A Reattribution of the Tree of Jesse Tomb Slab in Lincoln Cathedral

Figures & data

Fig. 1. Tree of Jesse tomb slab, north-east corner of the nave, Lincoln Cathedral

Angela Websdale with permission of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral

Fig. 2. Detail of Fig. 1 showing King David

Angela Websdale with permission of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral

Fig. 3. Detail of Fig. 1 showing Christ close up

Angela Websdale with permission of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral

Fig. 4. Illustration of the slab by G. A. Poole

After G. A. Poole, ‘The Architectural History of Lincoln Minster’, Reports and Papers of the Architectural and Archaeological Societies of the Counties of Lincoln and Northampton, Associated Architectural Societies Reports and Papers, 4 (1857), pl. II

Fig. 5. Illustration of the slab by John Carter (1784)

After J. Carter, Specimens of the Ancient Sculpture and Painting Now Remaining in This Kingdom, from the Earliest Period to the Reign of Henry Ye VIII, 2 vols (London, 1786), I, pl. 37

Fig. 6. Illustration of the slab by Richard Gough (1786)

After R. Gough, Sepulchral Monuments in Great Britain … Part I (London 1786), plate opposite p. lii, no. 6

Fig. 7. Detail of Fig. 1

Angela Websdale, with permission of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral

Fig. 8. Seal matrix of Lincoln Cathedral (c. 1148–60)

Author, with permission of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral

Fig. 9. South side of the font in Winchester Cathedral (c. 1148–65)

After F. Bond, Fonts and Font Covers (London 1908), 169