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Model Part: Apse Echelonné (in Basilica Vézelay ca. Artaud)
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Basilica Vézelay ca. Artaud
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Apse Echelonné
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Choir
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Archaeological
Christian Sapin, Fabrice Henrion, Stephane Büttner
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Comparative
While Anzy-le-Duc was not affiliated with Cluny but with Saint-Martin in Autun, its east end is similar to that of the Cluniac dependency, Charlieu. The floor plan of Charlieu is considered to be closely related to Cluny II. Studies of the…
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Comparative
In an article published in 1929, Jean Vallery-Radot suggested that the Romanesque east end at Vézelay most probably terminated with a staggered apse (apse echelonée).
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Hypothetical
Hypothetical apse; Phase 1
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Textual
Edson Armi also argued that the sculpture at Anzy-le-Duc (lintel, capitals and archivolts) and in the narthex at Vézelay predate the famous choir capitals at Cluny III.