Images of Medieval Art and Architecture

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

Nave: Historiated Capital
The Four Winds

Images

Adapted from Kingsley Porter

Vol II plate 31

Subject Matter

The Four Winds:

Placement within Floorplan Placement in Elevation

Salet: Number 22-The Four Winds:
South side of nave.
West side of fifth arcade pier.


From middle of nave looking south.

Related Material

Click here to see other Vézelay capitals with symbolic subject matter

Bibliography

Salet, p. 184.

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Created by J. Vadnal, September, 1998