Mozarabic architecture, Leon, Spain.
View MoreCarrion de los Condes, Church of Santiago, portal, Palencia, Spain. Romanesque, 12th century. Frieze (c. 1175) of Christ in Majesty with the symbols of the four Evangelists. The Church originally belonged to the Templar Order.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, interior nave toward choir, with quadripartite vaulting.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, detail of the capital frieze, Royal Portal, west facade, south portal, south side, c. 1145, Early Gothic sculpture, France. Iconography (from the left) Christ washing the feet of the apostles, Christ on the road to...
View MoreEly Cathedral, aerial view of interior nave towards the west.
View MoreFemale Saint, Jamb Figure (detail), Notre Dame de Corbeil, France, Late 12th or early 13th century, Collection: Louvre Museum
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), 15th century Gothic Chapel of San Victorian, north side of the cloisters, 12th century Romanesque arches, Huesca, Aragon, Spain
View MoreArles, Church of St. Trophime, capital frieze, west facade, Three Magi bearing gifts, Romanesque sculpture, 1190-1200, France.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, spandrel sculpture of Noah gathering the animals two by two (crocodiles?), Noah cycle, 13th century.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Royal Portal, south portal, base archivolts on south side (detail), scholars writing on desks, 12th century, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreSangueza, Church of Santa Maria la Real, south portal, spandrel, jumble of sculptures, real and fantastic animals, once the palace church of the king of Navarre, 12th century, Spain.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), decorative detail, note cross with four flowers and checkered arch held up by atlantids and caryatids. Romanesque, 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreOurscamp, Abbey of Notre Dame (Oise), France, the Cistercian love of simplicity is evident in this detail of pier with compound columns.
View MoreSan Salvador, Monastery of San Salvador de Leyre, view of the crypt, 11th-12th centuries, Romanesque, Navarre, Spain. Consecrated 1057, though construction began earlier.
View MoreEly Cathedral, exterior buttress with gable with sculpted monsters and pinnacle with gargoyles in the shape of monsters.
View MoreDetail of the archivolt, Four and Twenty Elders playing instruments; Santo Domingo, Soria, Romanesque sculpture.
View MoreEscalada, Monastery of San Miguel, exterior, east end, 10th century, Mozarabic architecture, Leon, Spain.
View MoreSangueza, Church of Santa Maria la Real, south portal, right side jamb figures (Christ on the far right), once the palace church of the king of Navarre, 12th century, Spain.
View MorePoitiers Cathedral, (Cathedrale Saint-Pierre de Poitiers), 13th century, Early-High Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreCapital frieze, west facade (north of the portal), with angel waking the three sleeping Magi, Arles, Church of St. Trophime, Romanesque sculpture, 1190-1200, France.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Kings and Queens, Royal Portal (Christ's ancestors?), west facade, north portal, south side jamb figures (far right), c. 1145, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, spandrel sculpture of Eve talking with winged snake, holding apple, Genesis cycle. 13th century.
View MoreCarrion de los Condes, portal, south porch, Church of Santa Maria de las Victorias also known as Sta Maria del Camino in the Middle Ages. Frieze with Adoration of Magi. Romanesque, 12th century.
View MoreVezelay, Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, west facade, Romanesque architecture, 12th century, France.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, spandrel sculpture of Noah and his sons in the vineyard, Noah cycle, 13th century.ote cusping.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), Dream of Joseph (?), capital from the cloister. Romanesque, 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreSt. Benoit sur Loire, capitals with vine scrolls, from colonnade, west front, Romanesque architecture, sculpture, 11th century, France.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, Life of Joseph (the Patriarch)Window (detail), south end of the ambulatory. Joseph at Potiphar's overseer .
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Royal Portal, west facade, south portal, tympanum, Marian cycle, detail of Nativity, c. 1145, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreWest facade is a 19th century re-building of the 12th century original. Called La Porte Doree.
View MoreSt. Benoit sur Loire, capitals with smiling lions and lambs, winged griffins, from colonnade, west front, Romanesque architecture, sculpture, 11th century, France.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), Healing of the Woman with an Issue of Blood, capital from the cloister. Romanesque, 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreCarrion de los Condes, portal, south porch, Church of Santa Maria de las Victorias also known as Sta Maria del Camino in the Middle Ages. Large reliefs with Sampson and the lion (left) and equestrian figure trampling a foe (right)...
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, north portal, 13th century.
View MoreDetail of exterior arches (reconstructed). Eunate, Church of St. Mary, Romanesque, 12th century, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreEunate, Church of St. Mary, mason's mark, Romanesque, 12th century, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreChrist in Majesty with the symbols of the four Evangelists, Arles, Church of St. Trophime, West facade, Romanesque sculpture, Provencal Romanesque style, 1190-1200, France.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, frieze above portals with Transfiguration, 12th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSeparating the Blessed from the Damned at the Last Judgment (resurrected from their tombs), central tympanum, middle register. Bourges Cathedral, 13th century.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, Last Judgment, souls being driven into Hell, central tympanum, top two registers (right), 13th century.
View MoreGift of the Magi to enthroned Virgin and Child. Originally a hermitage and the oldest church in Santiago, Galicia, Spain. Portal dates from the 12th century with 14th century sculpture. .
View MoreChartres , c. 1205, High Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), Romanesque, 10th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain. Built into a cliffside, the two-story church still has some Mozarabic elements.
View MoreEunate, Church of St. Mary, mason's mark, Romanesque, 12th century, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, central portal, Last Judgment, 13th century.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, Christ in Last Judgment. Detail of apex of central tympanum. Note angels holding up the sun and the moon.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, detail of musician playing the trumpet from King David playing the viol capital, south portal, begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, Last Judgment, Blessed being welcomed into Heaven, central tympanum, top two registers (left), 13th century.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), Calling of the Apostles, capital from the cloister. Romanesque, 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreSan Salvador, Monastery of San Salvador de Leyre, interior of nave towards three apses, 11th-12th centuries, Romanesque, Navarre, Spain. Consecrated 1057, though construction began earlier. Composed of a nave, side aisles, and three apses.
View MoreArles, Church of St. Trophime, capital frieze, west facade, King Herod and his soldiers (note the chain mail) and beast (monster) heads above, Romanesque sculpture, 1190-1200, France.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail), Good Samaritan takes a wounded traveler to the city, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, detail of south apse, animal corbels and relief animals alternate, note felines, snake and deer, begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, tympanum of the west portal shows chrismon between two lions, Public penance ritual would be enacted here on Ash Wednesday. Building begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreVezelay, Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, west facade, Romanesque architecture, 12th century, France.
View MoreSan Salvador, Monastery of San Salvador de Leyre, Speciosa La Porta, archivolts (detail), real and fantastic animals and human races, Master Esteban, 12th century, Romanesque, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreSangueza, Church of Santa Maria la Real, south portal, jamb figure (detail), Christ, once the palace church of the king of Navarre, 12th century, Spain.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, detail of south apse, animal corbels and relief animals alternate, capital with abstract Corinthian capital, note checkered corbel shelf. Begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, far left portal,13th century.
View MoreSt. Benoit sur Loire, capitals with acanthus, cat and birds, from colonnade, west front, Romanesque architecture, sculpture, 11th century, France.
View MoreExterior arches (reconstructed). Eunate, Church of St. Mary, Romanesque, 12th century, Navarre, Spain.
View MorePoitiers, Bapistry of St. Jean, apse (detail), Merovingian, 7th century, France. Begun c. 360 and refurbished in the 6th-7th centuries, with later murals from 12th-13th centuries.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail), the Good Samaritan gets down from his horse and walks towards the wounded traveler, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, the Sacrifice of Issac, detail of capital, south portal, begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain. Influence from a 2nd-century Roman sarcophagus is evident in the focus on the muscular, nude figure of Abraham and...
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, detail of musician playing the pipes, King David playing the viol capital, south portal, begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreSan Salvador, Monastery of San Salvador de Leyre, view of the crypt, 11th-12th centuries, Romanesque, Navarre, Spain. Consecrated 1057, though construction began earlier.
View MoreArles, Church of St. Trophime, West facade, Romanesque sculpture, Provencal Romanesque style, 1190-1200, France. Influenced by Roman triumphal arch architecture.
View MoreCarrion de los Condes, Church of Santiago, portal, Palencia, Spain. Romanesque, 12th century. Frieze (c. 1175) of Christ in Majesty with the symbols of the four Evangelists. The Church originally belonged to the Templar Order.
View MoreCapital with angel waking the three sleeping Magi, west facade, Arles, Church of St. Trophime, Romanesque sculpture, 1190-1200, France.
View MoreSan Salvador, Monastery of San Salvador de Leyre, Speciosa La Porta, Jamb figure of St. Mark with lions, Master Esteban, 12th century, Romanesque, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, detail of south apse, animal corbels (and interlace) and relief animals alternate, capital with abstract Corinthian capital, note also checkered corbel shelf. Begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreFromista, Church of St.Martin, Romanesque, 11th century, Palencia, Spain. On the road to Santiago de Compostela.
View MoreCapital frieze, west facade, the Three Magi bearing gifts, Arles, Church of St. Trophime, Romanesque sculpture, 1190-1200, France.
View MoreCapital, cloister, animals (note ram in lower right corner). 12th century. .
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, spandrel sculpture of people and birds drowning in the great flood, Noah cycle, 13th century.
View MorePoitiers, Bapistry of St. Jean, apse, Merovingian, 7th century, France. Begun c. 360 and refurbished in the 6th-7th centuries, with later murals from 12th-13th centuries.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, west facade, Early to High Gothic architecture, twelfth-thirteenth century, France.
View MoreSt. Benoit sur Loire, atlantid figure at a crossing, Romanesque architecture, sculpture, 11th century, France.
View MoreEunate, Church of St. Mary, west entrance portal, Romanesque, 12th century, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), Christ make St. Peter a fisher of men, capital from the cloister, (Peter in boat, Christ on waves), Romanesque, 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), cloister (detail), 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, spanderl sculpture of Noah's Ark with Noah releasing the dove to look for land. 13th century.
View MoreSt. Benoit sur Loire, capitals with acanthus leaves, birds, from colonnade, west front, Romanesque architecture, sculpture, 11th century, France.
View MoreSangueza, Church of Santa Maria la Real, south portal, left side jamb figures, once the palace church of the king of Navarre, 12th century, Spain.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Chapel of St. Eloi (Eloy), Saint Laurence (Lawrence), mid-15th century, Guillaume Barbe (Glass Master), France.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), cloister (detail), 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), the Annunciation, Romanesque, 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreGermigny-des-Pres (Loiret, Orleanais), Oratory, eastern apse mosaic with the Ark of the Covenant below two cherubim and flanked by large angels (detail of cherubim). Carolingian, 9th century, France.
View MoreArles, Church of St. Trophime, Capital frieze, west facade, Massacre of the Innocents, Romanesque sculpture, 1190-1200, France.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, spandrel sculpture of people and livestock drowning in the great flood, Noah cycle, 13th century.
View MoreExterior arches (reconstructed from an earlier cloister?). Eunate, Church of St. Mary, Romanesque, 12th century, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, detail of musician playing the lute or zither, King David playing the viol capital, south portal, begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), triple apse interior, Romanesque, 10th-12th centuries, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), Noli me tangere, Mary Magdalene and Christ, Romanesque, 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, sculpture of Noah's Ark on spandrel with Noah releasing the dove to look for land. 13th century.
View MoreCapital, cloister, interlace patterns. 12th century. .
View MoreSan Cebrian de Mazote, south side, Valladolid, Spain, Mozarabic church, 10th century.
View MoreSan Salvador, Monastery of San Salvador de Leyre, Speciosa La Porta, archivolts (right side), real and fantastic animals and plants, Master Esteban, 12th century, Romanesque, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreCarrion de los Condes, Church of Santiago, portal, Palencia, Spain. Romanesque, 12th century. Column with angel on shaft with capital of the just soul. The Church originally belonged to the Templar Order.
View MoreCarrion de los Condes, Church of Santiago, portal, Palencia, Spain. Romanesque, 12th century. Frieze (c. 1175) of Christ in Majesty with the symbols of the four Evangelists. The Church originally belonged to the Templar Order.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, spandrel, left pier sculptures, late 11th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreThree Magi come bearing gifts for the Christ child, capital, Arles, Church of St. Trophime, eastern gallery of the cloisters, Romanesque sculpture, Provencal Romanesque style, 1190-1200, France.
View MoreSan Salvador, Monastery of San Salvador de Leyre, view of the crypt, 11th-12th centuries, Romanesque, Navarre, Spain. Consecrated 1057, though construction began earlier.
View MoreOurscamp, Abbey of Notre Dame (Oise), France,a wooly lion in a pediment, added in the 19th century.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), Mozarabic and Romanesque, 10th century, note horseshoe arch, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreEunate, Church of St. Mary, corbel decorations with grimacing faces of beasts and humansand abstracted Cornithian capital, Romanesque, 12th century, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreSt. Benoit sur Loire, capitals with vine scrolls, from colonnade, west front, Romanesque architecture, sculpture, 11th century, France.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, spandrel sculpture of Noah's sons, Noah cycle. 13th century.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), the Visitation, capital from the cloister, Romanesque, 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, heads of Kings and Queens, Royal Portal (Christ's ancestors?), west facade, central portal, north side jamb figures (far left), c. 1145, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, detail of engaged column and capital with owl. Note checkered frieze. South apse. Begun 1076, during the reign of Sancho Ramirez Romanesque, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, Abraham from the Sacrifice of Issac, detail of capital, south portal, begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreOctagonal chapter house, begun after c. 1275 is supported by a central column.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, detail of the capital frieze, Royal Portal, west facade, south portal, south side, c. 1145, Early Gothic sculpture, France. Iconography (from the left) Christ washing the feet of the apostles, Christ on the road to...
View MoreGermigny-des-Pres (Loiret, Orleanais), Oratory, eastern apse mosaic with the Ark of the Covenant below two cherubim and flanked by large angels. Carolingian, 9th century, France.
View MoreCarrion de los Condes, Church of Santiago, portal, Palencia, Spain. Romanesque, 12th century. Column with angel on shaft with capital of the sinful soul. The Church originally belonged to the Templar Order.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Four of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus doze as an angel censes them (below), (above) a mason walls up the entrance and the inscription reads (There the wall is closed), northeast chapel of the apse, 13th century, France.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), Last Supper, Romanesque, 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreSan Cebrian de Mazote, interior south side aisle towards eastern chapel, Valladolid, Spain, Mozarabic church, 10th century. Note Corinithian columns supporting the horseshoe arches and timber gabled roof.
View MoreArles, Church of St. Trophime, capital frieze, west facade, Flight into Egypt, Romanesque sculpture, 1190-1200, France.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), Dream of Joseph, capital from the cloister, Romanesque, 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Royal Portal, mid-12th century, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreFromista, Church of St.Martin, Romanesque, 11th century, Palencia, Spain. Corbel decorations, monkey, rabbit, and men. On the road to Santiago de Compostela.
View MoreFromista, Church of St.Martin, Romanesque, 11th century, Palencia, Spain. Corbel decorations, monkey and men. On the road to Santiago de Compostela.
