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Capital: Capital 1 - Choir (Mozac)

Building Name
:
Mozac  
Location
:
Choir
Capital
:
1
Subject
:
Evangelists
Description
:
Angels holding banderoles. Sarah Carrig Bond's dissertation locates this deposed capital at the entrance to the choir, in the rond-point [check if it is south side] Now in V&A.
Reference
:
The inscriptions are the first verses of the gospel. In order of the citations presened here, we find Matthew (1,1), Mark (1,3), Luc (1,5), and John (1,1).
Corpus Ref.
:
vol. 18, Allier, Cantal, Loire, Haute-Loire, Puy-de-Dôme, 228-229
  
  •   1st angel - 1 - Choir
    Face: 1st angel
    Inscription: 1. LIBER GENERATIONIS/ 2. JHESU XRISTI FILI DAVID
    Translation The book of the generation (of Christ). Jesus Christ, son of David
  •   2nd angel - 1 - Choir
    Face: 2nd angel
    Inscription: 1. VOX CLAMANTIS IN DE/ 2. SERTO PARATE VIAM DOMINI
    Translation A voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord
  •   3rd angel - 1 - Choir
    Face: 3rd angel
    Inscription: 1. FUIT IN DIEBUS HERODIS REGIS/ 2. JUDAE SACERDOS QUIDAM
    Translation There was in the days of King Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacariah
  •   4th angel - 1 - Choir
    Face: 4th angel
    Inscription: 1. IN PRINCIPIO ERAT VERBUM/ 2. ET VERBUM ERAT
    Translation In the beginning there was the word, and the word was…
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