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Autun Cathedral

Narthex Archivolt: Winter or January
Narthex Archivolt: Winter or January

Feasting in January. A man sits by a roaring fire, slicing bread or cake. The two halves symbolize the old and new years. Detail of archivolt above the west portal of Autun Cathedral, sculpted by Gislebertus around 1130.

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