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Gilebertus Pen
Black ink ballpoint pen, bespoke to St George's Chapel giftshop, inspired by the beautiful motifs of the Gilebertus doors in St George's Chapel.
The Gilebertus doors have been standing since the mid-thirteenth century and are one of the few surviving parts of the earliest chapel at Windsor Castle.The spiralling design of the ironwork is a stylised tree, with leaves, flowers and small animals decorating the stems. Very unusually for a work of its time, the ironwork bears a name; a number of the leaves among the design are stamped with the letters +GILEBERTVS.
Although the doors are not in daily use, they can be admired by the visitors all year round. However, when members of the Royal Family attend services at St George’s (for example at Easter) it is through the Gilebertus door that they enter the Chapel.
The Gilebertus doors have been standing since the mid-thirteenth century and are one of the few surviving parts of the earliest chapel at Windsor Castle.The spiralling design of the ironwork is a stylised tree, with leaves, flowers and small animals decorating the stems. Very unusually for a work of its time, the ironwork bears a name; a number of the leaves among the design are stamped with the letters +GILEBERTVS.
Although the doors are not in daily use, they can be admired by the visitors all year round. However, when members of the Royal Family attend services at St George’s (for example at Easter) it is through the Gilebertus door that they enter the Chapel.