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  • City skyline of Manama, the capital and largest city in Bahrain, at night. The city underwent much expansion in the 1980s and 1990s and is an important centre for the oil and financial industries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • City skyline of Manama, the capital and largest city in Bahrain, at night. On the right is the National Theatre of Bahrain, opened 2012 and designed by Architecture-Studio. The theatre consists of a main 1001 seat auditorium and a smaller 150 seat flexible studio theatre. It is designed as a glass box offering views of the lagoon, with a golden overhanging roof providing shade. The city underwent much expansion in the 1980s and 1990s and is an important centre for the oil and financial industries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Khamis mosque, an Umayyad mosque possibly founded in the 7th century, originally built in the 11th century and rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries, with 2 identical minarets, in Khamis, Manama, Bahrain. This was the first mosque in Bahrain and one of the earliest in the Gulf region. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Novotel Bahrain Al Dana Resort, and behind, the Elite hotel Bahrain, in Manama, Bahrain. The city underwent much expansion in the 1980s and 1990s and is an important centre for the oil and financial industries, as well as a popular destination for tourists. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Novotel Bahrain Al Dana Resort, 4 star beach hotel with swimming pool and spa, in Manama, Bahrain. The city underwent much expansion in the 1980s and 1990s and is an important centre for the oil and financial industries, and is a popular destination for tourists. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Novotel Bahrain Al Dana Resort, 4 star hotel with private beach, in Manama, Bahrain. The city underwent much expansion in the 1980s and 1990s and is an important centre for the oil and financial industries, and is a popular destination for tourists. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Novotel Bahrain Al Dana Resort, 4 star hotel with private beach, in Manama, Bahrain. The city underwent much expansion in the 1980s and 1990s and is an important centre for the oil and financial industries, and is a popular destination for tourists. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Khamis mosque, an Umayyad mosque possibly founded in the 7th century, originally built in the 11th century and rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries, with 2 identical minarets, in Khamis, Manama, Bahrain. This was the first mosque in Bahrain and one of the earliest in the Gulf region. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men drinking tea in the Al Namliti cafe, on Bab al Bahrein Avenue, Manama, Bahrain. This is a traditional cafe decorated with Bahraini flags and old photographs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The fox and the bust, carved stone capital, 1917-20, by Pere Jou, 1891-1964, on the facade of the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The female bust is a copy of a capital of the sacristy of the cathedral of Barcelona, and the capital was restored by Pere Jou after it was damaged by a truck in 1960. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted Romanesque stone capital, 12th century, with mermaid, fish and birds, from the San Pedro Church, in the Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro, Coimbra, Portugal. Inspired by Oriental bestiaries, this capital symbolises the protective and benevolent aspect of the sea. The museum was opened in 1913 and renovated 2004-2012. The city of Coimbra dates back to Roman times and was the capital of Portugal from 1131 to 1255. Its historic buildings are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the south side of the nave and depicts the death of the rich and of the poor, represented by Lazarus. On this side of the capital we see Abraham receiving the soul of Lazarus. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital with pairs of birds, 13th century, in the cloister of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra, or Se Velha de Coimbra, a 12th century Romanesque Roman Catholic cathedral in Coimbra, Portugal. The capitals in the cathedral date from between the Romanesque and Gothic periods, and show Arab and pre-Romanesque influences. They depict mainly vegetal designs with some birds and animals but no humans or biblical scenes, possibly because the artists were mozarabic, Christians who lived in Arab territories where the depiction of people was forbidden under Islam. The cathedral was designed by Master Robert, a French architect, with the works overseen by Master Bernard and Master Soeiro. It was reworked in the 16th century, with the addition of tiled decoration, a portal and Renaissance chapel. The city of Coimbra dates back to Roman times and was the capital of Portugal from 1131 to 1255. Its historic buildings are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital with winged creature, 13th century, in the cloister of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra, or Se Velha de Coimbra, a 12th century Romanesque Roman Catholic cathedral in Coimbra, Portugal. The capitals in the cathedral date from between the Romanesque and Gothic periods, and show Arab and pre-Romanesque influences. They depict mainly vegetal designs with some birds and animals but no humans or biblical scenes, possibly because the artists were mozarabic, Christians who lived in Arab territories where the depiction of people was forbidden under Islam. The cathedral was designed by Master Robert, a French architect, with the works overseen by Master Bernard and Master Soeiro. It was reworked in the 16th century, with the addition of tiled decoration, a portal and Renaissance chapel. The city of Coimbra dates back to Roman times and was the capital of Portugal from 1131 to 1255. Its historic buildings are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital with 2 winged creatures sharing a crowned head, 13th century (possibly renovated in the 18th century), in the cloister of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra, or