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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Exeter (made)

This angle shaped capital is carved with palmette leaf forms and volutes. There are remains of red and blue painted ornament. The capital came from the Priory of St Nicholas at Exeter, and was founded in 1080.

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Categories	Architecture Sculpture
Object type	Capital
Materials and techniques	Carved and painted stone Stone Painted
Brief description	Stone capital from St. Nicholas Priory, Exeter, polychromed red and blue, English, ca. 1150
Physical description	Capital, painted stone. An angle capital carved with palmette leaf forms and volutes. There are remains of red and blue painted ornament.
Object history	The capital came from the Priory of St Nicholas at Exeterr. The Priory of which only the crypt remains, was founded in 1080.
Subjects depicted	Palmettes Volutes
Summary	This angle shaped capital is carved with palmette leaf forms and volutes. There are remains of red and blue painted ornament. The capital came from the Priory of St Nicholas at Exeter, and was founded in 1080.
Bibliographic references	Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries Second Series, Vol. XXVIII, 1915-16, pp.245-50. Lloyd Parry, H, Barkspear, Sparke, J and Long, C.W. St Nicolas Priory, Exeter. Historical Summary. Exeter: W.J Southwood & Co, 1921. Review of the Principal Acquisitions 1938. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1938, pp.3-4 Tristam, E.W. English Medieval Wall Painting, The Twelfth Century. London, 1944, pp.123-4, pl. 90a.
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	A.13-1938

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O312218/capital-unknown/

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