Tympanum, San Juan de las Abadesas, Catalonia, Spain

Tympanum, late 12th - early 13th century, stone, with Christ with St Peter and St Paul and angels, originally from the portal of the Church of St Paul at Sant Joan de les Abadesses, in the Museum of Sant Joan de les Abadesses, housed in the rectory of the monastery, in San Juan de las Abadesas, Ripolles, Catalonia, Spain. The monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses was founded in 885 by Guifre el Pilos, or count Wilfred the Hairy, originally as a female monastery, for his daughter Emma. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Tympanum, late 12th - early 13th century, stone, with Christ with St Peter and St Paul and angels, originally from the portal of the Church of St Paul at Sant Joan de les Abadesses, in the Museum of Sant Joan de les Abadesses, housed in the rectory of the monastery, in San Juan de las Abadesas, Ripolles, Catalonia, Spain. The monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses was founded in 885 by Guifre el Pilos, or count Wilfred the Hairy, originally as a female monastery, for his daughter Emma. Picture by Manuel Cohen