Title of Work
Interior Nave to West
Begin Date
1120
End Date
1138
Description
Central vessel of nave looking west. The nave is 62 meters long, 14 meters wide and 18 meters high. It has a central vessel with a single aisle on each side. The nave has 10 square bays separated by cruciform compound piers with engaged half-columns. In the central vessel, the engaged columns extend upward to the springing point of the vault. The vault is not continuous, but is a series of groin vaults, one for each bay, separated by transverse round arches with voussoirs of alternating grey and brown stone. The nave elevation has two levels, separated with a stringcourse. The arcade level consists of a single round arch in each bay. The clerestory has a relatively small, unornamented, arched window near the top. -JV
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
Somewhat restored
Bibliography
Photographer
MAS
Copyright
Media
Slide-35 mm
Identifier
FVEZ.ARCHITECTURE.INT.WEST.0001

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

Interior Nave to West

(FVEZ.ARCHITECTURE.INT.WEST.0001)
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