Images of Medieval Art and Architecture

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

Nave: Historiated Capital
Profane Music and the Demon of Impurity


Images

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Subject Matter

Profane Music and the Demon of Imputity:

At left, a man holding musical instruments and a woman gesturing toward musician to her left.


At center left, a man blows a flute-like instrument. To the left, a nude woman, mezmerized by the music, lets herself be herself be embraced by a bloated demon with burning hair. (Sorry folks- my slide of the right side was too fuzzy. You'll have to look it up in a book or wait until my next trip to Vezélay). - JV

Placement within Floorplan Placement in elevation

Salet: Number 6:

South aisle of nave,
north side of pilaster


Related Material

Click here to see other Vézelay capitals with symbolic subject matter


Bibliography

Salet, p. 181.


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Created by J. Vadnal, August, 1998