How large is the Effigies & Brasses image collection?

As of the site's own statistics, EffigiesAndBrasses.com holds 6,479 images documenting 3,422 monuments across 23 countries. These figures come from the Stats section of the homepage and reflect the collection at the time of publication; the site continues to add material, so the numbers are a snapshot rather than a fixed total.

What the numbers cover

The collection focuses on European monumental tombs from the 12th to 15th centuries, with the majority falling in the 14th century. Most monuments are effigies or brasses, with the remainder made up of incised slabs, half-reliefs, and other miscellaneous representations.

Because a single monument can be documented by more than one image, the image count runs higher than the monument count — roughly 1.9 images per monument on average.

How to check the current totals

The homepage displays the Stats figures directly, so the fastest way to see up-to-date numbers is to load the site and read the Stats block. The same page also shows an "Image of the Day" and a "Recent Additions" list, which is useful for judging how actively the collection is growing. Recent additions shown on the homepage include monuments from England, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Cyprus, dated between 1292 and 1456.

What the size means for research

With 3,422 monuments spread over 23 countries, the collection is large enough to support comparative work — for example, comparing tomb representation styles across regions or tracking how effigy design changes from the 12th to the 15th century. The 14th-century weighting means coverage is densest for that period, so searches for earlier or later monuments may return thinner results. If you need a specific monument, the Search and Tags sections are the practical entry points; the Stats page tells you the overall scale but not what is included for a given region or date.