Images of Medieval Art and Architecture

France: Vézelay
Benedictine Abbey Church of Sante-Marie-Madeleine

Tympanum of Central portal in narthex

Scene of Pentecost or Christ seated in Judgement or Mission to the Apostles,

with the Zodiac and Labors of the Seasons in surrounding archivolts



 
 

Details

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Tympanum

Peoples of the Earth

Signs of the Zodiac and 
Labours of the Months

Capitals and Trumeau

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Created by G. David Donahue, July 1997
Updated by Jane Vadnal, December, 1997