Images of Medieval Art and Architecture

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

Historiated Capital
The Punishment of Avarice and Calumny


Images

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Subject Matter

Capital: The punishment of avarice and calumny


Location

(Salet: Number 45, east side of pillar-in north arcade of nave


Comparative Material

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See also: Francis Salet, La Madeleine de Vézelay, (Melun, Librarie d'Argences, 1948), p 186.


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Created by G. David Donahue, July 1997
Updated by Jane Vadnal, December, 1997