The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture will be a complete online record of all the surviving Romanesque sculpture in Britain and Ireland, at more than 5000 sites. It provides us with a unique window on the aesthetics, beliefs, daily life, preoccupations, humour and technical skills of the artists and people of this creative and formative era from the late 11th century to the late 12th century.
Every entry is freely available and includes information on the historical and architectural context of the building, a first-class photographic record, and a scholarly description of the sculpture. Our work continues and many sites are already available on this website.
Below, for your pleasure, three of the Cornish suspended bowl fonts, at St Austell, Maker and St Stephen by Saltash.
The lecture will start at 18:00 on Wednesday 24th June 2026 at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Vernon Square Campus (WC1X 9EW), Lecture Theatre 2. It will be followed by a drinks reception. Please note: The lecture is free to attend, but booking ahead is essential. Booking information, along with all other details, may be found on the Courtauld website - booking link.
CRSBI is proud to have earned and maintained our status as a British Academy Research Project and are very grateful for the £5,000 annual grant that the British Academy provides in support of our work. At a time of rising prices, however, our actual costs run to about three times this amount and for the rest we rely entirely on donations. By joining the 1066 Club you are not just supporting academic research, you are helping to preserve and celebrate understanding of our shared cultural heritage for generations to come.
To read the text of George Zarnecki's previously unpublished 1950 PhD thesis, Regional Schools of English Sculpture in the Twelfth Century: the Southern School and the Herefordshire School, go to Resources then click on George Zarnecki PhD in the left hand column.
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We have updated the Chevron Guide with new links, better illustrations and a clearer text. To read it, follow the link under the Resources tab, or click here.