View MorePoitiers, Church of Notre Dame le Grande, west facade (detail), spandrel above the south portal, Nativity, first bath (like a baptism), Joseph looks on, and below Peace and Justice embrace, Romanesque sculpture, 12th century, France.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), Labors of Adam and Eve, capital from the cloister. Romanesque, 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MorePoitiers, Church of Notre Dame le Grande, west facade, Romanesque architecture, 12th century, France.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, south transept quadripartite vaults, 13th century, High Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreExcavations, San Juan de Duero, (aka San Juan Arcos de Duero). Former monastery of the Knights of Saint John, built in the 12th century with 13th century additions. Famous for the Islamic influence that have resulted from the experience of...
View MoreSan Cebrian de Mazote, interior nave towards the apse, Valladolid, Spain, Mozarabic church, 10th century. Note horseshoe arches supported by columns.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Royal Portal, north transept, north portal, tympanum (detail), Nativity, c. 1205, High Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreSt. Benoit sur Loire, capitals with vertical striations, feline green man, and vine scrolls on the frieze above, from colonnade, west front, Romanesque architecture, sculpture, 11th century, France.
View MoreSt. Benoit sur Loire, capitals with layered acanthus leaves, inter-locking rings frieze above, from colonnade, west front, Romanesque architecture, sculpture, 11th century, France.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, spandrel sculpture of gathering, Noah cycle. 13th century.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), the Last Supper, Romanesque, 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, heads of Kings and Queens, Royal Portal (Christ's ancestors?), west facade, central portal, north side jamb figures, c. 1145, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), Cain and Abel bring forward their sacrifices, capital from the cloister. Romanesque, 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, spandrel, trumeau, late 11th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreCarrion de los Condes, portal, south porch, Church of Santa Maria de las Victorias also known as Sta Maria del Camino in the Middle Ages. Large reliefs with Sampson and the lion (left) and equestrian figure trampling a foe (right)...
View MoreInterior south side choir aisle, looking towards the east towards Bishop Langton's chantry.
View MoreSan Cebrian de Mazote, interior nave towards the apse, Valladolid, Spain, Mozarabic church, 10th century. Note Corinithian columns supporting the horseshoe arches and timber gabled roof.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, interior nave looking into the north aisle. 13th century.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, spandrel sculpture of Noah and his wife gathering animals, Noah cycle. Note wife's fashionable hat. 13th century.
View Morec. 1145, Early Gothic sculpture, France. Portions of the center and right-hand figure were replaced by copies in the mid-twentieth century.
View MoreEunate, Church of St. Mary, Romanesque, 12th century, Navarre, Spain, from the southeast. Octagonal plan, 3-sided apse, dressed stone, indented rounded arches, alabaster windows, eight-rib vault (with influence from Cordoba?).
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), Chapel of San Victorian, 15th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain. Built into a cliffside, the two-story church still has some Mozarabic elements.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, detail of capital, Sixtus of Gerona: scene, preaching -- two men, one kneeling before Sixtus, hand on cross. South portal, begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain. With thanks to Colum P.Hourihane and the Index...
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), Raising of Lazarus, capital from the cloister. Romanesque, 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreEunate, Church of St. Mary, capital with grimacing leonine or feline faces, Romanesque, 12th century, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreChrist in Majesty with the symbols of the four Evangelists (four beasts of the Apocalypse), Arles, Church of St. Trophime, West facade, Romanesque sculpture, Provencal Romanesque style, 1190-1200, France.
View MoreDetail of the archivolts: inner archivolt with Four and Twenty Elders; Second and third archivolts with Infancy Cycle; outer archivolt with Passion Cycle; Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, right tympanum (right side) with the crowning of Christ with the Crown of Thorns, Flagellation of Christ, and the Healing of the Blind with the Epiphany in the upper portion, 12th...
View MoreExterior arches (reconstructed from an earlier cloister?). Eunate, Church of St. Mary, Romanesque, 12th century, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreSan Cebrian de Mazote, detail of decorated capital, Valladolid, Spain, Mozarabic church, 10th century. Corinithian capital on column decorated with scales.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, Life of Joseph (the Patriarch)Window (detail), south end of the ambulatory. Jacob sends Joseph to his brothers (left), Joseph's brothers await his approach (right), Joseph dreaming (center).
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, detail of south apse, animal corbels and relief animals alternate, note felines, snake and deer, begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, central portal, west facade. 13th century.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, spandrel sculpture of people drowning in the great flood, Noah cycle, 13th century.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, heads of Kings and Queens, Royal Portal (Christ's ancestors?), west facade, south portal, north side jamb figures, c. 1145, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, detail of engaged column and capital with lion with foliage growing from its mouth. Note checkered frieze. South apse, building begun 1076, during the reign of Sancho Ramirez Romanesque, Aragon, Spain.
View MorePortal, Romanesque, early Gothic architecture, College of St. Jerome (at the University of Santiago), Santiago de Compostela, La Coruna.ote innermost left jamb figure (St. James), innermost right figure (St. Peter), next to Peter, St. Paul.
View MoreBourges Cathedral, west facade, spandrel sculpture of Noah and family prepare to board the ark as the flood waters rise, Noah cycle. 13th century.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, south facade, Praza das Praterias, angel on a corbel, 12th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSan Juan de la Pena (St. John of the Rock), Dream of Joseph, capital from the cloister, Romanesque, 12th century, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, detail of south apse, animal corbels and relief animals alternate, note bird and deer, begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain.
View MoreSangueza, Church of Santa Maria la Real, south portal, capital with apostles, once the palace church of the king of Navarre, 12th century, Spain.
View MoreGermigny-des-Pres (Loiret, Orleanais), Oratory, eastern apse mosaic with the Ark of the Covenant below two cherubim and flanked by large angels (detail of cherubim). Carolingian, 9th century, France.
View MoreEunate, Church of St. Mary, capital with grimacing leonine or feline faces with foliage growing from their mouths, Romanesque, 12th century, Navarre, Spain.
View MoreJaca, Cathedral of S. Pedro, the Sacrifice of Issac with Issac, the altar, and the ram, detail of capital, south portal, begun 1076, Romanesque, Aragon, Spain. Influence from a 2nd-century Roman sarcophagus is evident in the focus on the...
View MoreSan Cebrian de Mazote, interior apse, Valladolid, Spain, Mozarabic church, 10th century. Note Corinithian columns supporting the horseshoe arches and timber gabled roof and striated column.
View MoreSan Cebrian de Mazote, interior nave towards the apse, north side, Valladolid, Spain, Mozarabic church, 10th century. Note Corinithian columns supporting the horseshoe arches and timber gabled roof.
View MoreDetail of the famous west facade sculpture of Jacob's dream of angels climbing ladders to heaven. Bath Abbey, 16th century. .
View MoreChartres Cathedral, north transept, central portal, tympanum, Infancy cycle, c. 1205, High Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreThis is the last town in France before crossing the Pyrenees on the way to Santiago. It is located southwest of Pau.
View MoreCapital with lions, flowers, and acanthus leaves.
View MoreTympanum of the Door of the Clock, north transept portal with images from the Life of Christ including the Presentation in the Temple, the Flight into Egypt, etc.
View MoreDetail: Beast eating a mixed creature (note webbed feet and tail with human body) from the left side at the end of the archivolts.
View MoreTympanum of the Door of the Clock, north transept portal with images from the Life of Christ.
View MoreDetail of interior sculpture of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo. The church and monastery, begun in 1477 and completed in 1504, mostly under the direction of the architect Juan Guas. One of the best examples of the Hispano-Flemish Gothic...
View MoreTympanum of the Door of the Clock, north transept portal with images from the Life of Christ including the Presentation in the Temple, Adoration of the Magi, etc.
View MoreThe monastery church of San Pedro de Roda was completed in 958 and consecrated in 1022. It combines Romanesque, Carolingian, and Mozarabic elements. In 1973 the road was barely passable and the immense complex seemed abandoned.
View MoreDetail: Scenes of the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
View MoreDetail of tympanum of south transept portal, with scenes from the life of St. Honoratus. Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreDetail: Julian praying before king.
View MoreDetail: Catherine's soul accepted into heaven. Angel here holds up her shroud.
View MoreDetail: Labors of the Months, January with man eating by a fire.
View MoreDetail: Thomas Becket and the wheel on the water.
View MoreDetail: Thoughtful warrior in the spandrel above the main portal.
View MoreElaborate carving of pier in apse. Note the initials for Isabel and Ferdinand, monarchs whose tombs were planned for this church. San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo. The church and monastery, begun in 1477 and completed in 1504, mostly under...
View MoreDetail: Scenes of the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
View MoreAngers:Cathedral, St. Maurice, St. Vincent of Saragossa Window, Nave, north wall, third bay, 12th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail: Eloy fashions a gold vessel.
View MoreSt. Denis, basilica, west facade, north portal (Martyrdom of St. Denis), Early Gothic sculpture, France. 1136-1144 under Abbot Sugar with significant later 13th century additions and 19th century restorations, main burial site for French...
View MoreDetail of west portal with capital and archivolt. Located on the outskirts of Santiago de Compostela, its Romanesque fabric (1144- c. 1168-72) has survived. .
View MoreCorbel figures of Cain and two unidenied figures. Between them and aimed towards Cain is a naked figure farting.
View MoreDetail: St. Lawrence being grilled, martyred.
View MoreDetail: Christ as judge with four Evangelist creatures and angels.
View MoreDetail: Eloy shoes a horse.
View MoreDetail: Midwife with bowl of water; birth of John the Baptist.
View MoreReims Cathedral, interior choir piers and vaults, 13th century, High Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreNorth transept portal entrance. Also known as the Door of the Clock. The Cathedral was built in a French Gothic style based on Bourges Cathedral.
View MoreWinchester Cathedral, nave, c. 1360-1394 by master mason William Wynford, Perpendicular Style, Late Gothic architecture, England.
View MoreDetail: Death of Maurille; angel carries his soul to heaven; mourning monks.
View MoreSculptural decoration on the exterior of the apse.
View MoreDetail of arcade in lieu of usual facade, Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreCloister of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo. The church and monastery, begun in 1477 and completed in 1504, mostly under the direction of the architect Juan Guas. One of the best examples of the Hispano-Flemish Gothic style.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, St. Martin Windows, Choir, east end, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreNote the radiating chapels and the corbels near the rooflines. The first Cistercian foundation in Spain, Moreruela was founded in 1133 by Alfonso VII with the wish to put land into farm production in the southern part of his kingdom. ...
View MoreCoffered Mudejar wooden ceiling, painted with the arms and initials of Isabel and Ferdinand, San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo. The church and monastery, begun in 1477 and completed in 1504, mostly under the direction of the architect Juan...
View MoreDetail: Landscape with fragmentary glass. Note parts of castle.
View MoreDetail: Labors of the Months; winnowing.
View MoreDetail: Miracle at Becket's tomb, Trinity Chapel Miracle Windows.
View MoreSalamanca Cathedral, vaults of the ambulatory, begun 1512, Late Gothic architecture, Spain.
View MoreThe building was begun in 1226 as a sort of a Mudejar Romanesque but finished in a clearly Gothic style based after Bourges Cathedral.
View MoreDesign of altered bays in the nave which have Norman Romanesque arcades with Perpendicular gallery and clerestory.
View MoreJumieges Abbey, transept, Anglo-Norman Romanesque and Gothic architecture, France. Consecrated in the presence of William the Conqueror in 1067. Once regarded as a model for monasteries, it was known for its works among the poor. The...
View MoreSt. Denis, basilica, interior nave and choir, Rayonnant Style Gothic architecture, France, 13th century. Main burial site for French royalty.
View MoreDetail: Peter before ruler.
View MoreDetail: Herod and Massacre of the Innocents.
View MoreDetail: Eustace praying before the stag with a cross between its antlers.
View MoreDetail of Evangelist Matthew sculpture on the corner of the crossing standing on a grotesque (later?) head.
View MoreDoges Palace (detail), Venice, begun c. 1340, remodeled 1424, Late Gothic architecture, Italy.
View MoreNine square vaults compose the ceiling of the mosque, each unique in design. Originally a mosque dating to 999, it was refurbished by Christians sometime after the conquest by Alfonso VI in 1085. the building became a church in the 12th...
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, St. Eloy (Eloi) Window, Choir, north wall, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDome over the crossing of the Cock Tower (Torre del Gallo).
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Chapel of St. Eloi (Eloy), Saint Nicholas, mid-15th century, Guillaume Barbe (Glass Master), France.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Descent from the Cross, bottom of Les Belles verrieres windows (detail), 4th bay north aisle, nave, stained glass, 15th-16th centuries, Late Gothic, France.
View MoreDetail: Catherine breaks the wheel when she touches it.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, St. Vincent of Saragossa Window, Nave, north wall, third bay, 12th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreReims Cathedral, flying buttresses, 13th century, High Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreDetail: Censing angels and Julian preaching.
View MoreCapital with story of Adam and Eve with kings below with foiliage growing out of their beards.
View MoreCloister corridor (1389-1425) built by masters Rodrigo Alfonso and Alvar Martinez with quadripartite vaults.
View MoreSanta Maria della Spina, Pisa, Italy, 1323-1333, Late Gothic architecture. The oratory held what was believed to be part of the Crown of Thorns. See gables, tracery, and pinnacles as inspired by French examples. Note also how the...
View MoreDetail: Lawrence being tormented under Emperor Valerian.
View MoreDetail of portal arch and grotesque capital with intertwined animals. This particular Romanesque style is associated with Leon, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Betrayal and Arrest of Christ.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail), the innkeeper awaits them at the door to the inn, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail: Martin cuts his cloak in half to give to a beggar.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, St. Peter Window, Choir, north wall, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail: King Solomon, Tree of Jesse.
View MoreCapitals with flowers, pinecones, acanthus leaves, and lions.
View MoreDetail: (tl) Eustace and family on sea voyage; (tr) Eustace's family loses its wealth; (bl) Eustace prays before the stag; (br) Eustace's servants die of the plague; (c) Eustace is baptized.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, St. Catherine of Alexandria Window, Nave, north wall, second bay, 12th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail of interior capitals with stylized Corinthian leaves (note beading) and faces of serious and surprised women.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, detail of Redemption Window, Sampson in Gaza (left), Anointing the body of Christ (lower), Gothic stained glass, c. 1200-1207, England.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, north transept portal with tympanum sculpture of the Triumph of Mary, c. 1205, High Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, St. Peter Window, Choir, north wall, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreVierge Doree, detail, trumeau of south transept, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), c. 1259. .
View MoreDetail: (tl) Eustace and family on sea voyage; (tr) Eustace's family loses its wealth; (bl) Eustace prays before the stag; (br) Eustace's servants die of the plague; (c) Eustace is baptized.
View MoreReims Cathedral, nave interior looking east into the choir, 13th century, High Gothic architecture, France. The nave measures 138.75 meters (approx. 455 ft) long and 30 meters (approx. 98 feet) wide.
View MoreDetail: A horseman crushes a figure underfoot at the right hand base of the archivolts.
View MoreDetail: Angels blow the wind.
View MoreDetail: Second from the bottom on the left. Archivolts with the four and twenty Elders of the Apocalypse holding viols and vials. Above are interlace patterns and below are laborers and then florets.
