Images of Medieval Art and Architecture

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

Nave: Historiated Capital
Martyrdom of a Saint


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Subject Matter

The martyr is curcified naked on a tree. Perhaps Saint Andoche.


Location within Floorplan Placement in Elevation

Salet: Number 83

Upper clerestory of vessel of nave. South side.
Center


Related Material

Click here to see other Vézelay capitals showing episodes from the lives of saints


Bibliography

Salet, p. 191.


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Created by J. Vadnal, October, 1998