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Capital: Capital 29 - Cloister (Saint-Pierre de Moissac)
Building Name
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Saint-Pierre de Moissac
Location
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Cloister
Capital
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29
Subject
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Story of St. Martin
Description
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North Gallery; inscription is on impost block. West face shows St. Martin tearing his cloak. The inscription is on the impost block and on a medallion on the west face.
Reference
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The source for the inscriptions is the Vita sancti Martini by Sulpice Severus. Martin was the bishop of Tours c. 370-1, and later retired to a monastery in the Poitiers region.
Corpus Ref.
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Vol. 8 Ariège, Haute Garonne, Hautes-Pyrénées, Tarn-et-Garonne, 172-3
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east face; impost block - 29 - Cloister
Face: east face; impost blockInscription: HIC MARTINVS : ELECTVSTranslation Here Martin elected
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North on impost block - 29 - Cloister
Face: North on impost blockInscription: DEI PONTIFEXTranslation Elected pontif of God
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South on impost block - 29 - Cloister
Face: South on impost blockInscription: HAC ME VESTE : CONTEXITTranslation Here with my cloak. He protected
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West face; impost block and medallion - 29 - Cloister
Face: West face; impost block and medallionInscription: MARTINVS DIRITVM (on a medallion in middle of face) MARTINVS ADHVC CATECVMINVSTranslation Martin divides (his cloak). Martin still a catechumen.
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