Building Name

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Saint-Sardos  

Location

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Nave

Capital

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1

Subject

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Daniel

Description

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west side, south wall No figure

Reference

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The traditional interpretation views this work as a Temptation and sees the inscription as an artist signature. However, a better hypothessis proposed by M. Henri Renou, a photothécaire at C.E.S.C.M., and taken up by M. Pierre Dubourg-Noves suggests that the inscription designates the prophet Daniel. In fact, the figure to the left holds a ball and throws tar pellets of fat and hair to the dragon, puncturing the dragon. This iconography is found without an inscription in the crypts from Hagetmau, to Mas-d'Agenais, and perhaps the western portal at Saint-Vincent-de-Pertignas, according to Mll. A.-M. Labit à Saint-Pierre-de-Quittimont. Dates to 12th cent.

Corpus Ref.

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vol. 6, Gers, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 137