View MoreReims Cathedral, right side, interior sculpture of west facade, 13th century, High Gothic sculpture, France. Includes images of Abraham and Melchizadek in the lower row.
View MoreClerestory of the choir. Style of the church based on French Gothic Bourges Cathedral.
View MoreCapital of man being eaten by serpents and lions.
View MoreCapital with flowers, pine cones, acanthus leaves, ionic scrolls. Note profusion of classical mos used.
View MoreReims Cathedral, upper west facade, 13th century, High Gothic architecture, sculpture, stained glass, France.
View MoreWorcester Cathedral, arch opening from the aisle to the transept.
View MoreLower lintel right - Massacre of the Innocents and Flight into Egypt.orth transept portal tympanum, Infancy Cycle, c. 1260.
View MoreAngels playing instruments, angelic choir, archivolts, portal, west facade.
View MoreGerona Cathedral, consecrated 1038 and built throughout the 11th and 12th centuries. It was later re-designed Pere Sacoma in 1312, and later modifications including a Baroque facade. The Romanesque cloister and tower are decorated with...
View MoreTympanum of the Door of the Clock, north transept portal with images from the Life of Christ including the Presentation in the Temple, Adoration of the Magi, etc.
View MoreDetail: Wheel on the water.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Royal Portal, North Portal, tympanum, Ascension or Second Coming of Christ, mid-12th century, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreThe Benedictine Monastery of Ripoll, originally founded in 880 by Count Wilfred the Hairy, using it to help repopulate the region after his conquest. It became the mausoleum for the Catalan counts and a center of learning with a...
View MoreCorbel figures of God (right) chastising Adam and Eve (left) for eating the apple.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, Tree of Jesse and Lawrence of Rome Windows, Choir, east end, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreNave interior looking east towards the apse. Note Gothic vaults. The very narrow ambulatory was designed to strengthen the weakened choir area. This Benedictine Abbey was founded in the ninth century by Charles the Bald. In the mid-11th...
View MoreCapital, nave south side arch before the apse, Travelers with Angel (Three Magi?). 12th century. .
View MoreDetail: Dream of the Magi, being awakened by an angel.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Royal Portal, South Portal, tympanum, Infancy of Christ, mid-12th century, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreWest facade, with main portal, corbel sculptures. Note lack of tympanum.
View MoreArchivolts, base at the right with a horseman crushing a figure underfoot. Archivolts illustrate the four and twenty Elders of the Apocalypse holding viols and vials. Above are interlace patterns and below are laborers and then florets.
View MoreLooking east from the nave through the crossing into the apse.
View MoreMiddle lintel center - Theophilus receives money from a devil and bribes another official; Theophilus repents and prays before a statue of the Virgin.orth transept portal tympanum, Infancy Cycle and Legend of Theophilus, c. 1260.
View MoreDetail: Barrel vault of the nave with transverse arches. Columns with carved capitals flank the piers.
View MoreDetail: Virgin Mary, Tree of Jesse
View MoreDetail of portal arch and grotesque capital with intertwined animals. This particular Romanesque style is associated with Leon, Spain.
View MoreSt. Sebaldus, sculpted figure from exterior of St. Sebalduskirche, Nurnberg, German Gothic, 13th century.
View MoreGerona Cathedral, consecrated 1038 and built throughout the 11th and 12th centuries. It was later re-designed Pere Sacoma in 1312, and later modifications including a Baroque facade. William J. Smither
View MoreDetail: Knights prepare and discuss murder of Becket.
View MoreDetail: Christ and Peter.
View MoreTympanum of the Door of the Clock, north transept portal with images from the Life of Christ including the Adoration of the Magi on the lower register.
View MoreSainte Chapelle, stained glass, choir chapel, Rayonnant Style, Louis IX, Gothic, Paris, France, 13th century.
View MoreCenter of the archivolts with Lamb of God supported by angels which are flanked on either side by the four and twenty Elders of the Apocalypse holding viols and vials. Above are interlace patterns and below are florets.
View MoreMilan Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Milano), begun 1386, west facade, Gothic architecture, Italy
View MoreWest facade, left and center portals. The Cathedral was built in a French Gothic style based on Bourges Cathedral.
View MoreNote the radiating chapels and the corbels near the rooflines. The first Cistercian foundation in Spain, Moreruela was founded in 1133 by Alfonso VII with the wish to put land into farm production in the southern part of his kingdom. ...
View MoreColegiata de Toro, interior nave capitals, Late 12th-early 13th century, Romanesque sculpture, Spain.
View MoreDetail of the capital frieze with scenes of Adam and Eve from Genesis at the base of the archivolts. Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Kings and Queens (Christ's ancestors?), Royal Portal, west facade, south portal, north side jamb figures, c. 1145, Early Gothic sculpture, France. Note the small figures on the columns between the jamb figures.
View MoreLaon Cathedral; portal; rose window; facade; Early Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, St. Thomas Becket Window, Choir, east end, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreCorbel figures of Cain and Abel being murdered.
View MoreDetail: Christ appears to Becket.
View MoreColegiata de Toro, the Colegiata and the city high above the Duero River, Romanesque architecture, Spain.
View MoreDetail of the Last Supper from the Door of Forgiveness. Central portal, west facade, done under Alvar Matinez begun in 1418.
View MoreDetail of corbel figures and gargoyle from apse tower (radiating chapel) of the Old Cathedral. Note dogtooth decoration around the arches and crockets covering the rooflines. This particular Romanesque style is associated with Leon, Spain.
View MoreGriffin capital; Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca. Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreGerona Cathedral, consecrated 1038 and built throughout the 11th and 12th centuries. It was later re-designed Pere Sacoma in 1312, and later modifications including a Baroque facade. The Romanesque cloister and tower are decorated with...
View MoreDetail: Three Mary's at the Tomb of Christ greeted by an angel.
View MoreStained Glass Window, upper chapel, Sainte Chapelle, Rayonnant Style, Louis IX, Gothic, Paris, France
View MoreAngels playing instruments, angelic choir, archivolts, portal, west facade.
View MoreDetail of the alfiz and lobulated arch heads in the window in the interior west end of the arcade; Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca using the Romanesque-Mudejar style. Rebolledo de la Torre...
View MoreLaon Cathedral, nave elevation, begun c. 1160, Early Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreDetail: Catherine's debates wise men before Emperor Maxentius, arguing against his persecution of Christians. So persuasive was Catherine that she converted the empress and the wise men.
View MoreAngels playing instruments, angelic choir, archivolts, portal, west facade.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, detail of Redemption Window (top), Corona Chapel, East End Corona I, detail of the Pentecost (c), Moses Consecrating Aaron (l), Jethro before Moses (r), Gothic stained glass, c. 1200-1207, England.
View MoreDetail of apse tower of the Old Cathedral. Note dogtooth decoration around the arches and crockets covering the rooflines. This particular Romanesque style is associated with Leon, Spain.
View MoreThe first Cistercian foundation in Spain, it was founded in 1133 by Alfonso VII with the wish to put land into farm production in the southern part of his kingdom. While mostly Romanesque, there are some transitional elements of the...
View MoreReims Cathedral, detail of Angel by the Joseph Master, 13th century , High Gothic sculpture, France. Reims was the coronation church of the French monarchy.
View MoreInterior sculpture detail, canine bird among foliage, San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo. The church and monastery, begun in 1477 and completed in 1504, mostly under the direction of the architect Juan Guas. One of the best examples of the...
View MoreChartres Cathedral, gargoyle, High Gothic sculpture, 1194-1220, France.
View MoreJumieges Abbey, nave looking towards the west end, Anglo-Norman Romanesque and Gothic architecture, France. Consecrated in the presence of William the Conqueror in 1067. Once regarded as a model for monasteries, it was known for its...
View MoreNine square vaults compose the ceiling of the mosque, each unique in design. Originally a mosque dating to 999, it was refurbished by Christians sometime after the conquest by Alfonso VI in 1085. the building became a church in the 12th...
View MoreDetail: Maurille preaches against idols (which fall) and cures the sick.
View MoreAngels on the archivolts, west facade.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, flying buttresses, High Gothic architecture, 1194-1220, France. Tower dates to 1140s.
View MoreDetail: Becket named archbishop by Henry II.
View MoreDetail: Saint preaching.
View MoreCompound pier with capitals made of stiffleaf carving and alternating limestone and purbeck marble columns in the choir.
View MoreThe sacristry vaults were painted in an illusionistic manner by Neapolitan painter Luca Giordano illustrating the Laying of Hands of the Chasuble on Saint Ildephonsus.
View MoreThe first Cistercian foundation in Spain, it was founded in 1133 by Alfonso VII with the wish to put land into farm production in the southern part of his kingdom. While mostly Romanesque, there are some transitional elements of the...
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, detail of Redemption Window, Sampson Sleeping with Delilah (l), Anointing the body of Christ (center), Jonah swallowed by the Whale (r), Gothic stained glass, c. 1200-1207, England.
View MoreDetail: Pilgrim consults wiseman.
View MoreDetail of the Last Supper from the Door of Forgiveness. Central portal, west facade, done under Alvar Matinez begun in 1418.
View MoreDetail: Being pushed into prison.
View MoreDetail: Barrel vault of the nave with transverse arches.
View MoreWest facade with portal (note absence of tympanum), archivolts with roundel sculptures of animals, flowers, and abstract interlace partterns. This is a late Romanesque parish church, consecrated in 1182.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, nave piers, Henry Yvele, Perpendicular Style, 1480's, Late Gothic architecture, England.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Royal Portal, central portal, lintel, detail of Apostles, mid-12th century, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreJamb Figures, Portal, North Transept, Chartres Cathedral, 1194-1220 plus later additions, France.
View MoreDetail of Sculptural Triptych of the devil flanked by pilgrims, between the tops of the lancet windows. South side of Lincoln Cathedral. Lincoln, England. 13th-14th centuries.
View MoreNotre Dame de Paris, Detail of tympanum sculpture of the St. Anne Portal with enthroned Virgin and Child, west facade, in part before 1148, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreDetail: Donor and Labors of the Months.
View MoreDetail: Henry II.
View MoreWest facade, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36, architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont.
View MoreDetail: Christ among the Apostles. Note John the Evangelist sleeping on Christ's chest.
View MoreDetail: Maurille blesses and befriends man.
View MoreDetail: Execution of John the Baptist and John's head presented on a plate.
View MoreDetail: Eustace and family on a sea voyage.
View MoreSainte Chapelle, stained glass, choir chapel, Rayonnant Style, Louis IX, Gothic, Paris, France.
View MoreLaon Cathedral, nave elevation detail, begun c. 1160, Early Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreDurham Cathedral, crossing tower exterior. Begun c. 1260 and re-built in the 15th century.
View MoreTympanum of the Door of the Clock, north transept portal with images from the Life of Christ including the Marriage at Cana, Adoration of the Magi, etc.
View MoreLobed trefoil arches over horseshoe arches ont eh northwest side. Striped arches recall the mosque at Cordoba. Originally a mosque dating to 999, it was refurbished by Christians sometime after the conquest by Alfonso VI in 1085. the...
View MoreDetail: Julian (?) preaching. Presentation of wine (?)
View MoreDetail: Cure of Robert of Cricklade, n. IV, 29, c=Trinity Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral.
View MoreLaon Cathedral, detail of nave sexpartite vault, begun c. 1160, Early Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreInterior sculpture detail, hawk among foliage, San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo. The church and monastery, begun in 1477 and completed in 1504, mostly under the direction of the architect Juan Guas. One of the best examples of the...
View MoreDetail: Martin (as bishop) at the well.
View MoreMiddle lintel left - Theophilus swears on oath to the Devil, the magician Salatin witnesses and holds the sealed charter.orth transept portal tympanum, Legend of Theophilus, c. 1260.
View MoreDetail: Catherine's mother (a secret Christian) sent Catherine to a hermit who told her of a youth (seen here as Christ) who surpassed her in everything, such that ""His beauty was more radiant than the shining of the sun, His wisdom...
View MoreDetail: Julian and monks in procession.
View MoreSouth transept exterior, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. Architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont. .
View MoreDetail: Fire from heaven burns pagan temple.
View MoreCorbel figures of the story of Adam and Eve from Genesis.
View MoreDetail: Eloy fashions metal vessel.
View MoreDetail: Maurille baptizes a follower. Monks nearby watch.
View MoreRose and lancet windows over the Door of the clock, north transept entrance. Some of the 15th century windows here were created by Jacobo Dolfin and his servant Luis.
View MoreDetail: Eloy shows unscrupulous goldsmiths how to honestly weigh gold. Because of this, his gold weighs the same as nothing.
View MoreDetail: Knight on horseback.
View MoreLaon Cathedral, detail of tower of the west facade, begun before 1200, Early Gothic architecture, France. Note sculpture of the cows.
View MoreCapital of Adam and Eve eating the apples from the Tree of Knowledge at the tempting of the serpent.
View MoreDetail: Second up from the base on the right. Archivolts with the four and twenty Elders of the Apocalypse holding viols and vials. Above are interlace patterns and below are laborers and then florets.
View MoreSpandrel sculptures depict scenes from Genesis and Exodus in the octagonal chapter house.
View MoreNine square vaults compose the ceiling of the mosque, each unique in design. Originally a mosque dating to 999, it was refurbished by Christians sometime after the conquest by Alfonso VI in 1085. the building became a church in the 12th...
View MoreDetail: Men on horseback.
View MoreGerona Cathedral, cloister capital, winged man. Gerona Cathedral, consecrated 1038 and built throughout the 11th and 12th centuries. It was later re-designed Pere Sacoma in 1312, and later modifications including a Baroque facade. The...
View MoreDetail: Becket named as Archbishop of Canterbury with bishop flanking him.
View MoreDetail of horseshoe arch in the lower right facade. Originally a mosque dating to 999, it was refurbished by Christians sometime after the conquest by Alfonso VI in 1085. the building became a church in the 12th century. Here its brick...
View MoreDetail: Julian strikes a rock and brings forth much-needed drinking water. Local leaders then allow him to preach.
View MoreInterior polygonal apse with altarpiece, San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo. The church and monastery, begun in 1477 and completed in 1504, mostly under the direction of the architect Juan Guas. One of the best examples of the Hispano-Flemish...
View MoreZamora Cathedral seen from across the Duero River. This particular Romanesque style is found in Leon.
View MoreView of Old and New Cathedrals, Salamanca.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, flying buttresses, roof balustrade, High Gothic architecture, 1194-1220, France.
View MoreDetail of the archivolt, Four and Twenty Elders playing instruments; Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreDetail: John the Baptist baptizes Christ in the River Jordan.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, choir, 1175-1184, William of Sens and William the English, Early Gothic architecture, England.
View MoreDetail: Knight on horseback.
View MoreDetail of grotesque capital with intertwined animals from exterior portal. This particular Romanesque style is associated with Leon, Spain.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Etienne (St. Stephen), North transept, window J, Saint Eustace Window, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreThis Benedictine Abbey was founded in the ninth century by Charles the Bald. In the mid-11th century, a Romanesque church was built and re-worked again in the Gothic style in the 14th century, with later additions during the 17th century...
