Nave Capital 54:Two Elephants

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Title
Nave Capital 54:Two Elephants
Creator
Vadnal, Jane
Contributor
Abbot Renaud de Semur (contributor)
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Contributor
Abbot Renaud de Semur
Date
1120-1138
Identifier
FVEZ.CAPITAL.NAVE.N054.1
Description
Two elephants, one male and one female, stand facing one another-one either side of this capital. The fronts of their heads, which are in the front of the capital, have been broken off. Their small ears and tapering skull indicate that the model was probably an Indian rather than an African elephant. Salet suggests that they may have been copied from a design on an Oriental fabric that had reached Vézelay. (The model could also have been a Bestiary). Meuniers suggests that they are symbols of Adam and Eve. Salet: Number 54 Location: North side of nave. West side of fifth arcade pier.; Romanesque; Somewhat restored
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Vézelay (Abbey)--Pictorial works.
Sculpture--France--Vézelay--Pictorial works.
Church architecture--France--Vézelay--Pictorial works.
Architecture, Romanesque--France--Vézelay--Pictorial works.
Geographic Subjects
Vézelay
Ste. Marie-Madeleine
France
Collection
Vézelay: Benedictine Abbey of Sainte Marie Madeleine
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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