IMAGES OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE

FRANCE: ABBEY OF SAINT-DENIS

West Facade: Centre Portal

Jamb Reliefs: Wise and Foolish Virgins

General Views

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Subject Matter

See Matthew 25:1:41.


Restoration Diagram

Adapted from Pamela Z. Blum, Early Gothic Saint-Denis: Restorations and Survivals (Berkley: University of California Press, 1992), figs. XA-XIB
NB1910.B58 1992, 0-520-07371-1.

Key


Details

Left:
Top to Bottom
Wise Virgins


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Screen-sized Version


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Right
Top to Bottom
Foolish Virgins

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Last updated by:JV Date: November 7, 2006