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