Images of Medieval Art and Architecture

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

Nave: Historiated Capital
Noah Builds the Ark


Images


Subject Matter

See Genesis 6:14-22

At left, Noah cuts branches for the construction of the Ark. At right, a young person looks through the window to the Ark.


Location within Floorplan Placement in Elevation

Salet: Number 81

Upper clerestory of vessel of nave. South side.
Center


Related Material

Click here to see other Vézelay capitals showing episodes from the Old Testament


Bibliography

Salet, p. 187.


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Created by J. Vadnal, October, 1998