Sculptural fragment from a knight’s tomb
- Description
- This was part of a stone effigy from a tomb and shows a knight’s head, wearing chainmail and lying on a cushion. It was found in Bedford Street, Exeter, on the site of the medieval Dominican Friary.
- Accession Loan No.
- 75/1995
- Collection Class
- Architectural fragments
- Common Name
- sculptural fragment from a knight’s tomb
- Simple Name
- sculpture
- Full Name
- sculpture of the head of a Knight’s tomb, Exeter Dominican Friary
- Dimensions
- whole width 400 mm; whole height 450 mm; whole depth 500 mm
- Period Classification
- Medieval (1200-1500)
- Production Year Low
- 1260
- Production Year High
- 1300
- Family Group
- Material
- stone; Caen stone
- Collector / Excavator
- Gidleigh, John
- Collection Site Name
- Dominican Friary, Bedford Circus
- Collection Town
- Exeter
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
