Images of Medieval Art and Architecture

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

Nave: Historiated Capital 
Wisdom and Folly


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Subject Matter

Wisdom and Folly(?) ; The veiled woman at center may represent Wisdom. On either side are figures which could represent Folly: nude male figures leaning on reeds which entangle their arms and legs.
 
Location within Floorplan Placement in Elevation

Salet: Number 42-

North side of nave. 
East side of first arcade pier. 

Standing in the centre of the nave looking north


Related Material

Click here to see other Vézelay capitalswith symbolic subject matter.


Bibliography

Salet, p. 186. 

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