View MoreChartres Cathedral, flying buttresses, High Gothic architecture, 1194-1220, France.
View MoreDetail: Labors of the Months.
View MoreOriginally a mosque dating to 999, it was refurbished by Christians sometime after the conquest by Alfonso VI in 1085. the building became a church in the 12th century. Here its brick facade is decorated with a series of arches similar to...
View MoreDetail: Lawrence being grilled, martyred.
View MoreDetail of Solomon Enthroned (note lions holding up his throne). 24 quatrefoils illustrate Biblical and apocryphal prophecies associated with the Queen of Sheba, the Three Magi, Solomon, and Herod. .
View MoreAngers:Cathedral, St. Maurice, St. Vincent of Saragossa Window, Nave, north wall, third bay, 12th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreThe first Cistercian foundation in Spain, Moreruela was founded in 1133 by Alfonso VII with the wish to put land into farm production in the southern part of his kingdom. While mostly Romanesque, there are some transitional elements of...
View MoreGerona Cathedral, cloister capital, Noah's Ark. Gerona Cathedral, consecrated 1038 and built throughout the 11th and 12th centuries. It was later re-designed Pere Sacoma in 1312, and later modifications including a Baroque facade. The...
View MoreElaborately decorated pier of polygonal apse, San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo. The church and monastery, begun in 1477 and completed in 1504, mostly under the direction of the architect Juan Guas. One of the best examples of the...
View MoreDetail of angel blowing horn sculpture on the corner of the crossing.
View MoreDetail: Nativity and Magi (note expression on Virgin Mary's face).
View MoreDetail: Censing angel, praying angel.
View MoreDetail: Martyrdom of St. Vincent over a grill. Note small fellow below with bellows. The king oversees the execution.
View MoreDetail: Emperor Maxentius gives orders for Catherine to be executed.
View MoreInterior apse.
View MoreDetail: Becket leaving on a boat goes into exile in France.
View MoreDurham Cathedral, wall painting of St. Cuthbert, pier, Galilee Chapel.
View MoreNotre Dame de Paris, view from the southeast, c.1250-1345, High Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreTympanum of the Door of the Clock, north transept portal with images from the Life of Christ including the Presentation in the Temple, the Flight into Egypt, etc.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, Passion and Infancy Windows, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail: Death of St. Martin, flanked by angels. Christ above blesses.
View MoreNote the radiating chapels and the corbels near the rooflines. The first Cistercian foundation in Spain, Moreruela was founded in 1133 by Alfonso VII with the wish to put land into farm production in the southern part of his kingdom. ...
View MoreDetails of corbels (modillions) and capitals from the central apse. Note obscene figure on the left corbel (man is kissing the pig's rear end) and the contemplative figure on the right corbel.
View MoreDetail: Saint preaches and casts devils into Hell.
View MoreDetail of apse.
View MoreEagle-headed horses; Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca. Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreDetail: praying angels.
View MoreDetail: Knights leave to murder Becket.
View MoreThe first Cistercian foundation in Spain, Moreruela was founded in 1133 by Alfonso VII with the wish to put land into farm production in the southern part of his kingdom. While mostly Romanesque, there are some transitional elements of...
View MoreDetail: Julian carried on a funeral bier by monks.
View MoreDetail: Landscape scene.
View MoreGerona Cathedral, consecrated 1038 and built throughout the 11th and 12th centuries. It was later re-designed Pere Sacoma in 1312, and later modifications including a Baroque facade. The Romanesque cloister and tower are decorated with...
View MoreDetail: Archivolts, the base at the left showing a beast eating a mixed creature (human and reptile). Archivolts illustrate the four and twenty Elders of the Apocalypse holding viols and vials. Above are interlace patterns and below are...
View MoreReims Cathedral, nave elevation, 13th century, High Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreDetail: Eustace and family on a sea voyage.
View MoreDetail: Becket kneeling at altar.
View MoreDetail: At the base of the trumeau are two atlantids in the form of chained Saracens.
View MoreDetail: King David, Tree of Jesse.
View MoreLaon Cathedral, interior of the crossing (lantern) tower, begun 1160's, Early Gothic architecture, France
View MoreNorth side with portal, crossing tower, and apse.
View MoreThe Benedictine Monastery of Ripoll, originally founded in 880 by Count Wilfred the Hairy, using it to help repopulate the region after his conquest. It became the mausoleum for the Catalan counts and a center of learning with a...
View MoreReims Cathedral, gargoyle, 13th century, High Gothic sculpture and architecture, France. Squawking bird (eagle?). Reims was the coronation church of the French monarchy.
View MoreDetail: Knight murdering Becket.
View MoreDetail: Nole me tangere (Mary Magdalene) and the Resurrection.
View MoreDetail: Valerian demands Lawrence and other clerics worship an idol, they refuse.
View MoreDetail: Two of Eustace's servants who die from the plague.
View MoreAmiens Cathedral, interior nave looking east towards the choir, 13th century (begun 1220), High Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreDetail of jamb figures of south transept portal (right side), with images saints and angel. Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreColegiata de Toro, the Colegiata, its multiple apses, and the tower that contains the dome over the transept crossing , Late 12th-early 13th century, Romanesque architecture, Spain.
View MoreDetail: St. Martin cuts his cloak in half for a beggar.
View MoreDetail: Maurille blesses and converts followers.
View MoreDetail: John the Baptist praying. Note his camel fur robe.
View MoreColegiata de Toro, interior dome, Late 12th-early 13th century, Romanesque architecture, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Martin serves as Bishop of Tours. Here he performs the Eucharistic Mass.
View MoreDetail: Modern glass with symbols of Julian.
View MoreReims Cathedral, jamb figures, 13th century, High Gothic sculpture, France. Done in the ""Elegant Style"" with an exaggerated sway and heavy drapery. This style is associated with the reign of Louis IX. Reims was the coronation church of...
View MoreHuman-headed bird and scrolls capital; Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca. Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Preparing Becket's body for burial.
View MoreLocated near the vegetable market. Originally a hermitage and the oldest church in Santiago, Galicia, Spain. Rebuilt by Gelmirez in 1122 with additions in the 14th century and restored in the 18th century. .
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, vaulting and piers in the transept, Henry Yvele, Perpendicular Style, 1480's, Late Gothic architecture, England.
View MoreReims Cathedral, upper west facade, row of kings and saints, 13th century, High Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, St. Catherine of Alexandria Window, Nave, north wall, second bay, 12th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreColegiata de Toro, central apse and the tower that contains the dome over the transept crossing, Late 12th-early 13th century, Romanesque architecture, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Vine scroll decoration.
View MoreDetail of the apex of the tympanum of the Door of the Clock, north transept portal with the Death of the Virgin.
View MoreExeter Cathedral nave. Note elaborate lierne vaults. 1258-1400, Decorated Style, Gothic architecture, England.
View MoreSainte Chapelle, stained glass, choir chapel with altar, Rayonnant Style, Louis IX, Gothic, Paris, France, 13th century
View MoreCapital with offerings of Abel (left with cattle) and Cain (right with sheaf of wheat). God accepts Abel's offer with a pointing hand.
View MoreEly Cathedral, window tracery, Lady Chapel dating to the 1321-1340s.
View MoreCapital with bird and acanthus leaves; Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca. Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreDetail: St. Vincent beaten.
View MoreNote dome of scale-like stone slabs with four corner turrets. Scale-like roof tiles are characteristic of the Romanesque in the Leon region.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, St. Peter Window, Choir, north wall, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreReims Cathedral, jamb figures of saints, 13th century, High Gothic sculpture, France.ote the palm leaf held by figure on the left. Reims was the coronation church of the French monarchy.
View MoreDetail: Three Magi following the star to Bethlehem.
View MoreJumieges Abbey, nave, Anglo-Norman Romanesque and Gothic architecture. Consecrated in the presence of William the Conqueror in 1067. Once regarded as a model for monasteries, it was known for its works among the poor. The church would...
View MoreDetail: Dove flies among fire that rains down from the heavens.
View MoreCorbel figures of Archangel chasing Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden.
View MoreNave looking east with quadripartite vaults and engaged columns.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba; detail of roundel from the ""Biblia Pauperum"" (I) window, north aisle of the choir, Gothic stained glass, late 12th century, England.
View MoreColegiata de Toro, north transept portal, outer archivolt shows Christ and the 24 Elders, Late 12th-early 13th century, Romanesque architecture and sculpture, Spain
View MoreNotre Dame de Paris, Last Judgment, Detail of tympanum sculpture of the central portal on west facade, after 1200, High Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreDetail: Vincent tortured. Fragmentary glass.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, Passion and Infancy Windows, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MorePortal, west facade; Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca. Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreSt. Denis, basilica, Labors of the Months, west facade, central portal, jamb reliefs, c. 1135-1140, Early Gothic sculpture, France. Main burial site for French royalty.
View MoreLooking out to the front courtyard through the lobed arch on the lower left facade. Originally a mosque dating to 999, it was refurbished by Christians sometime after the conquest by Alfonso VI in 1085. the building became a church in the...
View MoreDetail: Catherine's soul being accepted into heaven by Christ, flanked by two angels.
View MoreKing's College Chapel, Cambridge, nave interior with organ, Perpendicular Gothic style architecture, England. Founded in 1441 by Henry VI, with further additions paid for by Henry VII in 1508 and Henry VIII in 1544. Note fan vaults.
View MoreWooden choir stalls (detail), installed 1305-1310.ote ogee arches, gables, and crockets.
View MoreNine square vaults compose the ceiling of the mosque, each unique in design. Originally a mosque dating to 999, it was refurbished by Christians sometime after the conquest by Alfonso VI in 1085. the building became a church in the 12th...
View MoreDetail: Virgin and Child, remnant glass, grisaille.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, nave looking east, Henry Yvele, Perpendicular Style, 1480's, Late Gothic architecture, England.
View MoreDetail: Eustace farming.
View MoreAngels playing instruments, angelic choir, archivolts, portal, west facade.
View MoreDetail: Angels.
View MoreCharles the Bald founded this Benedictine Abbey in the 9th century. In the mid-11th century, a Romanesque church was built (repaired in 1125) and re-worked again in the Gothic style in the 14th century, with later additions during the...
View MoreDetail: Maurille casts demons into Hell.
View MoreDetail: Servants of Eustace and his family die of the plague. Eustace visits them in their sick bed.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Old Testament jamb figures including (from the left) Melchizedek, Abraham with Isaac, Moses, Samuel, and David, on the east side of the central portal of the north transept, c. 1205, High Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreThe only Galician Romanesque cloister to survive from this period. A large number of abaci are supported by two columns. Note stylized acanthus leaves on the capitals and ball flower decoration on the inner arches. .
View MoreColegiata de Toro, interior nave capital, Late 12th-early 13th century, Romanesque sculpture, Spain.
View MoreThis Benedictine Abbey was founded in the ninth century by Charles the Bald. In the mid-11th century, a Romanesque church was built (repaired in 1125) and re-worked again in the Gothic style in the 14th century, with later additions...
View MoreDetail: Eustace and family lose their wealth.
View MoreWest facade with portal (note absence of tympanum), oculus window, and bell chamber. This is a late Romanesque parish church, consecrated in 1182, has a single nave and a semi-circular apse.
View MoreSt. Denis, basilica, crossing of nave and transept, Rayonnant Style Gothic architecture, France, 13th century. Main burial site for French royalty.
View MoreLaon Cathedral, nave elevation near the crossing, begun c. 1160, Early Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreDetail: Becket and followers on a boat going into exile in France.
View MoreDetail: Men welcome Maurille to Tours.
View MoreThe first Cistercian foundation in Spain, Moreruela was founded in 1133 by Alfonso VII with the wish to put land into farm production in the southern part of his kingdom. While mostly Romanesque, there are some transitional elements of...
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, detail of Redemption Window (center), Corona Chapel, East End Corona I, detail of the Resurrection of Christ, Gothic stained glass, c. 1200-1207, England.
View MoreEly Cathedral, detail of arcade arches in nave with polychrome designs of stripes, vine scrolls, and chevrons.
View MoreDetail: Vincent's soul received into heaven.
View MoreNorth portal, corbel sculptures. Note lack of tympanum.
View MoreMan sleeping capital; Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca. Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, detail of Redemption Window, Joseph Lowered into the Pit (l), Sacrifice of Isaac (center), Daniel in Babylon (r), Gothic stained glass, c. 1200-1207, England.
View MoreDetail: Labors of the Months, October, Man knocking down acorns for the pigs to eat.
View MoreDetail: Martyrdom of Thomas Becket.
View MoreDetail: Catherine's soul accepted into heaven. Angel grasps shroud.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Royal Portal, central portal, Tympanum, Christ in Majesty with Four Evangelist Symbols, mid-12th century, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreReims Cathedral, interior sculpture and stained glass windows of west facade, 13th century, High Gothic sculpture and stained glass, France.ote the rose window in place of the tympanum.
View MoreCorbel figures of Abel being murdered (left) and Cain (right). Between them, facing towards Cain is a chicken (cowardice?) and on the other side of Abel is a dog (fidelity?).
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail of apex), Christ enthroned, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail: Looking down the nave towards the apse. Barrel vault of the nave with transverse arches. Columns with carved capitals flank the piers.
View MoreLincoln Cathedral, west facade, Early English Gothic architecture, 1192-1300, England. Tallest medieval tower in Europe.
View MoreSampson and the lion; Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca. Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreInterior sculpture detail Adam and Eve, San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo. The church and monastery, begun in 1477 and completed in 1504, mostly under the direction of the architect Juan Guas. One of the best examples of the Hispano-Flemish...
View MoreEagles on capital; Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca. Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreDetail: fragmented glass.
View MoreAngels playing instruments, angelic choir, archivolts, portal, west facade.
View MoreThis Benedictine Abbey was founded in the ninth century by Charles the Bald. In the mid-11th century, a Romanesque church was built (repaired in 1125) and re-worked again in the Gothic style in the 14th century, with later additions...
View MoreDetail: Julian casts out a demon and cures a crippled man.
View MoreSte. Foy, Conques, tympanum, Last Judgment. Condemned souls in Hell tormented by devils. .
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, Last Judgment of Christ, North Transept, rose window, 15th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail: Fall from the tower, devils and king.
View MoreAngels playing instruments, angelic choir, archivolts, portal, west facade.
View MoreDetail: Martyrdom of the converted empress.
View MoreAngels playing instruments, angelic choir, archivolts, portal, west facade.
View MoreInterior apse (St. Martin or Oil Chapel), which is the central radiating chapel, with 15th century reredoes with 54 scenes of the Life of Christ and the Virgin Mary by by several painters with Dello Delli as the Master Nicolas Florentino...
View MoreDetail: Censing angel; Martyrdom of Peter.
View MoreReims Cathedral, gargoyle, 13th century, High Gothic sculpture and architecture, France. Duck-faced dragon. Reims was the coronation church of the French monarchy.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Royal Portal, mid-12th century, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreThe monastery church of San Pedro de Roda was completed in 958 and consecrated in 1022. It combines Romanesque, Carolingian, and Mozarabic elements. In 1973 the road was barely passable and the immense complex seemed abandoned.
View MoreDetail: Becket's body prepared for burial.
