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Capital: Capital 2 - Crossing (Santa Maria de Lebanza)

Building Name
:
Santa Maria de Lebanza  
Location
:
Crossing
Capital
:
2
Subject
:
Christ in majesty.
Description
:
Left side: two figures holding the Patriarchal Cross. Main side: Christ in majesty in a mandorla, surrounded by the four evangelists: an angel, an eagle, an ox and a lion. The angel and the eagle show the wounds of Christ (as the Redeemer). Right side: two figures hold the spear and the nails respectively. Now in the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum.
Reference
:
Cahn, Walter et Linda Seidel (1979). Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. New England Museums, Vol. I, New York : Burt Franklin & co, p. 205-210. Capital from the Abbey of Santa María de Lebanza. Harvard Art Museums, https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/231792?position=0.
Corpus Ref.
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  •   Abacus, left side. - 2 - Crossing
    Face: Abacus, left side.
    Inscription: PETRUS CARO PRIOR
    Translation Petrus Caro prior fecit ista eclesia et domus et claustra omnia que ab e fundat era MCCXXIII. "Prior Pedro Caro made this church, the monastery and the cloister, and all this was founded by him in 1223*." (*1185 of our calendar)
  •   Main side. - 2 - Crossing
    Face: Main side.
    Inscription: (F)ECIT ISTA ECLESIA ET DOMUS ET CLAUSTRA OM(NI)A QUE AB E F(U)NDAT
    Translation Petrus Caro prior fecit ista eclesia et domus et claustra omnia que ab e fundat era MCCXXIII. "Prior Pedro Caro made this church, the monastery and the cloister, and all this was founded by him in 1223*." (*1185 of our calendar)
  •   Right side. - 2 - Crossing
    Face: Right side.
    Inscription: ERA MCCXXIII
    Translation Petrus Caro prior fecit ista eclesia et domus et claustra omnia que ab e fundat era MCCXXIII. "Prior Pedro Caro made this church, the monastery and the cloister, and all this was founded by him in 1223*." (*1185 of our calendar)
    No images.
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