Images of Medieval Art and Architecture

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

Nave: Historiated Capital
Pelicans


Images


Subject Matter

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Two pelicans (symbol of maternal love)


Location within Floorplan Placement in Elevation

Salet: Number 90

Upper clerestory of vessel of nave. North side.
Center


Related Material

Click here to see other Vézelay capitals with symbolic subject matter.


Bibliography

Salet, p. 192.


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Created by J. Vadnal, October, 1998