IMAGES OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE

WALES: ABERGAVENNY

St. Mary's Priory Church


EXTERIOR

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1973
West Front
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SCULPTURE: JESSE (FROM JESSE TREE)
15th century?
Sculpture from Screen or Altarpiece?
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Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1973
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Tombs

Tomb in Nave : Wooden effigy of Knight
Scholars disargee over who it represents

Possibly George de Cantelupe, Baron of Abergavenney (d. 1273)
or 
John Hastings, second Baron of Hastings (d. 1313)


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other side : Fryer, fig 23
Other Tombs of Knights
Both are made of Freestone and are c. 1340

Prior and Gardiner, p 629
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Prior and Gardiner, p 629
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Other tombs in Nave

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1973
Tomb of Eva de Broase
daughter of Wm. Marshall, Earl of Pembrook
wife of Wm. de Broase, Lord of Abergavenenny
(died 1255)
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Tombs in Herbert Chapel

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1973
Tombs in Herbert Chapel
Tomb of Thomas (died 1446)
Father of the Pembroke line
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Tombs in Herbert Chapel
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