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French Infantryman on the Lintel Below the Main Narthex Tympanum
Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine à Vézelay, commune de Vézelay, Yonne 89, Bourgogne, France

Photo by Jim Forest

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Le tympan du portail central représente la Pentecôte, la Descente de l'Esprit Saint sur les apôtres. Il peut être daté des années 1125-1130.
Source: art-roman
The tympanum of the central portal represents the Pentecost, the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. It can be dated to the years 1125-1130.

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Referenced as figure 22: INFANTRYMEN, 12th CENTURY, in Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300 by Ian Heath
22 is a Frenchman from an early-12th century sculpture at Vezelay, ...