Se Velha de Coimbra, a 12th century Romanesque Roman Catholic cathedral in Coimbra, Portugal. The capitals in the cathedral date from between the Romanesque and Gothic periods, and show Arab and pre-Romanesque influences. They depict mainly vegetal designs with some birds and animals but no humans or biblical scenes, possibly because the artists were mozarabic, Christians who lived in Arab territories where the depiction of people was forbidden under Islam. The cathedral was designed by Master Robert, a French architect, with the works overseen by Master Bernard and Master Soeiro. It was reworked in the 16th century, with the addition of tiled decoration, a portal and Renaissance chapel. The city of Coimbra dates back to Roman times and was the capital of Portugal from 1131 to 1255. Its historic buildings are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital with animal with human torso and head, 13th century (possibly renovated in the 18th century), in the cloister of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra, or Se Velha de Coimbra, a 12th century Romanesque Roman Catholic cathedral in Coimbra, Portugal. The capitals in the cathedral date from between the Romanesque and Gothic periods, and show Arab and pre-Romanesque influences. They depict mainly vegetal designs with some birds and animals but no humans or biblical scenes, possibly because the artists were mozarabic, Christians who lived in Arab territories where the depiction of people was forbidden under Islam. The cathedral was designed by Master Robert, a French architect, with the works overseen by Master Bernard and Master Soeiro. It was reworked in the 16th century, with the addition of tiled decoration, a portal and Renaissance chapel. The city of Coimbra dates back to Roman times and was the capital of Portugal from 1131 to 1255. Its historic buildings are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Elephant-headed capital found at the Great Temple, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan in 2000, from the Petra Archaeological Museum. One of the elephant-head capitals that adorned the two triple colonnades on either side of the lower terrace after the building was redesigned. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lion's head and capital found in Petra, from the Petra Archaeological Museum, Petra, Ma'an, Jordan. This carved lion probably originated from the Temple of the Winged Lions, built c. 27 AD, where sculpted lion's heads adorned the tops of the capitals. Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabateans, Arabic desert nomads. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Capital of the founder, with the donor Stephanus offering the capitals to an angel with a book, sculpted stone capital, 12th century, in the Basilique Notre Dame du Port, a 12th century Romanesque basilica in the port area of Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The church is listed as a historic monument and forms part of the Santiago de Compostela UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital with animal heads, 13th century, in the cloister of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra, or Se Velha de Coimbra, a 12th century Romanesque Roman Catholic cathedral in Coimbra, Portugal. The capitals in the cathedral date from between the Romanesque and Gothic periods, and show Arab and pre-Romanesque influences. They depict mainly vegetal designs with some birds and animals but no humans or biblical scenes, possibly because the artists were mozarabic, Christians who lived in Arab territories where the depiction of people was forbidden under Islam. The cathedral was designed by Master Robert, a French architect, with the works overseen by Master Bernard and Master Soeiro. It was reworked in the 16th century, with the addition of tiled decoration, a portal and Renaissance chapel. The city of Coimbra dates back to Roman times and was the capital of Portugal from 1131 to 1255. Its historic buildings are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital with creatures with human heads, in the nave of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra, or Se Velha de Coimbra, a 12th century Romanesque Roman Catholic cathedral in Coimbra, Portugal. The capitals in the cathedral date from between the Romanesque and Gothic periods, and show Arab and pre-Romanesque influences. The cathedral was designed by Master Robert, a French architect, with the works overseen by Master Bernard and Master Soeiro. It was reworked in the 16th century, with the addition of tiled decoration, a portal and Renaissance chapel. The city of Coimbra dates back to Roman times and was the capital of Portugal from 1131 to 1255. Its historic buildings are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone capital with Capital with heron holding a purse, representing Antoni Amatller's control over the company finances, flanking the door to Antoni Amatller's bedroom, in the living room overlooking the Passeig de Gracia, in the Casa Amatller, a catalan Modernisme style building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, built 1898-1900 as a home for chocolatier Antoni Amatller, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Griffons, carved stone capital, at the entrance to the high chapel or Chapelle Sainte-Croix, consecrated 1309, at the Palais des Rois de Majorque, or Palace of the Kings of Majorca, built 1276-1309 by Ramon Pau, Pons Descoll and Bernat Quer, for King James II of Majorca, in Puig del Rey, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The fortified palace is in Late Romanesque and Gothic style and is built around 3 courtyards. It was fortified by Louis XI and renovated by Charles V and Vauban in the 15th and 17th centuries. In the 13th century, Perpignan was the capital of the Kingdom of Majorca. The palace is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone corinthian capital featuring birds with human heads, in the South ambulatory next to the chevet, in the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, or Notre-Dame cathedral, built 1163-1345 in French Gothic style, on the Ile de la Cite in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. This is the only capital in the cathedral depicting a figure. