Capital: Capital 16 - Cloister (Saint-Pierre de Moissac)

Capital
Faces

Building Name

Saint-Pierre de Moissac

Location

Cloister

Capital

Subject

Washing of the Feet (Mandatum)

Description

East gallery; Christ kneeling before a basin, preparing to wash the feet of the apostle, Peter; Andrew and Paul included on this face

Reference

Washing of the feet is found in John, 8:1-7. Mandatum is the term for the liturgical ceremony on Holy Thursday. The antiphon for the ceremony is: Mandatum novum do vobis, ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos (John 13-34). Rupin noted that an article in the statues of Moissac (c. 1331, executed by Abbot Auger de Durfort) stipulated that on Holy Thursday, before the mandatum, 400 poor would be given bread, beans, deniers de Cahors, and sufficient wine.

Corpus Ref.

Vol. 8 Ariège, Haute Garonne, Hautes-Pyrénées, Tarn-et-Garonne, 155-7

Refresh

East face - 16 - Cloister

Face: East face

Inscription: BERTOLO[MEVS] MATHEVS

Translation Bartholomew Matthew
North face - 16 - Cloister

Face: North face

Inscription: IACOB[VS] I O A N [N] [ES] FI LIPI[S] TO S M A

Translation James John Philip Thomas
South face - 16 - Cloister

Face: South face

Inscription: IESVS SVRTEP AN DR[EAS] PAVLVS

Translation Jesus Peter Andrew Paul
West face; on the face - 16 - Cloister

Face: West face; on the face

Inscription: MANDATVM

Translation Mandatum

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