File:ArundelTomb2.JPG
Summary
The 14th-century tomb effigy in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichester_Cathedral" class="extiw" title="en:Chichester Cathedral">Chichester Cathedral</a> which inspired <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Larkin" class="extiw" title="en:Philip Larkin">Larkin</a>'s poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Arundel_Tomb" class="extiw" title="en:An Arundel Tomb">An Arundel Tomb</a>"
(Note: The effigies in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chichester_Cathedral&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chichester Cathedral (page does not exist)">Chichester Cathedral</a> are attributed to Richard FitzAlan and Eleanor of Lancaster. FitzAlan and Eleanor were actually buried in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lewes_Priory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lewes Priory (page does not exist)">Lewes Priory</a>. Although Larkin called the effigies a "tomb", they are actually a "memorial". See Talk, Distinction needs to be made: Not a "tomb" but a "memorial".) The plaque in the cathedral reads as follows:
- An Arundel Tomb
- The figures represent Richard Fitzalan III, 13th Earl of Arundel (ca 1307-1376) and his second wife Eleanor, who by his will of 1375 were to be buried together "without pomp" in the chapter house of Lewes Priory.
- The armour and dress suggest a date near 1375; the knight's attitude is typical of that time, but the lady's crossed legs, giving the effect of a turn towards her husband, are rare. The joined hands have been thought due to "restoration" by Edward Richardson (1812-69), but recent research has shown the feature to be original. If so, the monument must be one of the earliest showing the concession to affection where the husband was a knight rather than a civilian.
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| current | 14:30, 13 January 2017 | | 1,200 × 1,600 (298 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | The 14th-century tomb effigy in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichester_Cathedral" class="extiw" title="en:Chichester Cathedral">Chichester Cathedral</a> which inspired <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Larkin" class="extiw" title="en:Philip Larkin">Larkin</a>'s poem "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Arundel_Tomb" class="extiw" title="en:An Arundel Tomb">An Arundel Tomb</a>" <p>(Note: The effigies in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chichester_Cathedral&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chichester Cathedral (page does not exist)">Chichester Cathedral</a> are attributed to Richard FitzAlan and Eleanor of Lancaster. FitzAlan and Eleanor were actually buried in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lewes_Priory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lewes Priory (page does not exist)">Lewes Priory</a>. Although Larkin called the effigies a "tomb", they are actually a "memorial". See Talk, Distinction needs to be made: Not a "tomb" but a "memorial".) The plaque in the cathedral reads as follows: </p> <dl> <dd>An Arundel Tomb</dd> <dd>The figures represent Richard Fitzalan III, 13th Earl of Arundel (ca 1307-1376) and his second wife Eleanor, who by his will of 1375 were to be buried together "without pomp" in the chapter house of Lewes Priory.</dd> <dd>The armour and dress suggest a date near 1375; the knight's attitude is typical of that time, but the lady's crossed legs, giving the effect of a turn towards her husband, are rare. The joined hands have been thought due to "restoration" by Edward Richardson (1812-69), but recent research has shown the feature to be original. If so, the monument must be one of the earliest showing the concession to affection where the husband was a knight rather than a civilian.</dd> </dl> |
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