MEDIEVAL SCULPTOR, French
(active 1125-1130 at Vézelay)

Main portal (detail of the lintel)

1125-30
Stone
Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Vézelay

On the right side of the lintel of the main portal of the former abbey church of Sainte-Madeleine in Vézelay (Yonne) is a procession, led by the Apostles Peter and Paul, of large-eared Panotians from Scythia, Pygmies and Giants.




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