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June 06, 1998

Walter de Merton, Bishop of Rochester 1274-1277

June 06, 1998/ The Friends of Rochester Cathedral
Walter de Merton, Bishop of Rochester 1274-1277

John Melhuish explores the episcopacy of Bishop Walter de Merton. Featured in The Friends of Rochester Cathedral Annual Report for 1997-1998.

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June 06, 1998/ The Friends of Rochester Cathedral/
Officials, Lapidarium
13th century, Walter de Merton
July 06, 1996

Singing chorister fragment, 12th century

July 06, 1996/ The Friends of Rochester Cathedral
Singing chorister fragment, 12th century

Jeffrey West studies a fragment from the West Facade featuring a singing head.

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July 06, 1996/ The Friends of Rochester Cathedral/
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12th Century, Romanesque
August 06, 1994

Limoges enamel tomb of Bishop Walter de Merton, 1277

August 06, 1994/ The Friends of Rochester Cathedral
Limoges enamel tomb of Bishop Walter de Merton, 1277

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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August 06, 1994/ The Friends of Rochester Cathedral/
Memorials, Lapidarium
Gothic
August 18, 1988

Ringerike gravestone fragment, c.1015

August 18, 1988/ The Friends of Rochester Cathedral
Ringerike gravestone fragment, c.1015

Mary Covert discovers the exceptional Ringerike gravestone fragment reused as rubble in the south tower of the west facade, a rare survical from the pre-Conquest Cathedral cemetery when Rochester sat poised on the edge of the vast Danelaw.

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August 18, 1988/ The Friends of Rochester Cathedral/
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Pre-Conquest, 11th century, Danelaw
July 06, 1988

The shrine of Saint Paulinus, 11th-14th century

July 06, 1988/ The Friends of Rochester Cathedral
The shrine of Saint Paulinus, 11th-14th century

Anneliese Arnold discusses evidence relating to the shrine of Saint Paulinus at Rochester Cathedral between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries.

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July 06, 1988/ The Friends of Rochester Cathedral/
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Anneliese Arnold, Saints and shrines
June 18, 1973

Beast and interlace panel, C8th

June 18, 1973/ Archaeologia Cantiana
Beast and interlace panel, C8th

Featuring the hindquarters of a four-legged beast, set beside an interlace panel, this fragment possibly from a tomb is the oldest sculpture yet discovered at the site.

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June 18, 1973/ Archaeologia Cantiana/
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Pre-Conquest, 8th century, Kingdom of Kent
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