Ciborium, Upper Chapel, Tresor de la Cathedrale

Ciborium, 17th century, which belonged to Barthelemy Codaute, priest of Feuillade in Charente, who used this in clandestine masses after he was outlawed after refusing to take an oath to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy in 1790, in the Upper Chapel, themed as L'Engagement or Commitment, in Le Tresor de la Cathedral d'Angouleme, in Angouleme Cathedral, or the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre d'Angouleme, Angouleme, Charente, France. The 12th century Romanesque cathedral was largely reworked by Paul Abadie in 1852-75. In 2008, Jean-Michel Othoniel was commissioned by DRAC Aquitaine - Limousin - Poitou-Charentes to display the Treasure of the Cathedral in some of its rooms, which opened to the public on 30th September 2016. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13437209

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Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

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Photograph by Manuel Cohen