IMAGES OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE

France:Saint-Gilles-du-Gard

Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Gilles

Central Portal


Tympanum

Christ Surrounded by
Evangelist Symbols
Nineteenth Century Restoration


Frieze

Left:Payment of Judas
Right:Christ Cleansing the Temple
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Christ's Prophecy of Peter's Denial
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Left: Washing of Feet
Right: Last Supper
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Betrayal of Christ

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Left: Christ before Pilate
Center: Flagellation
Right: Carrying the Cross
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Angel and Apostle Statues

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Matthew and Bartholomew

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Thomas


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James the Less
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James and Peter


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To the Right of the Portal

Paul and
James the Greater

Unidentified Apostle


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Unidentified Apostle


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Unidentified Apostles

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Socles and Bases

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West Face
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Central Portal Left-Double Socle

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

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Calling of David
David and Goliath
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Offerings of Cain & Abel
Murder of Abel
Centaur & Stag

Selected Bibliography

Diemer, Dorothea. Untersuchungen zu Architektur und Skulptur der Abteikirche von Saint-Gilles. Stuttgart : HochschulVerlag, 1978.

Hamann, Richard.. Die Abteikirche von St. Gilles und ihre K|nstlerische Nachfolge. Berlin, Akademie-Verlag, 1955.

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

Scott, Judy F.St.-Gilles-du-Gard, the west facade figured frieze : irregularities and relative chronology. Frankfurt a.M. : P.D. Lang, c1981


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