Title of Work
Interior Nave to East showing Nave Elevation
Begin Date
1120
End Date
1138
Description
This 1918 photograph shows the interior to the east. In it the elevation of the central vessel of the nave is clearly visible The two levels of the nave elevation are separated by a stringcourse. On the arcade level, each bay contains a single round arch. The bays are separated by a compound pier with applied collonettes which extend upwards to the springing point of the arch. The piers continue upwards to divide the bays in the clerestory. Each bay of the clerestory contains a single rounded window with a splayed sill. At the springingpoint of the vaults is another set of decorated capitals. Also visible is the nave vault, with the bays separated by arches with polychrome voussoirs alternating cream and brown. Some of this variation is from the original, natural stone, and some is from paint applied to the arches which were restored in the mid 1800's (Murphy, p 112)
Country
France
Location
Vézelay
Monument
Ste. Marie-Madeleine
Style
Romanesque
Type of Work
Architecture
Subtype of Work
Interior
Category of Work
Nave
Material
Stone
Subjects
Vézelay (Abbey)--Pictorial works.; Sculpture--France--Vézelay--Pictorial works.; Church architecture--France--Vézelay--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Romanesque--France--Vézelay--Pictorial works.
Patron
Abbot Renaud de Semur
Condition
Good
Bibliography
Photographer
JV
Copyright
Media
Slide-35 mm
Identifier
FVEZ.ARCHITECTURE.INT.EAST.0002

Vézelay: Benedictine Abbey of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Church

Interior Nave to East showing Nave Elevation

(FVEZ.ARCHITECTURE.INT.EAST.0002)
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