The tympanum, overhanging the Southern doorway blooms out and represents a climax in Romanesque art.
| Carved
circa 1130, it illustrates the fourth chapter of the book of Revelation and represents Christ in majesty, with the symbols of gospels writers : the Tetramorph around him. |
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| 24 Elderly people watch him on three rows, the Chosen ones represent whole mankind saved, enthroned like Gods, crowned like kings.They hold their music instruments and gold-cups which are saints' prayers. |
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monolithic pier is carved with three couples of lions, its sides are adorned with the portraits of Saint Paul and famous Jeremy. |
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the jambs, Saint Pierre and prophet Isaiah complete the symbolism of the double entrance into faith through the Old and New Testament. |
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| The
splaying on the right illustrate gospel scenes of Jesus' nativity and on the left, they stigmatize Lust and Greed. |
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