Sculptural detail, South portal, Bourges Cathedral

Elijah reproaching Ahab for stealing Naboth's vineyard, and on the right, Abraham's offering of Isaac, carved capital from 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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1160 1195-1230 1324 Ahab Bourges Centre-val Cher Elijah Grapes Isaac Portal Sacrifice Saint-etienne Vine Vineyard

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