Purbeck marble in C12-C13 Normandy La vogue du « marbre de Purbeck » en Normandie aux XII e et XIII e siècles
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Dominique Hugues Béneult, « La vogue du « marbre de Purbeck » en Normandie aux XII e et XIII e siècles », HAL-SHS : histoire de l'art, ID : 10670/1.a3o34n
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In 1817, the top of a stone coffin was discovered in the Montebourg abbey ruins. It carried the inscription 'Ric de Reviers Fund' (Richard de Reviers Fundator). The source of the stone was a mystery. It was not from a local quarry.The stone was largely composed of fossilised shells. Research revealed the 'stone' to be Purbeck marble from Dorset, England.Purbeck marble was often used in medieval churches between the 12th and 14th Centuries. Is this tombstone one of the earliest examples? Richard's estates were around the Purbeck area in Dorset. The shape is simpler than the tombstone of Henri de Blois in Winchester Cathedral, a fellow Norman who died in 1171