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital depicting the arrest and trial of St Foy, with pro consul Dacien and a soldier leading her to the judge, in the Abbatiale Sainte-Foy de Conques or Abbey-church of Saint-Foy, Conques, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrenees, France, a Romanesque abbey church begun 1050 under abbot Odolric to house the remains of St Foy, a 4th century female martyr. This capital was possibly carved by the Master of the Tympanum. The church is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago da Compostela, and is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital depicting the arrest and trial of St Foy, with pro consul Dacien and a soldier leading her to the judge, in the Abbatiale Sainte-Foy de Conques or Abbey-church of Saint-Foy, Conques, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrenees, France, a Romanesque abbey church begun 1050 under abbot Odolric to house the remains of St Foy, a 4th century female martyr. This capital was possibly carved by the Master of the Tympanum. The church is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago da Compostela, and is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a carved capital atop a circular striped pillar in the nave of the Church of St Spiridon, 18th - 19th centuries, completed 1864, in the Gorica quarter of Berat, South-Central Albania, capital of the District of Berat and the County of Berat. The church is a 3-nave basilica with two lower side naves and a bell tower. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, with the Tree of Knowledge and serpent, and acanthus leaves, impost capital, late 12th century Romanesque, from the transept of the church of Sant Miquel in the castle of Camarasa, Noguera, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, with the Tree of Knowledge and serpent, and acanthus leaves, impost capital, late 12th century Romanesque, from the transept of the church of Sant Miquel in the castle of Camarasa, Noguera, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in the Palau Nacional on Montjuic Hill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital depicting the legend of Gilgamesh, detail, in the west Cloister, built 1140-50, in the Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. In 1913 George Gray, an American sculptor, bought 32 columns and capitals from Cuxa which are now in The Met Cloisters Museum in New York. The remaining 7 original capitals, carved with largely secular subjects, were reerected here in 1950. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital depicting a whistling monkey representing the devil, detail, in the west Cloister, built 1140-50, in the Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. In 1913 George Gray, an American sculptor, bought 32 columns and capitals from Cuxa which are now in The Met Cloisters Museum in New York. The remaining 7 original capitals, carved with largely secular subjects, were reerected here in 1950. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital depicting Christ and angels, in the north east Cloister, built 1140-50, in the Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. In 1913 George Gray, an American sculptor, bought 32 columns and capitals from Cuxa which are now in The Met Cloisters Museum in New York. The remaining 7 original capitals, carved with largely secular subjects, were reerected here in 1950. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital depicting lions, in the Cloister, built 1140-50, in the Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. In 1913 George Gray, an American sculptor, bought 32 columns and capitals from Cuxa which are now in The Met Cloisters Museum in New York. The remaining 7 original capitals, carved with largely secular subjects, were reerected here in 1950. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital depicting lions, in the Cloister, built 1140-50, in the Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. In 1913 George Gray, an American sculptor, bought 32 columns and capitals from Cuxa which are now in The Met Cloisters Museum in New York. The remaining 7 original capitals, carved with largely secular subjects, were reerected here in 1950. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Creature with sharp teeth and protruding tongue, detail from a carved stone capital in the Cloister, built 1140-50, in the Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. In 1913 George Gray, an American sculptor, bought 32 columns and capitals from Cuxa which are now in The Met Cloisters Museum in New York. The remaining 7 original capitals, carved with largely secular subjects, were reerected here in 1950. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital depicting lions, figures and fantastic creatures, in the Cloister, built 1140-50, in the Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. In 1913 George Gray, an American sculptor, bought 32 columns and capitals from Cuxa which are now in The Met Cloisters Museum in New York. The remaining 7 original capitals, carved with largely secular subjects, were reerected here in 1950. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital depicting lions, figures and fantastic creatures, in the Cloister, built 1140-50, in the Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. In 1913 George Gray, an American sculptor, bought 32 columns and capitals from Cuxa which are now in The Met Cloisters Museum in New York. The remaining 7 original capitals, carved with largely secular subjects, were reerected here in 1950. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sirens, mythological creatures, symbols of vice and temptation, Romanesque capital, late 12th century, in the south gallery of the Cloitre d'Elne, built 12th - 14th centuries, at the Cathedrale Sainte-Eulalie-et-Sainte-Julie d'Elne, an 11th century catalan Romanesque cathedral in Elne, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The capitals feature sirens as birds with the heads of women, and as human torsos with double fish tails. The cloister was originally the residence of the cathedral's canons, and features Romanesque and Gothic sculptures and capitals, depicting biblical figures, animals and plants. The cathedral and its cloister are listed as historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved semi-capital with man buying medicine, from scene of Asclepius, Greek god of medicine, 15th century by Pietro di Martino, the only original capital on the porch on the facade of the Rector's Palace, built in the 15th century by Onofrio di Giordano della Cava, in Gothic and Renaissance style, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the upper north side of the nave and depicts the Original Sin of Adam and Eve. Eve gives the apple to Adam, and the serpent is intertwined with the branches of the tree. