Sculptural fragment from a knight’s tomb
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.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 75/1995
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Architectural fragments
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Gidleigh, John
- Material
- stoneCaen stone
- Common Name
- sculptural fragment from a knight’s tomb
- Simple Name
- sculpture
- Period Classification
- Medieval (1200-1500)
- Production Year Low
- 1260
- Production Year High
- 1300
