Description: On the tailloir (impost) of a capital on the south side of a triumphal arc at entrance to choir. 2.63m from ground; length of inscription=80cm; height of 1st letter=12cm
Inscription is dated to not before the first half of the 11th century.
Reference: The text carved onto the impost block is very close to Leviticus 9.44: Ego enim sum Dominus Deus vester: sancti estote quia ego sanctus sum. But the inscription inverts estote and sancti and adds ego, which is not in the Vulgate nor in the vetus latina. Estote may come from Matthew 5.48: Estote ergo vos perfecti sicut et pater vester caelestis perfectus est. The Matthew passage is part of the liturgy for the Saturday afterday Ash Wednesday.
Face:
ESTOTE ERGO SANCTI QUIA EGO SANCTUS SUM DICIT [DOMINUS]
Inscription is dated to not before the first half of the 11th century.