Images of Medieval Art and Architecture

France:Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Gilles

Central Portal Left - Double Socle

Images

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West Face Human Figure No Image Yet

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Subject Matter

North Face: Apes and Camel
West Face: Human figure
South Face: Lion and Human

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Location

Socles for double columns to the left of the central portal

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Comparative Material

Click here to see other socles and bases from Saint-Gilles.

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Bibliography

Stoddard, Whitney S..The facade of Saint-Gilles-du-Gard : its influence on French sculpture. Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, 1973. Pages 57-9, and 62.

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Updated by Jane Vadnal, March, 1998