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.
We would be delighted for you to join us for the CRSBI Annual Lecture 2025
The lecture will take place at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Vernon Square Campus, London at 6.00 pm on Wednesday 30 April 2025
Attendence is free but booking is essential via the Courtauld website here.
To read the text of George Zarnecki's previously unpublished 1950 PhD thesis, Regional Schools of English Sculpture in the Twelfth Century: the Southern School and the Herefordshire School, go to Resources then click on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.
