Saint Stephan Cathedral
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | Byzantine Research Fund |
| Reference No. | BRF/01/09/01/001 |
| Level | Item |
| Place |
Bourges |
| Dates | 1887 |
| Donor/Creator |
Weir Schultz, Mr Robert Barnsley, Mr Sidney Howard |
| Scope and Content | Carved statues. The drawing is dated and initialed (SHB) in pencil in the lower right-hand corner. |
| Further information | Saint Stephan, Bourges, is a five-aisled church with towers and buttresses in the five portal entrance. Two distinct horseshoe aisles wrap around a central nave and choir. The inner aisle has a higher vault than the outer giving the monument a pyramidal shape while the building retains its original 13th c. ambulatory glass. The Romanesque carved portals date from about 1160/70 and were very likely intended for an earlier church. A majestic Last Judgment decorates the tympanum. The construction of the monument begun in the late 11th c. and was completed by 1250/70. |