View MoreDetail: Emperor bares his breast.
View MoreNotre Dame de Paris, detail of central rose window with figures of Virgin and Child flanked by angels on pedestals, west facade, c.1200-1225, High Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreThe Benedictine Monastery of Ripoll, originally founded in 880 by Count Wilfred the Hairy, using it to help repopulate the region after his conquest. It became the mausoleum for the Catalan counts and a center of learning with a...
View MoreDetail: Angels.
View MoreReims Cathedral, nave vaults, 13th century, High Gothic architecture, France. The nave measures 138.75 meters (approx. 455 ft) long and 30 meters (approx. 98 feet) wide.
View MoreDetail: Angel holds Christ's garb while Christ is baptized.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, Passion and Infancy Windows, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail: Roman general Eustace (previously Placidus) praying before the stag with a cross with Christ between its antlers. he converts to Christianity and changes his name to Eustace or ""fruitful.""
View MoreReims Cathedral, jamb figures of the Annunciation and Visitation, south side of the central portal, 13th century, High Gothic sculpture, France. Annunciate Virgin is done in the Severe Style, while the Annunciate Angel (Gabriel) is done in...
View More24 quatrefoils illustrate Biblical and apocryphal prophecies associated with the Queen of Sheba, the Three Magi, Solomon, and Herod. Beneath the Magi are six quatrefoils that show the search for Christ. .
View MoreDetail: Labors of the Months, February, monk warming himself by the fire.
View MoreLion and griffin capital; Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca. Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreArcade in lieu of usual facade, Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreMilan Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Milano), upper west facade, begun 1386 Gothic architecture, Milan, Italy.
View MoreDetail: Becket preaching to Henry II accompanied by crossbearer.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, St. Thomas Becket Window, Choir, east end, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail: Catherine debating.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, jamb figures on east side of north transept portal, Moses, Samuel, and David, c. 1204-1205, Early/High Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreThis Benedictine Abbey was founded in the ninth century by Charles the Bald. In the mid-11th century, a Romanesque church was built and re-worked again in the Gothic style in the 14th century, with later additions during the 17th century...
View MoreInterior dome on squinches over crossing.
View MoreDetail of socle figures under jamb figures (note drummer and wrestlers), south transept portal. Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, cloister garth detail. Romanesque door into the main church. .
View MoreNotre Dame de Paris, tympanum of St. Anne Portal, Enthroned Virgin and Child, south portal of west facade, before 1184, High Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreDetail: (bl) Becket confronts Henry II (br) Becket goes into Exile; (c) Becket returns from exile.
View MoreSouth side with buttresses, gargoyles, square crossing tower, and apse. Note lack of tympanum.
View MoreInterior apse with ambulatory and oculus window.
View MoreDetail: Catherine is stripped and beaten under orders from the Emperor Maxentius.
View MoreDetail: (l) Wheel breaks when Catherine touches it. Note God's hand instigating the breakage and Catherine prayers. (r) emperor Maxentius orders her execution by being broken on the wheel.
View MoreNote the radiating chapels and the corbels near the rooflines. The first Cistercian foundation in Spain, Moreruela was founded in 1133 by Alfonso VII with the wish to put land into farm production in the southern part of his kingdom. ...
View MoreReims Cathedral, nave looking east towards the choir, 13th century, High Gothic architecture, France. The nave measures 138.75 meters (approx. 455 ft) long and 30 meters (approx. 98 feet) wide.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Royal Portal, central portal, Tympanum, detail of Christ in Majesty, mid-12th century, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreDetail: Bringing the infant John the Baptist to the Temple.
View MoreEly Cathedral, pier of octagon crossing aglow with light from the windows.
View MoreNorth transept portal tympanum, Infancy Cycle and Legend of Theophilus, c. 1260.
View MoreNine square vaults compose the ceiling of the mosque, each unique in design. Originally a mosque dating to 999, it was refurbished by Christians sometime after the conquest by Alfonso VI in 1085. the building became a church in the 12th...
View MoreDetail: Crucifixion.
View MoreSt. Denis, basilica, Labors of the Months, west facade, central portal, jamb reliefs, c. 1135-1140, Early Gothic sculpture, France. Main burial site for French royalty.
View MoreView of apse towers of the Old Cathedral. Note dogtooth decoration around the arches and crockets crossing the rooflines. This particular Romanesque style is associated with Leon, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Julian preaches to King (tr); soldiers in castle (tl); Julian preaches against idols (bl); pagans worship a golden idol (br).
View MoreCloister of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo with entrance to the church. The church and monastery, begun in 1477 and completed in 1504, mostly under the direction of the architect Juan Guas. One of the best examples of the Hispano-Flemish...
View MoreDetail: Eustace praying before the stag with a cross between its antlers.
View MoreDetail: Labors of the Months, April, hawking.
View MoreDetail: Eustace and family on a sea voyage.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Four of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus doze as an angel censes them (above), below is mutilated, northeast chapel of the apse, 13th century, France.
View MoreNave bays, Toledo Cathedral. The Gothic style was based on Bourges Cathedral.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, St. Thomas Becket Window, Choir, east end, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreApse and square apsidial chapel.
View MoreInterior apse. This is a late Romanesque parish church was consecrated in 1182.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, Third Typological Window, North Choir Aisle, n. XIV, Gothic stained glass, late 12th century, England. Made up of scenes taken from Typological Windows 3, 4, and 6 (n. XIV, n. XIII, and n. XII). Methuselah Master and...
View MoreDetail of apse tower of the Old Cathedral. Note dogtooth decoration around the arches and crockets covering the rooflines. This particular Romanesque style is associated with Leon, Spain.
View MoreNoyon Cathedral, north transept and choir with half-timbered building (chapter library) c. 1500, 1131-1230, Early and Late Gothic architecture, France. Note also the late 12th century treasury chamber with the rose window off the south...
View MoreDetail: Women approach to anoint the body (?)
View MoreDetail: Censing angels and Julian converting brigands.
View MoreCloister of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo. The church and monastery, begun in 1477 and completed in 1504, mostly under the direction of the architect Juan Guas. One of the best examples of the Hispano-Flemish Gothic style.
View MoreCrypt vaults. Begun in 1084, it was later added to in the 13th century.
View MoreDetail: Angels.
View MoreReims Cathedral, aisle quadripartite vaults, 13th century, High Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreMiddle lintel right - Theophilus repents and prays before the statue of the Virgin. The Virgin appears and forces the Devil to surrender Theophilus's charter.orth transept portal tympanum, Legend of Theophilus, c. 1260.
View MoreReims Cathedral, detail of rose window above central tympanum with gable sculpture of the Coronation of the Virgin, 13th century, High Gothic sculpture, architecture, stained glass, France. Reims was the coronation church of the French...
View MoreRelic and Reliquary of the Veil of the Virgin Mary, Chartres Cathedral, France, 13th-14th centuries..
View MoreDetail: St. Vincent in heaven enthroned flanked by angels.
View MoreSeveral modillions; Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca. Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, Second Typological Window, North Choir Aisle, n. XV Gothic stained glass, late 12th century, England. Including work by the Methuselah Master.
View MoreDetail: Maurille watches Martin cutting his cloak to share with a beggar.
View MoreDetail: Becket preaches to Henry II.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, detail of the capital frieze, Royal Portal, west facade, south portal, south side, c. 1145, Early Gothic sculpture, France. Iconography (from the left) Christ washing the feet of the apostles, Christ on the road to...
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, St. Julian of Le Mans Windows, Choir, east end, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail: Scenes from the life of Thomas Becket.
View MoreDetail: Lawrence blessed by the pope.
View MoreDetail: Royal ancestor of Christ, Tree of Jesse.
View MoreDetail: Henry II names Becket as Archbishop of Canterbury.
View MoreDetail: Maurille gives the tonsure to a new monk.
View MoreAdam and Eve eat the apple at the urging of the serpent in the Garden of Eden from Genesis.
View MoreKing's College Chapel, Cambridge, west facade, Perpendicular Gothic style architecture, England. Founded in 1441 by Henry VI, with further additions paid for by Henry VII in 1508 and Henry VIII in 1544.
View MoreDetail: St. Eustace holds his son.
View MoreDetail of Herod re-building the Second Temple. 24 quatrefoils illustrate Biblical and apocryphal prophecies associated with the Queen of Sheba, the Three Magi, Solomon, and Herod. .
View MoreReims Cathedral, interior of the choir, 13th century, High Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreTympanum of the Door of the Clock, north transept portal with images from the Life of Christ and the Death of the Virgin.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Royal Portal, central portal, Christ in Majesty with Four Evangelist Symbols, mid-12th century, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, 15th-choir screen with English kings, stone sculpture
View MoreCloister of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo with entrance to the church. The church and monastery, begun in 1477 and completed in 1504, mostly under the direction of the architect Juan Guas. One of the best examples of the Hispano-Flemish...
View MoreDetail: Labors of the months, scything.
View MoreNine square vaults compose the ceiling of the mosque, each unique in design. Originally a mosque dating to 999, it was refurbished by Christians sometime after the conquest by Alfonso VI in 1085. the building became a church in the 12th...
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, Tree of Jesse and Lawrence of Rome Windows, Choir, east end, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreNine square vaults compose the ceiling of the mosque, each unique in design. Originally a mosque dating to 999, it was refurbished by Christians sometime after the conquest by Alfonso VI in 1085. the building became a church in the 12th...
View MoreDetail of interior. Lobed trefoil arches near transept. Originally a mosque dating to 999, it was refurbished by Christians sometime after the conquest by Alfonso VI in 1085. the building became a church in the 12th century.
View MoreGroin vault over south side arch before the apse, 12th century. .
View MoreDetail: Horse from scene where Eustace prays before the stag with the cross between its antlers.
View MoreDetail: (l) Eustace refuses to worship a pagan idol while others including the Roman emperor Hadrian do so; (c) Hadrian condemns Eustace, his wife, and his sons to be roasted to death inside a bronze statue of aan ox, in the year AD 118...
View MoreNotre Dame de Paris, detail of central rose window with figures, west facade, c.1200-1225, High Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, Saint Maurille Windows, Choir, east end, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreMilan Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Milano), Madonnina's Spire. Created in the Gothic architectural style during the Baroque Period (1762) by Francesco Croce, measures 108.5 meters tall, Milan, Italy.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, Last Judgment of Christ, North Transept, rose window, 15th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail: Emperor Magnus Maximus listens to sinister figure on one side and his wife and daughter on the other side.
View MoreThe Benedictine Monastery of Ripoll, originally founded in 880 by Count Wilfred the Hairy, using it to help repopulate the region after his conquest. It became the mausoleum for the Catalan counts and a center of learning with a...
View MoreDetail: Knights consult.
View MoreDetail: (l) Burial of Thomas Becket; (r) Martyrdom of Thomas Becket; (c) Christ: on the Globe.
View MoreDetail: Christ blessing; Eloy and Queen Nanthild.
View MoreThe Bishop reads Theophilus's charter with the Devil aloud to the congregation. North transept portal tympanum, Infancy Cycle and Legend of Theophilus, c. 1260.
View MoreDetail: Creatures of the field, camel, stag, ox, lion.
View MoreDetail: Becket and followers on a boat leaving in exile to France.
View MoreReims Cathedral, jamb figures of the Presentation in the Temple by the Joseph Master, 13th century, High Gothic sculpture, France. Joseph, Mary, the priest Simon, and the prophetess Hannah. Done in the ""Elegant Style"" with an...
View MoreDetail: Martyrdom of Catherine (beheading).
View MoreDetail: Empress being martyred after her conversion (l) and Catherine being martyred (beheaded) (r).
View MoreThe Benedictine Monastery of Ripoll, originally founded in 880 by Count Wilfred the Hairy, using it to help repopulate the region after his conquest. It became the mausoleum for the Catalan counts and a center of learning with a...
View MoreDetail: Catherine being beaten under order of Maxentius (l) by a guard (r).
View MoreDetail: Vincent tortured. Fragmentary glass.
View MoreDetail: Scenes of the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Etienne (St. Stephen), North transept, window J, Saint Eustace Window, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail of the capital with figures at a table. Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Censing angel; Martyrdom of Peter.
View MoreThe Benedictine Monastery of Ripoll, originally founded in 880 by Count Wilfred the Hairy, using it to help repopulate the region after his conquest. It became the mausoleum for the Catalan counts and a center of learning with a...
View MoreNotre Dame de Paris, West facade, c. 1200-1225, High Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreGerona Cathedral, cloister capital, mermaid, Romanesque sculpture. Gerona Cathedral, consecrated 1038 and built throughout the 11th and 12th centuries. It was later re-designed Pere Sacoma in 1312, and later modifications including a...
View MoreLaon Cathedral, tympanum and archivolts the south portal of the west facade, with images of the Last Judgment with souls being welcomed into heaven and forced into hell, c. 1195-1205 with 19th century restorations, Early Gothic sculpture...
View MoreDetail: Martyrdom of Becket; saint with hand of God and wheel on the water.
View MoreDetail: Julian in prayer; heraldry.
View MoreCapital with Virgin and Child and Christ (full grown) with apostles. below are kings with foliage growing out of their beards.
View MoreView of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo. The church and monastery, begun in 1477 and completed in 1504, mostly under the direction of the architect Juan Guas, was originally planned to contain the tombs of the monarchs whose marriage unified...
View MoreThis Benedictine Abbey was founded in the ninth century by Charles the Bald. In the mid-11th century, a Romanesque church was built (repaired in 1125) and re-worked again in the Gothic style in the 14th century, with later additions...
View MoreWest portal with Christ enthroned and the Four Evangelists.
View MoreCoffered wooden Mudejar ceiling, San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo. The church and monastery, begun in 1477 and completed in 1504, mostly under the direction of the architect Juan Guas. One of the best examples of the Hispano-Flemish Gothic...
View MoreGerona Cathedral, consecrated 1038 and built throughout the 11th and 12th centuries. It was later re-designed Pere Sacoma in 1312, and later modifications including a Baroque facade. The Romanesque cloister and tower are decorated with...
View MoreThe Bishop reads Theophilus's charter with the Devil aloud to the congregation.orth transept portal tympanum, Legend of Theophilus, c. 1260.
View MoreInterior dome (on squinches) of crossing tower.
View MoreInterior dome on squinches over crossing.
View MoreDetail of interior capitals with Atlantids and gyrllus hybrid creatures biting their own tails.
View MoreDetail: Angel frees Peter (?) from prison.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, detail of Redemption Window, Anointing the body of Christ (bottom left), Jonah swallowed by the Whale (r), Gothic stained glass, c. 1200-1207, England.
View MoreDetail: Maurille conversing with Martin.
View MoreThe Benedictine Monastery of Ripoll, originally founded in 880 by Count Wilfred the Hairy, using it to help repopulate the region after his conquest. It became the mausoleum for the Catalan counts and a center of learning with a...
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail of center under the apex), the indifferent Levite, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail: One of Eustace's servants who dies of the plague.
View MoreDetail: Censing angels.
