Building: Saint-Trophime (Arles, FR)

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Building Name

Saint-Trophime

Place Name

Arles

Country

France

Monastic Order

Latitude

43.676637

Longitude

4.627872

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Cloister Capital 1

Description: North Gallery. Capital of pier that precedes the northwest angle. 2m from ground. Letters between 0.7-1cm. Dates to second half of 12th century. There are also plaques in the cloister: Resurrection, St. James, an apostle, St. Stephen, and Gamaliel.

Reference: Lazare is in the vocative case, forming the beginning of the quote: Lazare, veni foras (John 11,43).

Face:

MARTA/ MARIA

Martha Mary

Face:

LAZARE

Lazarus
Cloister Capital 2

Description: North gallery. Third column from the northwest corner. Letters approx. 1 cm. high. Dates to second half of 12th century.

Reference: The Sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22, 9-14).

Face:

ABRA[HA]M

Abraham
Cloister Capital 3

Description: North gallery. Third column from the west. 2.2m from ground. Epigraphic field = 6.7 cm. Height of letters = 0.7 cm Dates to second half of 12th century.

Reference: The iconographic source for this capital is found in Numbers, in which the story of Balaam is recounted (Numbers 22-24). On the face seen here, a camp of Israelites, symbolized by two rows of heads, create a fortification.

Face:

FILII HISRAEL

Son of Israel
Cloister Capital 4

Description: North gallery. First column from the east. 2.3m. From ground. Height of letters = 0.7 cm. Dates to second half of 12th century.

Reference: The Meeting of Abraham (Gen. 18, 1-15). On another face Abraham is shown serving a young calf to his guests.
Cloister Capital 5

Description: North gallery. Third pier from the east. 2.1 m from ground. Letters = 1cm. Dates to second half of 12th century.

Reference: This scene shows the tablets with the Law Moses received from Yahweh at Mount Sinai (Exodus 34, 1-29).

Face:

TABUL[A] / MOYSY

Tablets of Moses

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