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the lower north side of the nave and depicts the punishment of Avarice and Slander (who has his tongue pulled out) by Generosity and Truth. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the lower south side of the nave and depicts Lewdness and Despair. Lewdness is a woman with a snake gnawing at her stomach and Despair a demon with flaming hair who kills himself with a sword in the stomach. The fern in the centre has poisonous fruits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the lower south side of the nave and depicts the legend of Saint Eustace. When hunting, Eustace sees a vision of a crucifix bertween the stag's antlers, and is converted. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the south side of the nave and depicts The Four Winds, with a possible representation of woven beehives. It dates from 1120-40. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital depicts Adam et Eve and is one of the oldest in the church, possibly Carolingian. Grapes replace the traditional apple as we are in wine country. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital depicts old testament sacrifices. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital depicts Saint Eugenia, who dressed as a man and became an abbot. When accused by a woman of adultery, she was forced to bare her breasts at the trial to prove her identity. She sits here between her accuser and Philip, duke of Alexandria, her father and judge at the trial. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the north side of the nave and depicts the death of Absalom at the battle of Ephraim's Wood. Absalom's hair is caught in the boughs of a tree and his head is being chopped off by Joab, one of King David's men. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital from the late 12th century is in the upper northern side of the nave and depicts Herod and Herodias. herodias is asking Herod for the head of St John the Baptist on a plate. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the upper north side of the nave and depicts the sacrifices of Cain and Abel. On the left Abel offers a lamb to God, whose hand is seen in the cloud blessing him. On the right Cain offers a wheat sheaf. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the south side of the nave and depicts the Four Winds, possibly showing traditional woven bee hives. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the north side of the nave and depicts the death of Absalom at the battle of Ephraim's Wood. Absalom's hair is caught in the boughs of a tree and his head is being chopped off by Joab, one of King David's men. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the lower north side of the nave and depicts the temptation of Saint Anthony, who is seen here tortured by two demons. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the south side of the nave and depicts Noah building the Ark, in order to escape the flood which will punish mankind for its sins. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the south side of the nave and depicts Noah building the Ark, in order to escape the flood which will punish mankind for its sins. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the upper north side of the nave and depicts two pelicans, representing paternal love. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the upper north side of the nave and depicts Herod and Herodias. Herodias is asking her husband for the head of St John the Baptist. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital depicts Vezelay Abbey delivering justice. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital depicts Adam et Eve and is one of the oldest in the church, possibly Carolingian. Grapes replace the traditional apple as we are in wine country. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital depicts Jeremiah blessing Abimelech. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital, c. 1120-40, depicts Joseph (son of Jacob) being whipped after having been falsely accused by Potiphar's wife. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital depicts the martyrdom of Saint Andoche. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the upper south side of the nave and depicts the murder of Amnon. Amnon, eldest son of King David, is murdered by his brother Absalom after abusing their sister Tamar. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the south side of the nave and depicts a battle between a man riding a grotesque beast and a crowned woman with the body of an ox, representing the Whore of Babylon and the Apocalypse. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital depicting lions, in the Cloister, built 1140-50, in the Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. In 1913 George Gray, an American sculptor, bought 32 columns and capitals from Cuxa which are now in The Met Cloisters Museum in New York. The remaining 7 original capitals, carved with largely secular subjects, were reerected here in 1950. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital with zoomorphic and anthropomorphic heads and limbs, in the Cloister, built 1140-50, in the Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. In 1913 George Gray, an American sculptor, bought 32 columns and capitals from Cuxa which are now in The Met Cloisters Museum in New York. The remaining 7 original capitals, carved with largely secular subjects, were reerected here in 1950. