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Corbel

13th century (made), after 1850 (cast)
Place of origin

This corbel, showing a male head with foliage, is from Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. Construction on the Cathedral began in 1120 under the tenancy of Bishop Urban, the Cathedral's first bishop, and continued through circa 1290.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Plaster cast
Brief description
Corbel showing male head with foliage from Llandaff Cathedral. 19th century plaster cast after 13th century Anglo-Norman original.
Physical description
Corbel showing a male head with foliage
Dimensions
  • Approximately height: 35cm
  • Approximately width: 34cm
  • Weight: 5.6kg
Style
Object history
This corbel is from Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. Construction on the Cathedral began in 1120 under the tenancy of Bishop Urban, the Cathedral's first bishop, and continued through circa 1290.
Historical context
This capital, carved with foliage and two dragons, is from the slype, or covered passage between the chapterhouse and transept, of St Alban's Cathedral, Hertfordshire. The chapterhouse was added to the Cathedral during the tenancy of Abbot Robert de Gorham (1151-1166). In the 1890s, Lord Grimthorpe, the architect responsible for rebuilding the west front, roof, and transept windows of St Alban's Cathedral, replaced the capitals from the slype doorway in the south doorway of the south transept.
Production
19th century plaster cast after 13th century Anglo-Norman original
Subjects depicted
Summary
This corbel, showing a male head with foliage, is from Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. Construction on the Cathedral began in 1120 under the tenancy of Bishop Urban, the Cathedral's first bishop, and continued through circa 1290.
Bibliographic references
  • 'AA School of Architecture - History.' AA School Homepage. Web. 21 Jan. 2011.
  • Bilbey, Diane and Trusted, Marjorie. ' "The Question of Casts" - Collecting amd Later Reassessment of the Cast Collections at South Kensington'. In Frederiksen, Ruth and Marchand, Eckhart (eds). Plaster Casts: Making, Collecting and Displaying from Classical Antiquity to the Present. (Berlin, 2010).
Collection
Accession number
REPRO.A.1916-1047

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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