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Tympan de porte occidentale

Tympan of the east gate
ca. 1180

Sigolsheim / Tympan de porte occidentale   Sigolsheim / Tympan de porte occidentale

Description

Tympan showing Christ giving the keys of Paradise to Saint Peter: sitting Christ, flanked by Saints Peter and Paul and two kneeling figures, the donors, one of them named Ulricus, right a winemaker with a barrel. The lintel shows the symbols of Christ and the four evangelists:

Sigolsheim - Tympan 'Christ tend les clés aux saints'
Lion (Mark)		 Sigolsheim - Tympan 'Christ tend les clés aux saints'
Eagle (John)		 Sigolsheim - Tympan 'Christ tend les clés aux saints'
the Lamb (Christ)		 Sigolsheim - Tympan 'Christ tend les clés aux saints'
Angel (Matthew)		 Sigolsheim - Tympan 'Christ tend les clés aux saints'
Bull (Luke)

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  • Country: France
  • Christ
  • John the Evangelist, St.
  • Luke, St.
  • Mark, St.
  • Matthew, St.
  • Paul, St.
  • Peter, St.
  • Tympanum

    • Locatie (N 48°8'4" - E 7°18'2") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

    Item Code: fral059; Photograph: 15 April 2012
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