Thu, 08/21/2014 - 13:48 - Column capital Saint-Maurice - Lucay le Male - France 21/08/2014
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A finely carved, mid-12ᵗʰ century, limestone capital located within the nave of Saint-Maurice, Lucay le Male, depicting a blend of vegetal and narrative motifs characteristic of the regional Romanesque idiom. The block retains its original abacus and echinus, its composition divided into three fields: a central zone of foliate scrollwork, surmounted by a zoomorphic and human frieze, and flanked by spiralled volutes enclosing small faces and symbolic forms.