View MoreDetail: Labors of the Months, stomping grapes to make wine.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, St. Eloy (Eloi) Window, Choir, north wall, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreMounted knights and griffin capital; Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca. Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreReims Cathedral, detail of crockets, 13th century, High Gothic sculpture and architecture, France.ote the sun, the moon, grotesque faces, and flowers. Reims was the coronation church of the French monarchy.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Etienne (St. Stephen), North transept, window J, Saint Eustace Window, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail: Annunciation to Joseph and the Visitation.
View MoreDetail: Catherine's mother takes her to visit a hermit.
View MoreDetail of towers of the Old Cathedral. Note dogtooth decoration around the arches and crockets covering the rooflines. This particular Romanesque style is associated with Leon, Spain.
View MoreCarlisle Cathedral, East Window, c. 1340-60, illustrating the Last Judgment in the upper lights. The lower lights were done by John Hardman in 1861. .
View MoreDetail: Vincent was brought to trial along with his bishop Valerius. Since Valerius had a speech impediment, Vincent (in yellow here) spoke for both, but that his outspoken fearless manner so angered the governor that Vincent was tortured...
View MoreSt. Denis, basilica, west facade, central portal (Christ in majesty), c. 1135-1140, Early Gothic sculpture, France. 1136-1144 under Abbot Sugar with significant later 13th century additions and 19th century restorations, main burial site...
View MoreColegiata de Toro, north transept portal, outer archivolt shows Christ and the 24 Elders, Late 12th-early 13th century, Romanesque architecture and sculpture, Spain
View MoreCloister corridor (1389-1425) built by masters Rodrigo Alfonso and Alvar Martinez with quadripartite vaults.
View MoreDetail: Modern glass.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, St. Julian (Julien) of Le Mans Windows, Choir, east end, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, choir, 1175-1184, William of Sens and William the English, Early Gothic architecture, England.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, Third Typological Window, central roundel, Christ Among the Doctors, North Choir aisle, n. XIV, Methuselah Master, late 12th century, England
View MoreDetail of interior arcade with lobed arches and Visigothic capitals. Originally a mosque dating to 999, it was refurbished by Christians sometime after the conquest by Alfonso VI in 1085. the building became a church in the 12th century.
View MoreInterior apse (St. Martin or Oil Chapel), which is the central radiating chapel, with 15th century reredoes with 54 scenes of the Life of Christ and the Virgin Mary by several painters with Dello Delli as the Master. Nicolas Florentino...
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Les Belles verrieres windows (detail), 4th bay north aisle, nave, stained glass, 13th century, High Gothic, France.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, Third Typological Window, roundel, Miraculous Draught of Fishes, North Choir aisle, n. XIV, Methuselah Master, late 12th century, Early Gothic stained glass, England
View MoreView of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo. The church and monastery, begun in 1477 and completed in 1504, mostly under the direction of the architect Juan Guas. One of the best examples of the Hispano-Flemish Gothic style.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Kings and Queens, Royal Portal, west facade, south portal, south side jamb figures, c. 1145, Early Gothic sculpture, France. Portions of the center and right-hand figure were replaced by copies in the mid-twentieth...
View MoreThis Benedictine Abbey was founded in the ninth century by Charles the Bald. In the mid-11th century, a Romanesque church was built (repaired in 1125) and re-worked again in the Gothic style in the 14th century, with later additions...
View MoreDetail of interior chapel with inscriptions and heraldry honoring Spanish monarchs, San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo. The church and monastery, begun in 1477 and completed in 1504, mostly under the direction of the architect Juan Guas. One...
View MoreReims Cathedral, detail of towers, crockets, finials, 13th century , High Gothic architecture, France.ote teh weathered sculpture of Virgin and Child on top of spire. Reims was the coronation church of the French monarchy.
View MoreReims Cathedral, nave looking east towards the choir, 13th century, High Gothic architecture, France. The nave measures 138.75 meters (approx. 455 ft) long and 30 meters (approx. 98 feet) wide.
View MoreWindow in the interior west end of the arcade; Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca using the Romanesque-Mudejar style. Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Adoration of the Magi, Virgin and Child.
View MoreDetail: St. Maurille and St. Martin (?) watch men leave on horseback.
View MoreDetail: Christ blessing.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, Royal Portal, central portal, Tympanum, Christ in Majesty with Four Evangelist Symbols, mid-12th century, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreDetail: Royal ancestor of Christ, Tree of Jesse.
View MoreNotre Dame de Paris, south transept with rose window, after 1258, Rayonnant Style, Late Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreTympanum (cloister), now defaced showing the crucifixion(?).
View MoreDetail: Maurille attracted to city of Tours by Martin's good works.
View MoreWeighing of the Souls. Note how the demon cheats by pushing down on his side of the scale. .
View MoreWest facade with portal (note absence of tympanum), archivolts with roundel sculptures of animals, flowers, and abstract interlace partterns. This is a late Romanesque parish church, consecrated in 1182.
View MoreCharles the Bald founded this Benedictine Abbey in the 9th century. In the mid-11th century, a Romanesque church was built (repaired in 1125) and re-worked again in the Gothic style in the 14th century, with later additions during the...
View MoreDetail: Scenes of the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
View MoreHunter capital; Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca. Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, detail of Redemption Window (bottom), Corona Chapel, [T] Sacrifice of Isaac; [C] Crucifixion; [B] Joshua's Spies in Canaan (the Grapes of Eschol), Gothic stained glass, c. 1200-1207, England.
View MoreWest facade with portal (note absence of tympanum). This is a late Romanesque parish church, consecrated in 1182, has a single nave and a semi-circular apse.
View MoreDetail: Thomas Becket prays before an altar.
View MoreDetail: Maurille baptizes a follower.
View MoreDetail: Emperor Maxentius listens to Catherine debate.
View MoreThe Benedictine Monastery of Ripoll, originally founded in 880 by Count Wilfred the Hairy, using it to help repopulate the region after his conquest. It became the mausoleum for the Catalan counts and a center of learning with a...
View MoreRadiating chapel of the Old Cathedral.ote dogtooth decoration around the arches and crockets covering the rooflines. This particular Romanesque style is associated with Leon, Spain.
View MoreNotre Dame de Paris, Weighing of the Souls by the Archangel Michael and a Devil, Last Judgment, Detail of tympanum sculpture of the central portal on west facade, after 1200, High Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreDetail: Angel.
View MoreOriginally a mosque dating to 999, it was refurbished by Christians sometime after the conquest by Alfonso VI in 1085. the building became a church in the 12th century. Here its brick facade is decorated with a series of arches similar to...
View MoreNotre Dame de Paris, Coronation of the Virgin, tympanum of the north portal of the west facade, c. 1210, High Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreDurham Cathedral, wall painting of vine scroll.
View MoreDetail: Eloy shows two vessels made from the metal of one to King Dagobert.
View MoreSculpture over the central portal of the west facade. The building was begun in 1226 as a sort of a Mudejar Romanesque but finished in a clearly Gothic style based on Bourges Cathedral.
View MoreProphet menaced by monster; Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca. Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreNine square vaults compose the ceiling of the mosque, each unique in design. Originally a mosque dating to 999, it was refurbished by Christians sometime after the conquest by Alfonso VI in 1085. the building became a church in the 12th...
View MoreLaon Cathedral, detail of Coronation of the Virgin, tympanum sculpture, central portal of the west facade, c. 1200, Early-High Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreDetail: Catherine sees Christ (after being told of him by a hermit).
View MoreThe first Cistercian foundation in Spain, it was founded in 1133 by Alfonso VII with the wish to put land into farm production in the southern part of his kingdom. While mostly Romanesque, there are some transitional elements of the...
View MoreDetail: Christ at apex, Tree of Jesse.
View MoreTympanum of the Door of the Clock, north transept portal, Marriage at Cana, Baptistim of Christ, etc.
View MoreCorbel figures of archangel and Abel from Genesis.
View MoreNine square vaults compose the ceiling of the mosque, each unique in design. Originally a mosque dating to 999, it was refurbished by Christians sometime after the conquest by Alfonso VI in 1085. the building became a church in the 12th...
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail of apex), angel swings censer, Christ enthroned, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreSanta Maria Novella, Florence, begun 1246, nave view towards east, High Gothic architecture, Italy. A Dominican church.
View MoreCapital detail with lions sharing one head at the corner.
View MoreDetail of Centaur Capital on the arcade. Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca. Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, St. Eloy (Eloi) Window, Choir, north wall, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreLaon Cathedral, towers of the west facade, begun before 1200, Early Gothic architecture, France. Note sculpture of the cows.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, Lot's Wife Turned into a Pillar of Salt, detail of Second Typological Window, North Choir Aisle, n. XV, fourth register, Gothic stained glass, late 12th century, England. Including work by the Methuselah Master.
View MoreDetail: John the Baptist confronts Herod over his marriage to Herodius.
View MoreDetail: monks and king with courtiers.
View MoreDetail: Death of the saint with censing and praying angels.
View MoreDurham Cathedral, gallery arches in the nave (detail).ote dogtooth pattern.
View MoreSt. Denis, basilica, crossing of nave and transept, note elegant piers, Rayonnant Style Gothic architecture, France, 13th century. Main burial site for French royalty.
View MoreJumieges Abbey, nave looking towards the west end, Anglo-Norman Romanesque and Gothic architecture, France. Consecrated in the presence of William the Conqueror in 1067. Once regarded as a model for monasteries, it was known for its...
View MoreThe first Cistercian foundation in Spain, Moreruela was founded in 1133 by Alfonso VII with the wish to put land into farm production in the southern part of his kingdom. While mostly Romanesque, there are some transitional elements of...
View MoreDetail: Julian with fellow bishop; death of Julian, angel receives his soul.
View MoreCampo Santo (Sacred Field), Pisa, 1277-1464, Late Gothic architecture, Italy. porch within the ogival round-headed arches and busts adorn the top of the pilasters. Supposed to contain soil brought back from the Holy Land, from the site of...
View MoreDetail of interior capitals with stylized Corinthian leaves and a Green Man (with leaves emerging from his mouth) and a Green (?) Cow with the same.
View MoreDetail: Christ debates the Elders in the Temple.
View MoreDetail of capital: lions.
View MoreThe first Cistercian foundation in Spain, Moreruela was founded in 1133 by Alfonso VII with the wish to put land into farm production in the southern part of his kingdom. While mostly Romanesque, there are some transitional elements of...
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail), the robbers strip the traveler of his clothing, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreColegiata de Toro, interior dome on squinches, Late 12th-early 13th century, Romanesque architecture, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Saint Lawrence.
View MoreDetail: Lawrence shows the treasures of the Church (the crippled and the poor) to the Prefect that demanded its wealth.
View MoreLower lintel center, Presentation in the Temple.orth transept portal tympanum, Infancy Cycle, c. 1260.
View MoreReims Cathedral, Angel by the Joseph Master, 13th century , High Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreDetail: Monks conversing.
View MoreDetail: Eloy catches and torments a demon by his nose.
View MoreJumieges Abbey, transept, Anglo-Norman Romanesque and Gothic architecture, France. Consecrated in the presence of William the Conqueror in 1067. Once regarded as a model for monasteries, it was known for its works among the poor. The...
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, St. Martin Windows, Choir, east end, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail: Eustace visits his servants who are dying from the plague.
View MoreAngel Awakes the Three Magi, Capital Sculpture from Coulombs, France, 12th century, Collection: Louvre Museum,
View MoreThe first Cistercian foundation in Spain, Moreruela was founded in 1133 by Alfonso VII with the wish to put land into farm production in the southern part of his kingdom. While mostly Romanesque, there are some transitional elements of...
View MoreChartres Cathedral, socle figures from the south portal socle figures of the inner three figures on the left jamb of the Martyr's Portal (left porch), 12th century, Early Gothic sculpture, France. They are under St Stephen (a Jew with...
View MoreNorth transept portal tympanum, view from below, Infancy Cycle and Legend of Theophilus, c. 1260.
View MoreLaon Cathedral, tympanum and archivolts the south portal of the west facade, with images of the Last Judgment with souls being welcomed into heaven and forced into hell, c. 1195-1205 with 19th century restorations, Early Gothic sculpture...
View MoreDetail: Capital to the left of the archivolts with unhappy bearded men crouched beneath interlace patterns.
View MoreDetail: Baptism.
View MoreNotre Dame de Paris, detail of the Coronation of the Virgin, tympanum sculpture of the north portal on west facade, c. 1210, High Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreGerona Cathedral, cloister capital, figures carrying wine casket. Gerona Cathedral, consecrated 1038 and built throughout the 11th and 12th centuries. It was later re-designed Pere Sacoma in 1312, and later modifications including a...
View MoreDetail: Thomas Becket prays before altar as Christ appears and blesses him.
View MoreDetail: Knights leave to kill Becket.
View MoreAngel Awakes the Three Magi, Capital Sculpture from Coulombs, France, 12th century, Collection: Louvre Museum.
View MoreThe cloister is composed of four different styles, each occupying two and a half sections adjacent to a corner. San Juan de Duero, (aka San Juan Arcos de Duero). Former monastery of the Knights of Saint John, built in the 12th century with...
View MoreAmiens Cathedral, interior aisle, 13th century (begun 1220), High Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreCorbel figures of the offerings of Cain and Abel.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, St. Catherine of Alexandria Window, Nave, north wall, second bay, 12th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreView of Old and New Cathedrals. Romanesque style is associated with Leon, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Saint blesses donor (?) in a winter landscape.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, Tree of Jesse Window, Corona Chapel, n. III, Gothic stained glass, early 13th century, England.
View MoreDetail: Becket and followers on a boat going into exile in France.
View MoreCapitals with lions, flowers, pinecones, and acanthus leaves.
View MoreDetail: Martin (as bishop) heals a crippled man.
View MoreDetail of thoughtful Evangelist sculpture of Mark on the corner of the crossing standing on a grotesque (later?) head of an angry lion (which looks like a dog).
View MoreCarlisle Cathedral, East Window, c. 1340-60, illustrating the Last Judgment in the upper lights. Here is a detail of the Hellmouth. The lower lights were done by John Hardman in 1861.
View MoreNotre Dame de Paris, Coronation of the Virgin tympanum, north portal of the west facade, c. 1210, High Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreDetail: Preparing body of Becket for burial with Edward Grim, crossbearer.
View MoreDetail: Scenes of the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
View MoreLower lintel left, Nativity.orth transept portal tympanum, Infancy Cycle, c. 1260.
View MoreDetail: Becket praying at altar when Christ appears.
View MoreDetail of Centaur Capital on the arcade; Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca. Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreAngers Cathedral, St. Maurice, Saint Maurille Windows, Choir, east end, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreLaon Cathedral, tympanum and archivolts the north portal of the west facade, with images of the Enthroned Virgin and Child with the Three Magi and Joseph, c. 1195-1205 with 19th century restorations, Early Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreCorbel figures of God chastising Adam and Eve.
View MoreEagle and snake capital; Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca. Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreMain portal (under the tower) with tympanum image of the Descent from the Cross, surrounded by the Elders of the Apocalypse (in the archivolts). On the left is a beast eating a mixed creature (human and reptile) and a horseman crushing a...
View MoreDetail: (l) Eustace refuses to worship a pagan idol while others including the Roman emperor Hadrian do so; (c) Hadrian condemns Eustace, his wife, and his sons to be roasted to death inside a bronze statue of aan ox, in the year AD 118...
