Tapestry of Creation, Museum, Girona Cathedral, Catalonia, Spain

Auster, the south wind, 1 of the 4 mythological wind deities, with winged feet, blowing into horns and riding an inflated vessel, detail from the Tapestry of Creation, or Girona Tapestry, a needlework panel narrating the Genesis creation of the world around Christ Pantocrator, and a monthly calendar, wool and linen thread on woollen fabric, Romanesque, 11th century, Catalan, in the Museum of the Cathedral of Girona, in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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11th Century Auster Blowing Cataluna Color Image Couching Decorative Arts Deity Genesis Girona Iberian Peninsula Linen Needlework Old Testament Personification Tapestry

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