The Romanesque Sculpture at Moissac: The South Portal and Porch

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The Romanesque Sculpture at Moissac The South
Portal and Porch
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Triumphal Arch. Einharts Altar Base,
Carolingian, c. 820
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Terms barrel vault tympanum lintel door
posts jambs trumeau archivolts or
voussoirs embrasures
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Cluny III, 1109-15
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Cluniac church of Berzé-la-ville
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Christ and the Twenty-Four Elders (Theophany
image)
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Revelations iv, 2-8. and behold, a throne was
set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. And he
that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a
sardine stone and there was a rainbow round
about the throne, in sight like to an emerald.
And round about the throne were four and twenty
seats and upon the seats I saw four and twenty
elders sitting, clothed in white raiment and
they had on their heads crowns of gold. And
before the throne there was a sea of glass like
unto crystal and in the midst of the throne, and
round about the throne, were four beasts full of
eyes before and behind. And the first beast was
like a lion, and the second beast like a calf,
and the third beast had a face of a man, and the
fourth beast was like a flying eagle. V, 1
And I saw the right had of him that sat on the
throne a book written within and on the back
side, sealed with seven seals. and four and
twenty eldershaving every one of them harps, and
golden vials full of odors, which are the prayers
of the saints.
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Christ and the Four Apocalyptic Beasts or
Evangelist Symbols
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Elders of the Apocalypse
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Rosettes on Lintel
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Indicators of Cosmic Order (Order vs.
Chaos) Symmetry center vs. margins frontal
figures vs. profile figures
Hierarchy big vs. small up vs. down front
vs. back right (dexter) vs. left
(sinister) Abstraction energized line vs.
modeled volume
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Right or East Portal Embrasure or
Jamb Narrative scenes from the Infancy of Christ
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Fall of the Idols of Heliopolis--Flight to
Egypt--Angel Appearing to Joseph in a
Dream--Presentation at Temple
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Adoration of the Magi
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Annunciation Visitation
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Left or West Portal Embrasure or Jamb Story of
Dives and Lazarus from
from Luke1619-31

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Prophet--Abraham--Angel appearing to
Lazarus--Feast of Dives
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Death of Dives
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Punishment of Avarice
Punishment of
(Female) Unchastity
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Good vs. Bad Sin vs. Salvation Inversions
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Trumeau of Interlaced Beasts
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Old Testament Prophet on Trumeau (Jeremiah?), one
of four greater prophets and the ruin shall
spread from nation to nation
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