IMAGES OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE

France:Saint-Gilles-du-Gard

Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Gilles

North Portal

Tympanum

Presentation of the Gifts of the Magi
and Joseph's dream
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Frieze
Entry into Jerusalem
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Angel and Apostle Statues

Saint Michael
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Socles and Bases

Goat Attacking Bull
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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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