Sculptural detail, South portal, Bourges Cathedral

Sculpted capitals with fantastic beasts representing the struggles of vice and virtue, and on the left, Abraham's offering of Isaac, above the column statues on the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13437046

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45366509

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7087px x 4724px (10.9MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen