Building Name

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Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire  

Location

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Porch

Capital

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2

Subject

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Apocalypse

Description

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Ground floor of porch; first pier to the west of the south side (#11 du plan). Inscription housed at Musée lapidaire

Reference

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Capital references the beginning of Apocalypse I, 10-20, especially verses 11 and 16. Apocalypse I, 11: Quod vides scribe in libro et mitte septem ecclesiis quae sunt in Asia… et le verset. Apocalypse I, 16: et habebat in dextera sua sellas septem et de ores eius gladius utarque parte acutus exibat fournissent la source des textes et des sculptures (les sept chandeliers d’or au-dessus de Jean sont évoquées dans le verset 12: …et converses vidi septem candelabra aurea… Vergnolle proposed that the inscription SEPTEM ECCLESIAE is modern. [p. 96 (text); n. 315, p. 297]

Corpus Ref.

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not yet published