View MoreDetail: Martin (?) and mother and child.
View MoreInterior polygonal apse vaulting with squinches, San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo. The church and monastery, begun in 1477 and completed in 1504, mostly under the direction of the architect Juan Guas. One of the best examples of the...
View MoreThe Benedictine Monastery of Ripoll, originally founded in 880 by Count Wilfred the Hairy, using it to help repopulate the region after his conquest. It became the mausoleum for the Catalan counts and a center of learning with a...
View MoreGerona Cathedral, consecrated 1038 and built throughout the 11th and 12th centuries. It was later re-designed Pere Sacoma in 1312, and later modifications including a Baroque facade.
View MoreWest facade, south portal, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreThe building was begun in 1226 as a sort of a Mudejar Romanesque but finished in a clearly Gothic style based on Bourges Cathedral.
View MoreDetail: Dove appears as Maurille is consecrated by Martin.
View MoreCanterbury Cathedral, detail of Redemption Window, , Anointing the body of Christ (right), Gothic stained glass, c. 1200-1207, England.
View MoreDetail of Griffin capital in the arcade. Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca. Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, north transept portal with tympanum sculpture of the Triumph of Mary, c. 1205, High Gothic sculpture, France.
View MoreThe first Cistercian foundation in Spain, Moreruela was founded in 1133 by Alfonso VII with the wish to put land into farm production in the southern part of his kingdom. While mostly Romanesque, there are some transitional elements of...
View MoreView of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo. The church and monastery, begun in 1477 and completed in 1504, mostly under the direction of the architect Juan Guas. One of the best examples of the Hispano-Flemish Gothic style.
View MoreDetail: Presentation of Samuel in the Temple. Canterbury Cathedral, Second Typological Window, North Choir Aisle, n. XV, 17, Gothic stained glass, late 12th century, England. Including work by the Methuselah Master.
View MoreNote pointed arch barrel vault. The first Cistercian foundation in Spain, Moreruela was founded in 1133 by Alfonso VII with the wish to put land into farm production in the southern part of his kingdom. While mostly Romanesque, there are...
View MoreCapital with Virgin and Child flanked by apostles and below a king with foiliage growing out of his beard.
View MoreNotre Dame de Paris, view from the south tower of the west facade overlooking the roof, 13th century, High Gothic architecture, France.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Etienne (St. Stephen), North transept, window J, Saint Eustace Window, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreRadiating chapel of the Old Cathedral. . Note dogtooth decoration around the arches and crockets covering the rooflines. This particular Romanesque style is associated with Leon, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Maurille calls down fire from heaven on a pagan temple near Angers.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Sts. Peter and Paul Window, Apse, window 26, section 1, apex, stained glass, 14th century, France.
View MoreDetail: Followers of John the Baptist listen to him preach with his symbolic lamb above.
View MoreCapital of Arcade with two-bodied lion; Parish Church of San Julian and Santa Basilisa, from 1186, by Juan de Piasca. Rebolledo de la Torre, Province of Burgos, Spain.
View MoreSan Martin de Sobran, west facade, c. 1100. Romanesque, Villajuan, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreEvangelische Peterskirche, corbel figure (Luxuria?), Bacherach, Rhineland, c. 1230/40, with 15th century renovations and modern paint, giving a wonderful sense of how all these buildings once looked.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Sts. Peter and Paul Window, Apse, window 26, section 3, Paul performing miracle, Paul preaching , stained glass, 14th century, France.
View MoreDetail of the central tympanum, Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreWest facae, Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreFormer doorway, north side, Romanesque, Church at Caldas de Reis (Reyes), probably 11th or 12th century, Romanesque, built (perhaps) to replace the church destroyed by Almanzor. The west portal, north side, and apse are Romanesque, while...
View MoreMiddle portion, Sens Cathedral, St. Etienne, apse window L, Good Samaritan Window, 13th century, Gothic, stained glass, France.
View MoreIsenheim Altarpiece, by Matthias Grunewald (Mathis Gothart Neithart), detail of lower right corner of middle position panel, 1515, oil on wood panel, Musee d'Unterlinden (a 13th century Dominican monastery), Colmar, France. The paper...
View MoreCrossing tower dome on squinches, reconstructed in the 19th century.
View MoreArchivolts right portal, Master Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Late 12th century, Romanesque.
View MoreJoseph and Potipher's Wife, Rouen Cathedral, Joseph window, apse, window 17, c. 1220-1230, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of jamb figures of saints, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreDetail: Resurrected male soul and devil making mischief. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreDeath of the Virgin, right (south) tympanum, Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Sts. Peter and Paul Window, Apse, window 26, section 1, apex stained glass, 14th century, France. The veil is given by St. Paul, St. Paul's soul arrives in heaven accompanied by two angels.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, view of crossing and choir vaults, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreCoronation of the Virgin, right (south) tympanum, Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreIsenheim Altarpiece, by Matthias Grunewald (Mathis Gothart Neithart), detail of Christ's feet from the Crucifixion, 1515, oil on wood panel, Musee d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France
View MoreRouen Cathedral, St. Vincent Window, north aisle, top roundel, 13th century with modern additions. The emperor orders the torture of St.Vincent. He is advised by a devil holding a pitchfork (on the right); St. Vincent (Laurence?) attached...
View MoreArcade arch with colored voussoirs, Palatine Chapel, c. 800, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Organ and Lute, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreMosteiro (monastery), west facade, c. 1100, Romanesque, Meis, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, Cruceiros,18th century, by sculptor Xose Cerviio (Pepe da Pena), Late Baroque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail: middle portion.
View MoreMaster Mateo, detail of sculptures flanking the Puerta Santa, 12th century, Romanesque, removed from stone choir stalls in the 17th century.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of lower west facade, 1248-16th century, towers completed 1842-1880, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreThe prophetic dreams of Joseph.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of choir buttresses, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreFlying buttresses, south side. Flying buttresses, south side, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. Architects: Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, and Renaud de Cormont. .
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center.
View MoreSan Isidoro Basilica (aka the Royal Collegiate Church of St. Isidore of Seville), c. 1160, South side, which is the main entrance of San Isidoro; the west end was built against the Roman city wall, Romanesque, Leon, Spain.
View MoreDetail of the foot, Reliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreDetail: Expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Angel chases out Adam and Eve with a sword.
View MoreDetail the apex.
View MoreAltar of St. James, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, West facade, 18th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MorePorta Negra, detail inside gate, c. 180, Late Antique, Roman Empire, built to keep Celts out of city of Trier, one of the main Roman capitals. The builders used stone blocks without mortar, clamping them together with iron clamps. ...
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Tambourine, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreDetail: John the Baptist. Above second set of lancet windows from the left.
View MoreOctagonal chapter house, begun after c. 1275 is supported by a central column.
View MoreDetail: Angel holding two crowns at apex of window.
View MoreCapitals on the facade of the Church of Santiago, Villafranca, c. 1200, Romanesque, Villafranca del Bierzo (Leon), on the Galician Road to Santiago de Compostela (end of the 10th stage of the journey in Spain). While technically in Leon...
View MoreDetail of bottom ofleft portal tympanum: note organ, its bellows, and singing. Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MorePorta Negra, detail of upper facade, c. 180, Late Antique, Roman Empire, built to keep Celts out of city of Trier, one of the main Roman capitals. The builders used stone blocks without mortar, clamping them together with iron clamps. ...
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Organ, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreDetail: the Flagellation of Christ.
View MoreCharlemagne's throne, c. 800, gallery of Palatine Chapel, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreDetail: Idol of the Golden Calf.
View MoreSan Marcos, former Mother House of the Military/Religious Order of Santiago. Built in the 12th century (Romanesque), rebuilt in the Plateresque Style 1513-1539 by Juan de Badajoz, left portal tympanum, Leon, Spain.
View MoreDetail of the archivolt, Four and Twenty Elders playing instruments with censing angel; Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Magi before the Virgin and Child (Adoration of the Magi).
View MoreReliquary Shrine of the Three Kings, Cologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, Germany, gold, silver, enamel, gems, 13th century, largest reliquary in the western world.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, view towards the choir, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreSan Martin de Sobran, capital of engaged column on the apse, c. 1100. Romanesque, Villajuan, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Organ, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Sts. Peter and Paul Window, Apse, window 26, section 2, a young Roman listening to Paul's sermon sits on the edge of a high window, where he falls and dies; Paul then resurrects the young man, stained glass, 14th century...
View MoreAmbulatory capitals, north side, Santiago de Compostela, 12th century, Romanesque, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreCanero mistico on the peak of the apse gable, Church at Caldas de Reis (Reyes), probably 11th or 12th century, Romanesque, built (perhaps) to replace the church destroyed by Almanzor. The west portal, north side, and apse are Romanesque...
View MoreBaptismal Font, Real Monasterio de Armenteira (Armentera). Note the name of the church inscribed and the classically-inspired columns in the base. First built by the Cistercians c. 1160 with their usual ban on ornamentation. The style is...
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, facade and base of the Cruceiros, 12th century, Romanesque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Chapel of St. Eloi (Eloy), Saint Eloi, mid-15th century, Guillaume Barbe (Glass Master), France.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Lute, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreDetail of Reliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreDetail: Jews discussing the problem of St. Stephen's words.
View MoreSantiago de Compostela, West facade View, 18th century, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of buttresses and pinnacles, 1248-16th century, towers completed 19th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, nave, 12th century, Romanesque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreFelines, Santiago de Compostela, ambulatory capitals, north side. 12th century, Romanesque.
View MoreDetail: Men behind crenelations.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Organ, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreEvangelische Peterskirche, bird corbel figure, Bacherach, Rhineland, c. 1230/40, with 15th century renovations and modern paint, giving a wonderful sense of how all these buildings once looked.
View MoreCrypt, Ithamar Chapel. Western bays of the crypt by Gundulf.
View MoreMiddle of the window. Top left: During a stormy night, Julian hears a voice calling from the other side of the river. His wife urges him to get up. Top center: Julian crosses the river made turbulent by the storm. Top right: On the...
View MoreReliquary Monstrance of St. Sebastian, 19th century, gold, rock crystal, gems, Treasury of Cologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, Germany
View MoreSan Isidoro Basilica (aka the Royal Collegiate Church of St. Isidore of Seville), c. 1160, South side, which is the main entrance of San Isidoro; the west end was built against the Roman city wall, left portal with archivolts, tympanum...
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of tower, 1248-16th century, towers completed 1842-1880, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Blows Horn, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreTombstone of Otto III, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreAbbey Church of St. Denis, interior facing ast towards apse, begun 1140-1144 (completed c. 1231-1281). St. Denis (Seine-Saint Denis, Ile-de-France, France).
View MoreNorwich Cathedral, transept entrance (detail).
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Etienne (St. Stephen), Choir, Window B, Passion Cycle Window, 13th century, Gothic, stained glass, France.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreSan Martin de Sobran, archivolts and tympanum of portal, west facade, c. 1100. Romanesque, Villajuan, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreElijah meeting Widow of Zarephath.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of lower right west facade, 1248-16th century, towers completed 1842-1880, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Playing the Kettle Drums, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreApex of window. Sens Cathedral, St. Etienne (St. Stephen), apse, Window K, Bay 17, 13th century, Prodigal Son Window, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail of Ox of Luke, Reliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreSan Isidoro Basilica (aka the Royal Collegiate Church of St. Isidore of Seville), c. 1160, South side, which is the main entrance of San Isidoro; the west end was built against the Roman city wall, right portal, tympanum sculpture with...
View MorePassover.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Blows Horn, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreApse, Castrelos, , consecrated in 1216. Located in Vigo in the Province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreSan Marcos, former Mother House of the Military/Religious Order of Santiago. Built in the 12th century (Romanesque), rebuilt in the Plateresque Style 1513-1539 by Juan de Badajoz, chapel of the right end of the facade, Leon, Spain.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of transept (exterior), 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of buttresses and transept, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of tower tracery (interior), 1248-16th century, towers completed 1842-1880, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreDetail: Story of Moses surrounding the priest and the Levite passing the Jewish man.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Blows Horn and Plays Drum, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of crossing pier, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreMaster Mateo, sculptures flanking the Puerta Santa, 12th century, Romanesque, removed from choir stalls in the 17th century.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreSaints (male and female) on the soccle supporting the Vierge Doree, south transept trumeau, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreNave, Santiago de Compostela, 12th century, Romanesque, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, central portal, west facade, tympanum, left jamb figures and archivolts, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreDetail of man of Matthew, Reliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, top of the Cruceiros with image of Deposition,18th century, by sculptor Xose Cerviio (Pepe da Pena), Late Baroque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreCorbel figures/modillions on the exterior of the apse, Church at Caldas de Reis (Reyes), probably 11th or 12th century, Romanesque, built (perhaps) to replace the church destroyed by Almanzor. The west portal, north side, and apse are...
View MoreApse and roof of La Lanzada Hermitage, Spain.ote the carved corbels/modillions and the skull and cross bones (symbolizing the old Adam) surmounted by the cross (the new Adam of Christ). Romanesque style, but built well into the Gothic...
View MoreFigures, scrolls, Santiago de Compostela, ambulatory capitals, north side, 12th century, Romanesque.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of choir buttresses, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreApocalypse Tapestry, Chateau d'Angers, earliest surviving warp tapestry, originally depicted the entire story of the Apocalypse. Each tapestry consisted of seven wall hangings showing seated figures and fourteen panels (alternating red and...
View MoreApocalypse Tapestry, Chateau d'Angers, earliest surviving warp tapestry, originally depicted the entire story of the Apocalypse. Each tapestry consisted of seven wall hangings showing seated figures and fourteen panels (alternating red and...
View MoreChoir screen detail, bishop saint, 15th century, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), .
View MoreStrasbourg Cathedral, central portal, west facade,1176-1439, High-Late Gothic, Erwin von Steinbach, Ulrich von Ensingen, Johannes Holtz (major architects), at 142 meters, it is one of the tallest churches in the world, Strasbourg, France.
View MoreRound windows in the apse, Castrelos, Church of Santa Maria, consecrated in 1216. Located in Vigo in the Province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Christ as ruler of the world. Note globe divided into the T and O map.
View MorePorta Negra, detail of facade, c. 180, Late Antique, Roman Empire, built to keep Celts out of city of Trier, one of the main Roman capitals. The builders used stone blocks without mortar, clamping them together with iron clamps. Simeon...
View MoreReal Monasterio de Armenteira, Spain. First built by the Cistericans c. 1160 with their usual ban on ornamentation. The style is a transition between Romanesque and Gothic. The church, except for its modern altar and cloister (redone in...
View MoreStone mason's mark, Castrelos, Church of Santa Maria, consecrated in 1216. Located in Vigo in the Province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Virtues including Justice and Fidelity.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Sts. Peter and Paul Window, Apse, window 26, near the top, stained glass, 14th century, France. Paul walks to his martyrdom accompanied on the left, by a guard with a sword at his side. He meets Platilde, on the right, who...
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Etienne (St. Stephen), Choir, Window B, Passion Cycle Window, 13th century, Gothic, stained glass, France.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Sts. Peter and Paul Window, Apse, window 26, section 3, dispute of the gentiles and the Jews in front of Paul's house with Paul on the right, stained glass, 14th century, France.
