Title of Work
Nave Capital 07:Subject unknown
Begin Date
1120
End Date
1138
Description
Subject Unknown At right, a mandorla enclosing a figure clad in a cloak (not shown) In the center, in another mandorla, two figures converse. One hold a staff-like object that may be a walking stick. At right: a figure leaves on a voyage (?) (Not very visible). This capital has been interpreted as the Old Testament subject of Rebecca and Jacob who is leaving for Mesopotamia (de Terret) and as the New Testament subject of a crowd leaving to arrest Christ (Despiney p. 126.) Salet number 7
Country
France
Location
Vézelay
Monument
Ste. Marie-Madeleine
Style
Romanesque
Type of Work
Sculpture
Subtype of Work
Capital
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
Information
Photographer
JV
Copyright
Information
Media
Slide-35 mm
Identifier
FVEZ.CAPITAL.NAVE.N007.1

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

Nave Capital 07:Subject unknown

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