On the front face of the capital, two bearded figures in short, hooded robes
stand facing one another, each holding in both hands a large round loaf of
bread. The bread is marked with a vertical crease (To indicate that the two are
breaking it?) Below the loaf is piece of foliage (a bush?). There is also
foliage above the saints and on the right and left faces of the capital.
Salet says that there are traces of polychrome on this capital
The two hermits , St. Anthony and St. Paul of the desert, sometimes are regarded
as the prototype of Eastern and Western monasticism. In his Life of Saint Paul
the Hermit (Section 7-11) , St. Jerome relates how St. Paul was fed by a raven
which brought him a loaf of bread daily. One day, St. Anthony, another hermit
saint, came to visit him. The raven miraculously brought a loaf of bread which
was twice the usual size
Same subject matter in Narthex, Capital 13
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Salet: Number 75 North side of nave.
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