What is recorded here

You can still see the Purcell double tomb in the porch of St Werburgh's church, County Dublin. It was made around 1500-1520 for the church of St. Mary del Dam, then moved into St. Werburgh's in the late 16th or early 17th century. The man lies in full late Gothic plate armour, the woman in a pleated gown with a rosette belt, and the side panels crowd the porch with saints, an archbishop and a damaged recess. They are not hidden in a vault; they stand where people pass, still keeping watch over the street and the church door.

In the porch of St Werburgh's church (DU018-020090----) is the Purcell double tomb (1500-1520) originally in the church of St. Mary del Dam and moved to St. Werburgh's in the late 16th-early 17th century. The male is shown in full plate armour of late Gothic type while the female is dressed in a pleated gown, girdled at the waist by a belt decorated with rosettes. There are three side panels; the E end portrays an archbishop, an enthroned madonna and child on abbess and an ecclesiastic; the N panel portrays Appolonia, Holy Trinity; St. John the Baptist, St. John and St. Paul with four unidentified figures and the W panel shows an archbishop, St. Francis, a damaged recess, St. James and St. Peter (Hunt 1974, 142-4). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 19 November 2012

Effigial tomb, early 16th century (1500–1520). Significantly, it is part of the Purcell double tomb, originally from St. Mary del Dam church and relocated in the late 16th–early 17th century, reflecting medieval funerary art and family memorial practices in the region.

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