John de Sheppey Chantry reredos, c.1350
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Report on the assessment and treatment of the reredos stone from the chantry chapel of Bishop John de Sheppey, c.1340, by Carla Learoyd.
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Shrines of Saint Paulinus and Ithamar, 14th century
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Fragments from an exceptional monument discovered in the ruins of ‘Gundulf Tower’ in 1922 possibly formed part of shrines of St Paulinus and Ithamar reconstruced by Bishop Hamo de Hythe in the fourteenth century.
Read MoreDwarf parapet wall, c.1490
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Archaelogist Graham Keevill reports on a small parapet now adorning a length of the Roman City Wall/South Cloister Garth originally situated atop the late 15th-century clerestory of the Presbytery.
Read MoreSheep relief, 14th century
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One of several elaborate sculptural fragments discovered in the North Quire Transept and possibly originating in John de Sheppey’s chantry chapel.
Read MoreSeated figure with scroll, 14th century
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One of several elaborate sculptural fragments discovered in the North Quire Transept and possibly originating in John de Sheppey’s chantry chapel.
Read MoreDiscovery of the John de Sheppey chantry, 14th century
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Several elaborate sculptural fragments discovered in the North Quire Transept are thought to have originated in John de Sheppey’s chantry chapel.
Read MorePiscina featuring bishops, 13th/14th century
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This elaborate piscina or lavabo bowl was used to dispose of water in the Mass. It was recently discovered reused as a garden feature at a local property in the Precinct.
Read MoreQuadripartite pig boss, 13th century
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Featuring a hog with an apple in its mouth, this quadripartite boss possibly originated in the cellarer’s range of the monastic priory.
Read MoreBishop and Abbess label stops
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Featuring an unknown Bishop, this large label stop is one of a pair which for some time resided around the Cathedral Precinct. Its provenance is currently unknown.
Read MoreLimoges enamel tomb of Bishop Walter de Merton, 1277
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John Blair reconstructs the limoges enamel tomb of Bishop Walter de Merton, founder of Merton College, Oxford, before its defacement by iconoclasts and reconstruction as its current form in the seventeenth century.
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