Epitaph, Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France

Epitaph from tombstone of Raimon, abbot of Saint-Genis, d. 1196, inscribed with latin poem, discovered in 2000, in the Cloister at the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The cloister was built 1250-71 in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble. The Benedictine monastery was founded 778-80 by abbot Sentimirus, rebuilt in the 10th century and sacked in the French Revolution. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Epitaph from tombstone of Raimon, abbot of Saint-Genis, d. 1196, inscribed with latin poem, discovered in 2000, in the Cloister at the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The cloister was built 1250-71 in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble. The Benedictine monastery was founded 778-80 by abbot Sentimirus, rebuilt in the 10th century and sacked in the French Revolution. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen