Building Name

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Arnac-Pompadour  

Location

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Choir

Capital

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2

Subject

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St. Peter

Description

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South entrance of sanctuary The 'S' is in the form of an inverted 'Z' which is representative of 11th century epigraphy.

Reference

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The text is close to John 21: 15-17, in which Christ says twice to Peter: Pasce agnos meos and the third time: Pasce oves meas. In the inscription the verb in the third person plural (pascunt) refers to the three figures represented on the capital. These figures could well be the three pastors of souls who were the principal patrons of the church at Arnac (st. Pardoux, Abbot of Guéret, and St. Martial). The inscription can be dated to the end of the 11th century. (See Camus, "Deux témoins de la sculpture romane du Bas-Limousin en Poitou: les chapiteaux de la chapelle de Saulgé", BM, 134, 1976, 98.

Corpus Ref.

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pg. 38779