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Our Lady of Orcival - Puy-de-Dôme

 

 

 

Romanesque statue and popular cult object since the Middle Ages, which legend says was carved by Saint Luke the Evangelist.

 

 

 

Painted Clock - Raunds

Painted Clock

 

The painted clock a reminder of the passing of time ones mortality and the Last Judgment.

 

 

Pieta - St. Aignan-sur-Cher

 

 

Fom about 1420, the figures on the right are thought to be Louis II of Chalon, count of Saint Aignan, his mother, and his second wife Jeanne de Perellos.

 

 

Portal of St Firmin

 

The portal of St Firmin opens into the north aisle of Amiens Cathedral. The tympanum shows the discovery of his remains outside the city, and their transport to the cathedral.

 

 

 

Portal of St Stephen

The tympanum of St Stephen at Bourges cathedral was constructed by 1240, and is above one of the five portals at the west end of the cathedral. The tympanum is made up of three sections. The lowest section depicts Stephen being made one of the seven deacons of the early church. Above that is his martyrdom, and on top of all is an image of Christ as Salvator Mundi.

Portal Of St. Anne

The portal of St Anne on the right of the western façade was built in 1200 and is the earliest of the three portals to be built. The tympanum is actually dated to about 1150 and was once part of the earlier cathedral of St. Stephen whose western façade was once 40 metres to the west of the present Cathedral.

 

 

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