Panel from a Lavabo

Image credit: Glastonbury Abbey

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A 'panel from a cloister lavabo (washing fountain) carved with arches and capitals in relief. It shares close similarities with a lavabo panel at Lewes Priory in Sussex'. (Roberta Gilchrist and Cheryl Green, 'Glastonbury Abbey: Archaeological Investigations 1904–79', Society of Antiquaries of London, 2015)

Glastonbury Abbey

Glastonbury

Title

Panel from a Lavabo

Date

mid-12th C

Medium

Blue Lias limestone

Measurements

H 37 x W 53 x D 16 cm (E)

Accession number

S759

Acquisition method

found during excavation on the abbey site

Work type

Sculpture

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