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital depicting lions, in the Cloister, built 1140-50, in the Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuxa, a 9th century Benedictine abbey in Codalet, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. In 1913 George Gray, an American sculptor, bought 32 columns and capitals from Cuxa which are now in The Met Cloisters Museum in New York. The remaining 7 original capitals, carved with largely secular subjects, were reerected here in 1950. The abbey complex consists of the Eglise Saint-Michel, Chapelle de la Trinite, crypt, cloister and an 11th century bell tower. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone capital with relief of pilgrims marching to Mont St Odile, by Anne-Marie Roux-Colas, on twin columns along the North side of the nave of the Eglise Sainte Odile, designed by Jacques Barge, 1904-1979, and built 1935-46, under Mgr Eugene-Edmond Loutil, 1863-1959, at the Porte de Champerret in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church is built in concrete with a nod to Romanesque Byzantine architecture, and has stained glass windows by Francois Decorchemont, 1880-1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved semi-capital with Asclepius, Greek god of medicine, 15th century by Pietro di Martino, the only original capital on the porch on the facade of the Rector's Palace, built in the 15th century by Onofrio di Giordano della Cava, in Gothic and Renaissance style, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict mostly biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the upper north side of the nave and is carved with a decorative floral motif based on a local plant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital depicts David slaying Goliath. On the left, he kills the giant Philistine with his slingshot and on the right, he beheads him. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the lower north side of the nave and depicts Moses and the golden calf. At Mount Sinai Moses discovers his people worshipping an idol of a golden calf. On the left Moses holds up one of the tablets of the Ten Commandments and raises a stick to destroy the idol. A demon leaps from the calf's mouth. On the right a Hebrew brings a ram for sacrifice. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from a pilaster on the upper north side of the nave and depicts an acrobat. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the upper north side of the nave and depicts the Original Sin of Adam and Eve. Eve gives the apple to Adam, and the serpent is intertwined with the branches of the tree. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the south side of the nave and depicts the death of the poor, represented by Lazarus, and the death of the rich. Here we see the death of a rich man surrounded by women, with a snake under his bed eating his wealth and two demons ripping out his soul with pincers. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the lower north side of the nave and depicts David killing the giant Philistine Goliath with his sling shot. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the south side of the nave and depictsthe death of Lazarus and of the rich. The poor Lazarus is seen crouching at the door of the rich, handing his soul in a halo to two angels, who will take it to God. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital depicts a knight fighting a dragon. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the north side of the nave and depicts the murder of the Amalekite.  Meurtre de l'Amal√©cite from the book of Samuel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the south side of the nave and depicts Noah building the Ark, in order to escape the flood which will punish mankind for its sins. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital depicts the Mystic Mill, it shows Moses grinding grain (symbolising the Old Testament) into flour (New Testament), which Saint Paul solemnly collects in a sack. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone capital with snakes entering open mouths of human faces, representing the torments of hell or the corruptions of the body, in the Cloister, 1250-71, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Cloister is in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble, carved with local flora and fauna, allegorical subjects and liturgical scenes. 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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  • Carved stone capital with owls, in the Cloister, 1250-71, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Cloister is in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble, carved with local flora and fauna, allegorical subjects and liturgical scenes. 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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  • Carved stone capital with heads and plants, in the Cloister, 1250-71, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Cloister is in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble, carved with local flora and fauna, allegorical subjects and liturgical scenes. 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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  • Carved stone capital with serpents, in the Cloister, 1250-71, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Cloister is in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble, carved with local flora and fauna, allegorical subjects and liturgical scenes. 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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  • Carved stone capital with stylised leaves, in the Cloister, 1250-71, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Cloister is in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble, carved with local flora and fauna, allegorical subjects and liturgical scenes. 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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  • Carved stone capital with stylised leaves, in the Cloister, 1250-71, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Cloister is in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble, carved with local flora and fauna, allegorical subjects and liturgical scenes. 