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In St. Stephen's Chapel in the crypt of Saint-Germain in Auxerre, there is another fresco besides the stoning of St. Stephen. It also breaks away from the Byzantine pattern usually employed at the time. Set within another tympanum, we are confronted by another unusual composition: depicted along the central axis is the upright figure of a saint around whom the other figures are grouped in such a way that they form a line rising up towards the centre. This triangular composition is integrated harmoniously into the span of the tympanum. In the Byzantine models heads are shown in an arrangement at the same height.
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