Winchester Cathedral :
Capital with fighting monsters
1150 - 55
Limestone. Carved on all four faces with scenes showing fighting between centaurs - one male and one female - and a griffin and a basilisk.
Dimensions: H.225, W.292, T.295

Bibliography :
Hardacre, J., 1989. Winchester Cathedral, Triforium Gallery, Catalogue, 8, 3
Zarnecki, G., 1984. in G. Zarnecki, J. Holt, and T. Holland, English Romanesque Art, (Arts Council of Great Britain) 186, 151
Location and accession details
:
Winchester Cathedral, Acc. No. 2

(Photo: © Winchester Cathedral)

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