Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital - Stalley, Roger (My University, 2011)
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, Collon, County Louth
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Foliate capital of the lavabo with acanthus carvings carried on twin round shafts. The roll-and-fillet abacus continues as a stringcourse above which springs a vault-rib.
Keywords: foliate capital; roll-and-fillet moulding; acanthus leaf; round shaft; stringcourse; abacus; vault-rib; Architecture, Medieval--Ireland; Architecture, Gothic--Ireland; Ecclesiastical architecture; Cistercian architecture; Architecture--Ireland--Louth; Monasteries?Ireland; Capitals (Architecture); Mouldings; Medieval; Early Gothic