medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]>
> i wish i had told you about the twisted cloister columns (with figures
climbing up them and historiated capitals) from the abbey of Coulombs, now in
the Louvre.
> which don't seem to be available anywhere on the web.
not quite true, since there are these wretched views:
http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000035073.html#
http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000035076.html
not quite up to your high standards, Genevra.
Coulombs was an ancient Benedictine house near Noget-le-Roi (present
Eure-et-Loir), in the northern reaches of the middlevil diocese of Chartres,
and these precious survivals are among the very, very few examples of
pre-Chartres Royal Portal figure style from that region.
of very high quality.
deserving of some decent snapping.
c
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