Window arch, Abbaye Saint Nicolas, Angers, Maine-et-Loire
Semicircular window arch and carved archivolt, with frescoes of musical animals on the spandrels (goat playing a horn and a donkey), c. 1145-55, probably originally from the 12th century cloister beside the refectory, found in 1957, at the Abbaye Saint Nicolas, founded 1021 by Foulques Nerra in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13459628
Media ID
45397193
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7087px x 4788px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
