Images of Medieval Art and Architecture
France: Vézelay
Benedictine Abbey Church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
Historiated Capitals
You can look at the historiated capitals in two ways
1. Click one of the following themes:
OR
2. Click on one of the names of capitals in the Diagram below.
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The foliage capitals (light green) and the
Modern restorations (yellow) are NOT clickable.
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Red capitals show episodes from the lives of Saints
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Blue capitals show episodes from the Old Testament
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Brown capitals show episodes from the New
Testament
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Dark Green capitals have classical or symbolic
themes
There are also some historiated capitals in the narthex,
but I am so tired of capitals at the moment that I'll leave them until
the next iteration. If interested in them, consult Salet-JV
Salet, p. 183.
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Created by J. Vadnal, August, 1998
