Jun 23, 2014 | Limoges Road
Fifty miles from Vézelay pilgrims reached the crossing of the mighty Loire river. Visible on the far shore stood the immense church and surrounding complex of the priory of Notre-Dame de la Charité-sur-Loire. There, a semi-derelict eighth century monastery had been...
Jun 23, 2014 | Great Portals
The tympanum sculpture of the Transfiguration at the Cluniac priory church of Notre-Dame de la Charité-sur-Loire in Burgundy ranks as one of the masterpieces of Romanesque sculptural art evincing similarities with the Languedocian style of Moissac. It is the only...
Jun 20, 2014 | Compostela
Notwithstanding, we should notice on the top, the Transfiguration of the Lord as it occurred on the Tabor mountain, and which is sculpted with the most marvellous skill Liber Sancti Iacobi The Transfiguration portal relief at the western entrance of the cathedral of...