View MoreNorth transept portal tympanum, Infancy Cycle and Legend of Theophilus, c. 1260. Lower lintel center, Presentation in the Temple.
View MoreArcade arch with colored voussoirs, Palatine Chapel, c. 800, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreDetail: Joseph (?) Annunication to Joseph(?). Upper image in second lancet window from the left.
View MoreReal Monasterio de Armenteira, Spain, view from Southwest. First built by the Cistercians c. 1160 with their usual ban on ornamentation. The style is transitional Romanesque to Gothic. The church, except for its modern altar and cloister...
View MoreDistant View of the Towers, Cologne Cathedral (Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary) Begun in 1248, towers finished 1842-80. Cologne, Germany.
View MoreDetail: Stephen leaving the city.
View MoreSan Isidoro Basilica (aka the Royal Collegiate Church of St. Isidore of Seville), c. 1160, South side, which is the main entrance of San Isidoro; the west end was built against the Roman city wall, left portal tympanum sculpture...
View MoreStrasbourg Cathedral, detail of Astronomical Clock, completed 1574 by Isaac Habrecht (1544-1620), after design by Conrad Dasypodius, mathematician at Strasbourg University. Strasbourg, France.
View MoreReal Monasterio de Armenteira, Spain, View from South/Southeast. First built by the Cistercians c. 1160 with their usual ban on ornamentation. The style is transitional Romanesque to Gothic. The church, except for its modern altar and...
View MoreView of nave towards west entrance, Coruxo (Castilian Corujo), Church of San Salvador, Vigo, Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain. A former monastery, it is documented as early as 1074. The triple apse is the only remaining Romanesque...
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, view of choir apse, heraldic glass,1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreWall and window tracery, interior, tower over the west entrance.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Blows Horn, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreReliquary shrine chasse, Limoges, France, end of 12th century, gold, silver gilt, enamels, Cathedral Treasury of Trier, Germany.
View MoreMaster Mateo, sculptures flanking the Puerta Santa, 12th century, Romanesque, removed from stone choir stalls in the 17th century, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreJulian takes the Devil across the river, as is his job. The black figure is the Devil and Julian is the glowing saintly figure.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreSculpture of Virgin in the sun, apse of Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreChoir (east end) Cologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, begun 1248, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreMain portal, Church at Caldas de Reis (Reyes), probably 11th or 12th century, Romanesque, built (perhaps) to replace the church destroyed by Almanzor. The west portal, north side, and apse are Romanesque, while the tower was added in the...
View MoreThe cloister is composed of four different styles, each occupying two and a half sections adjacent to a corner. San Juan de Duero, (aka San Juan Arcos de Duero). Former monastery of the Knights of Saint John, built in the 12th century with...
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Blowing a Trumpet, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreLa Lanzada Hermitage, Spain. The point with ruins of fortifications (probably a medieval castle) and the hermitage. Romanesque style, but built well into the Gothic period. It has long been (and still is) a goal of ""romerias,"" a...
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreSan Marcos, former Mother House of the Military/Religious Order of Santiago. Built in the 12th century (Romanesque), rebuilt in the Plateresque Style 1513-1539 by Juan de Badajoz, detail of Santiago Matamoros over the central portal, Leon...
View MoreArcade arch with colored voussoirs, Palatine Chapel, c. 800, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreDetail: The Annunciation with Archangel Gabriel and the Virgin Mary.
View MoreReliquary Arm of St. Anne, 15th Century, with 19th century additions, gold, silver, enamel, gems, Treasury of Trier Cathedral, Germany.
View MoreGero Crucifix, 970, polychromed wood, Cologne Cathedral
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail), Christ, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail of the capital with adorsed lions. Santo Domingo, Soria, Spain.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Tambourine, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreSens Cathedral, North transept rose window, 1516. 62 angelic musicians surrounding Christ in the center, Flamboyant Gothic, stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail: Mourning over the body of Christ.
View MoreTop portion. Sens Cathedral, St. Etienne, apse window L, Good Samaritan Window, 13th century, Gothic, stained glass, France.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, pillar of the Cruceiros with images of repentant Adam and Eve and atlantid angels,18th century, by sculptor Xose Cerviio (Pepe da Pena), Late Baroque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail of the central tympanum (center of the second level), Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Eustace, his wife and two children.
View MoreReliquary Drinking Bowl of St. Helena, Amethyst, 3-4th century, Gilt Silver, 14th century, Treasury of Trier Cathedral.
View MoreSan Isidoro Basilica (aka the Royal Collegiate Church of St. Isidore of Seville), c. 1160, South side, which is the main entrance of San Isidoro; the west end was built against the Roman city wall.ote sculpture of Santiago Matamoros at...
View MoreDetail: Christ before Pilate. Whispering crowd and Christ.
View MoreDetail: Crying woman emerges from tomb and pulls hair in shame. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreDetail: men talking on battlement.
View MoreStrasbourg Cathedral, gargoyles, north side,1176-1439, High-Late Gothic, Erwin von Steinbach, Ulrich von Ensingen, Johannes Holtz (major architects), at 142 meters, it is one of the tallest churches in the world, Strasbourg, France.
View MoreVera Cruz Templar church, view from the Alcazar, Segovia, Spain. Consecrated in 1208, Romanesque. Twelve-sided structure with a tower to the south, once claimed to hold a piece of the True Cross, hence, its name.
View MoreDetail: Crying man emerges from tomb. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MorePerpendicular window tracery. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.
View MoreJulian departs for war, armed as a knight with helmet, halberd and spear. He is accompanied by other warriors.
View MoreDetail: Blessed souls as intercessors. Note fur on St. John the Baptist. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of upper west facade, 1248-16th century, towers completed 1842-1880, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreCentral portal tympanum and archivolts, judgement theme. Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreDetail of inset marble and mosaic in arcade spandrel, Palatine Chapel, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreIn a last effort, the Devil tempt Julian and his wife, in their bed, to ""commit the sin of the flesh.""
View MoreJulian marries the widow of his lord.
View MoreVera Cruz Templar Church, view from the Alcazar, Segovia, Spain. Consecrated in 1208, Romanesque. Twelve-sided structure with a tower to the south, once claimed to hold a piece of the True Cross, hence, its name.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of buttresses and gargoyles, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Sts. Peter and Paul Window, Apse, window 26, section 2, one of the resurrected Roman's companions looks after him; with his renewed health, he is converted, stained glass, 14th century, France.
View MoreReliquary Monstrance of St. Sebastian, 19th century, gold, rock crystal, gems, Treasury of Cologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, Germany
View MoreGift of the Magi to enthroned Virgin and Child. Originally a hermitage and the oldest church in Santiago, Galicia, Spain. Portal dates from the 12th century with 14th century sculpture. Archivolts rest on two engaged columns in each jamb. ...
View MoreDetail: Israelites worshiping the golden calf idol, Moses with the tablets of the 10 Commandments (before he breaks them).
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of lower west facade, 1248-16th century, towers completed 1842-1880, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of jamb figures of saints with sculpted canopies and socles, 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreDetail: Christ before Pilate. Note devil whispering in Pilate's ear.
View MoreLooking down on the center and chandelier, Palatine Chapel, c. 800, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musicians, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Etienne (St. Stephen), apse window L, Good Samaritan Window, 13th century, Gothic, stained glass, France.
View MoreMosteiro (monastery), south side and apse, c. 1100, Romanesque, Meis, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail: Flight into Egypt.
View MoreDetail: the Nativity.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Playing the Zither, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreHerod, Magi, Virgin & Child, Left (north) tympanum, third level, Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreStrasbourg Cathedral, apse interior,1176-1439, High-Late Gothic, Erwin von Steinbach, Ulrich von Ensingen, Johannes Holtz (major architects), at 142 meters, it is one of the tallest churches in the world, Strasbourg, France.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Blows Horn, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of gallery-level west facade, 1248-16th century, towers completed 1842-1880, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreDetail of the mosaic inscription in spandrels of the arcade, Palatine Chapel, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Bells, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreChurch at Caldas de Reis (Reyes), West front SE view, probably 11th or 12th century, Romanesque, built (perhaps) to replace the church destroyed by Almanzor. The west portal, north side, and apse are Romanesque, while the tower was added...
View MorePassover and Slaying of the First Born.
View MoreChartres Cathedral, lower west facade, twelfth-thirteenth century, France.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Sts. Peter and Paul Window, Apse, window 26, section 1, Paul on the way to Damascus, his horse turns, then blinded, Paul is led to the city (note wall and gate) by one of his companions, stained glass, 14th century, France.
View MoreDetail: Becket goes into exile, fleeing England for France.
View MoreJulian takes the Devil across the river, as is his job. The black figure is the Devil and Julian is the glowing saintly figure.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, base of the Cruceiros with image of Eve eating the apple,18th century, by sculptor Xose Cerviio (Pepe da Pena), Late Baroque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDeath of the Virgin, lower level of right (south) tympanum, Master Enrique, Santa Maria de Leon Cathedral, 13th century, Gothic, Leon, Spain.
View MoreNow war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they were defeated and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, that...
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Organ, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreDetail: Jewish man abandoned by the side of the road. Note inscription ""Homo.""
View MoreDetail: Christ debating the Elders in the Temple
View MoreCurieux (curious ones), over tympanum arch. Here the figure roles back the stone (denying its density) to look out over the world. .
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreStrasbourg Cathedral, tympanum, central portal, west facade,1176-1439, High-Late Gothic, Erwin von Steinbach, Ulrich von Ensingen, Johannes Holtz (major architects), at 142 meters, it is one of the tallest churches in the world...
View MoreDetail: lower portion with lancet windows.
View MoreStrasbourg Cathedral, Astronomical Clock, completed 1574 by Isaac Habrecht (1544-1620), after design by Conrad Dasypodius, mathematician at Strasbourg University. Strasbourg, France.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Joseph window, apse, window 16, section 6 (lower), c. 1220-1230, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreDetail: Discussing the problem of Stephen's words with the king.
View MoreTrumeau of central portal, , Master Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Late 12th century, Romanesque.
View MoreDecorative detail, Reliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreMermaids, Santiago de Compostela, ambulatory capitals, north side. 12th century, Romanesque.
View MoreBottom: Jacob: shown Coat of Joseph; Joseph: Brethren conspiring; Joseph: cast into Pit,
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail), the priest after giving his speech, continues on his way, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreReliquary Monstrance of St. Sebastian, 19th century, gold, rock crystal, gems, Treasury of Cologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, Germany
View MoreMaster Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, 1168-1188, Romanesque, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreDetail of ox of Luke, Reliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreArchivolts of left portal, Master Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Late 12th century, Romanesque.
View MoreDetail: Red devil tormenting souls. Constructed by master stonemason Martin Chambiges.
View MoreDetail: God (Christ) in the burning bush addressing Moses.
View MoreReliquary bust of Charlemagne, 1349. Gold, gems, enamel. Treasury of Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MorePortal of Church at Portomarin. A dam and reservoir on the Mino river covered the original town of Portomarin, Spain. Its Romanesque church was relocated. On the Galician Road to Santiago de Compostela.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Joseph window, apse, window 17, c. 1220-1230, Gothic stained glass, France.
View MoreEly Cathedral, wooden vaulting in side chapel. 13th century?
View MoreOblique view, Master Mateo, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Late 12th century, Romanesque.
View MoreSan Martin de Sobran, window above portal, west facade, c. 1100. Romanesque, Villajuan, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musicians and Colorful Angels, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreNorth side, Coruxo (Castilian Corujo), Church of San Salvador, Vigo, Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain. A former monastery, it is documented as early as 1074. The triple apse is the only remaining Romanesque portion.
View MoreSan Martin de Sobran, window on the apse, c. 1100. Romanesque, Villajuan, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain, architecture
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, portal sculpture,12th century, Romanesque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreMoses and the Brazen Serpent.
View MoreSan Andres De Hio Church, nave wall towards apse, 12th century, Romanesque, Hio, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreStrasbourg Cathedral, lower center west facade,1176-1439, High-Late Gothic, Erwin von Steinbach, Ulrich von Ensingen, Johannes Holtz (major architects), at 142 meters, it is one of the tallest churches in the world, Strasbourg, France.
View More62 angelic musicians surround Christ in the center of the rose window.
View MoreArchivolt detail (note man blowing the shofar), south transept portal, Amiens Cathedral (Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens), built 1220-36. .
View MoreDetail: Apex of the window.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreView of the gallery, Palatine Chapel, c. 800, Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musicians, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreApocalypse Tapestry, Chateau d'Angers, earliest surviving warp tapestry, originally depicted the entire story of the Apocalypse. Each tapestry consisted of seven wall hangings showing seated figures and fourteen panels (alternating red and...
View MoreDetail of Reliquary Sandal of St. Andrew, Trier Cathedral Treasury, 977-93, Ottonian/Romanesque, metalwork, gold, silver, enamel, gems.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Joseph Window, Window 16, 13th century, Gothic stained glass, France
View MoreCapitals on the facade of the Church of Santiago, Villafranca, with Magi on horseback and the Crucifixion. c. 1200, Romanesque, Villafrance del Bierzo (Leon), on the Galician Road to Santiago de Compostela (end of the 10th stage of the...
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, detail of buttresses and gargoyles, 1248-16th century, towers completed 19th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreDetail of chest of reliquary bust of Charlemagne, 1349. Treasury of Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany.
View MoreApocalypse Tapestry, Chateau d'Angers, earliest surviving warp tapestry, originally depicted the entire story of the Apocalypse. Each tapestry consisted of seven wall hangings showing seated figures and fourteen panels (alternating red and...
View MoreApses, Real Monasterio de Armenteira (Armentera), Spain. First built by the Cistercians c. 1160 with their usual ban on ornamentation. The style is transitional Romanesque to Gothic. The church, except for its modern altar and cloister...
View MoreCologne (Koln) Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Mary, jamb figures of saints (St. Simon the Zealot? on left), 1248-16th century, High Gothic, Cologne, Germany.
View MoreReliquary of Nail of Christ, 977-993, gold, enamel, gems, Ottonian/Romanesque, Treasury of Trier Cathedral
View MoreMosteiro (monastery), detail of corbel figure of beast (modillion) and interlace capital, apse, c. 1100, Romanesque, Meis, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreSens Cathedral, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Angelic Musician Plays Harmonica, detail of north transept rose window, Flamboyant Gothic stained glass, early 16th century, France.
View MoreSan Martin de Sobran, corbel figures (modillions) on the apse, c. 1100. Romanesque, Villajuan, Salnes area of Pontevedra Province, Galicia, Spain.
View MoreHereford Cathedral, nave looking towards the apse, 1079-16th century, Romanesque/Early English Style, Hereford, England.
View MoreFront entrance with sculpted portal, Romanesque, early Gothic architecture, College of St. Jerome (at the University of Santiago), Santiago de Compostela, La Coruna. The edifice was moved in the 17th century to its present position on the...
View MoreFigures, scrolls, Santiago de Compostela, ambulatory capitals, north side, 12th century, Romanesque.
View MoreRouen Cathedral, Good Samaritan Window (detail), the Good Samaritan stops in front of the inn with the wounded traveler on his horse, 13th century, High Gothic stained glass, France.
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