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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  • Mystic lamb, from the carved stone capital of the procession of the abbot, in the Cloister, 1250-71, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Cloister is in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble, carved with local flora and fauna, allegorical subjects and liturgical scenes. 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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  • Carved stone capital with basilisk and face, in the Cloister, 1250-71, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Cloister is in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble, carved with local flora and fauna, allegorical subjects and liturgical scenes. 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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  • Carved stone capital with face, tree and coat of arms, in the Cloister, 1250-71, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Cloister is in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble, carved with local flora and fauna, allegorical subjects and liturgical scenes. 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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  • Carved stone capital with heads and stylised leaves, in the Cloister, 1250-71, in the Abbaye de Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The Cloister is in late Romanesque style, with capitals in pink, white and black marble, carved with local flora and fauna, allegorical subjects and liturgical scenes. 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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  • Carved stone capital of the professional career of Charles Deering, 1915-20, by Pere Jou, 1891-1964, in the cloister of the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, inaugurated 1970 and reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The cloister houses capitals from Romanesque and Gothic buildings and some by Pere Jou. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lions, sculpted capital from the rostrum rood screen or tribune, 12th century, Romanesque, carved in pink marble, in the Prieure de Serrabone, or Serrabone Priory, an 11th century Romanesque Augustinian monastery in Boule-d'Amont, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The structure is rectangular and topped with a balustrade, supported by 3 arches with capitals carved with animals, plants, angels and evangelist symbols. The priory is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lion, sculpted capital from the rostrum rood screen or tribune, 12th century, Romanesque, carved in pink marble, in the Prieure de Serrabone, or Serrabone Priory, an 11th century Romanesque Augustinian monastery in Boule-d'Amont, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The structure is rectangular and topped with a balustrade, supported by 3 arches with capitals carved with animals, plants, angels and evangelist symbols. The priory is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lion's head and man's head, sculpted capital from the rostrum rood screen or tribune, 12th century, Romanesque, carved in pink marble, in the Prieure de Serrabone, or Serrabone Priory, an 11th century Romanesque Augustinian monastery in Boule-d'Amont, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The structure is rectangular and topped with a balustrade, supported by 3 arches with capitals carved with animals, plants, angels and evangelist symbols. The priory is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man in tunic between a lion and a lion centaur, sculpted capital from the rostrum rood screen or tribune, 12th century, Romanesque, carved in pink marble, in the Prieure de Serrabone, or Serrabone Priory, an 11th century Romanesque Augustinian monastery in Boule-d'Amont, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The structure is rectangular and topped with a balustrade, supported by 3 arches with capitals carved with animals, plants, angels and evangelist symbols. The priory is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Anthropomorphic head above acanthus leaf decoration, sculpted capital from the rostrum rood screen or tribune, 12th century, Romanesque, carved in pink marble, in the Prieure de Serrabone, or Serrabone Priory, an 11th century Romanesque Augustinian monastery in Boule-d'Amont, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The structure is rectangular and topped with a balustrade, supported by 3 arches with capitals carved with animals, plants, angels and evangelist symbols. The priory is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lions, sculpted capital from the rostrum rood screen or tribune, 12th century, Romanesque, carved in pink marble, in the Prieure de Serrabone, or Serrabone Priory, an 11th century Romanesque Augustinian monastery in Boule-d'Amont, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The structure is rectangular and topped with a balustrade, supported by 3 arches with capitals carved with animals, plants, angels and evangelist symbols. The priory is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_FRANCE_MC_1533.jpg
  • Lions, sculpted capital from the rostrum rood screen or tribune, 12th century, Romanesque, carved in pink marble, in the Prieure de Serrabone, or Serrabone Priory, an 11th century Romanesque Augustinian monastery in Boule-d'Amont, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The structure is rectangular and topped with a balustrade, supported by 3 arches with capitals carved with animals, plants, angels and evangelist symbols. The priory is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_FRANCE_MC_1532.jpg
  • Lion, sculpted capital from the rostrum rood screen or tribune, 12th century, Romanesque, carved in pink marble, in the Prieure de Serrabone, or Serrabone Priory, an 11th century Romanesque Augustinian monastery in Boule-d'Amont, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. The structure is rectangular and topped with a balustrade, supported by 3 arches with capitals carved with animals, plants, angels and evangelist symbols. The priory is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_FRANCE_MC_1531.jpg
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