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1media/ChapterHouseFloor-2.jpg2021-10-21T08:08:02-07:00Janis Desmarais56baa431625bfba585e9672c01feba67ca0625553944710image_header2023-01-13T08:16:36-08:00Amanda Luyster17d39c1ecea88fb7ff282fe74a410b89478b8327The Tristan series Chertsey tiles were probably also commissioned for Westminster Palace, just like the combat series tiles. Technical details suggest that the combat tiles were commissioned slightly earlier than the Tristan tiles. However, again like the combat series tiles, none of the Tristan tiles were ever found at Westminster. Instead, they were found at Chertsey Abbey. The Tristan tiles, including this one, were probably made and laid at Chertsey Abbey between 1250 and 1290.
The Chertsey tiles resemble some other secular-themed tiles that remain today in the chapter house of Westminister Abbey in London. Those tiles must have been laid by 1258/9. The Chertsey tiles and the Westminster chapter house tiles display similarities in design and technique, alongside the overall concept of two-tone pictorial tiles laid with substantial inscriptions Chertsey Abbey suffered from a fire in 1235. It is probable that the famous two-tone Chertsey tiles were part of the rebuilding after that fire. Rebuilding often took decades.
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1media/BM , 1885,1113.8994_ Tristan and Isodle-1.jpg/blackout backgroundtanditile.jpeg2021-10-20T11:14:49-07:00Janis Desmarais56baa431625bfba585e9672c01feba67ca062555Isolde in the boat to Brittany, Tristan series tile (BM 1885,1113.8990)Brooke Hendershott41plain11122782023-01-20T09:32:29-08:00Brooke Hendershottb0a907cd0f989ee79e94592378a1545647719cfb