Dordogne Days- The Le Port Blog

Sunday, May 04, 2008

XIc Sculptures at Besse Abbey.

The Tympanum at Besse XIc.



St Michael giving the opposition a hard time (as usual).


The Six winged Seraphim, the highest of the nine orders of Angels.


Trouble in T' Garden, l to r, Eve, Tree of Knowledge, Adam (aroused), God -with the pointey finger


St Hubert pursuing a stag symbolic of the soul's pursuit of God. See for example, St John of the Cross, The Spiritual Canticle v1 & v13. Left Mary, with Jesus rather tightly swaddled.

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