Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth, interior - lavabo, capital and vault rib - Stalley, Roger (My University, 2011)
Cistercian Abbey, Mellifont, County Louth
Photograph by Roger Stalley. Interior of lavabo showing twin round shafts separated by an arris fillet supported by a corbel (damaged); an acanthus foliate carved bell capital which interrupts a roll-and-fillet stringcourse is the springing point of the vault rib.
Keywords: lavabo; rib vault; stringcourse; shaft; bell capital; arris fillet; roll-and-fillet moulding; vault springer; corbel; acanthus; waterleaf; Architecture, Medieval--Ireland; Ecclesiastical architecture; Architecture--Ireland--Louth; Architecture, Romanesque; Cistercian architecture; Capitals (Architecture); Vaults (Architecture), Medieval; Monasteries--Ireland; Mouldings; Medieval; Romanesque