medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
The person waiting for the "definitive" photos of Perrecy-les-Forges is your
humble servant, not Phyllis, I believe, and I'll send them along as soon as
the webmaster lets me know they're available.
From memory - here's what's going on in the frieze: from left to right
Gethsemane with two apostles awakening while the rest sleep, Christ at the
angle where the frieze makes a 90 degree turn holding up a finger and
(probably) asking "Could you not watch one hour with me?", the consoling
angel of extraordinary beauty and very moving, the betrayal (I may have
skipped something here), the arrest, Saint Peter, outsized and apparently
cutting off the ear of the servant in a twisting motion, Christ before
Pilate, sudden shift to the avenging angel, and, I think, Saint Paul at the
end. Somewhere in the mess that is my library, I have a booklet that
describes all this in detail. If I can put my hands on it, I'll write to
correct any bad info in this message. As to Cluny/Fleury connections, I
forget... Much of the sculpture is degraded and one can only guess at what
was carved or intended to be shown.
MG
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