MEDIEVAL SCULPTOR, English
(active 1155-1170)

Tympanum

1155-70
Stone
St Mary and St Aldhelm, Malmesbury

English Romanesque sculpture shows great originality. These carvings present an amazing synthesis in which both continental contributions and Scandinavian features play a part. The picture shows one of the two facing tympana under the south porch of the abbey church at Malmesbury.