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Orléanais

Chapiteau aux basilics

  • Lauginie, François

Date: 1150–1199
Field: Architecture
Technique(s): Stone
Dimensions: Height: 32 cm; width: 23 cm
Inventory number: A.8

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This capital features two composite animals. The front part of their body and their head belong to a rooster. The first animal has feline hind legs and a snake-like tail ending in an animal protome. The other has a thick reptilian tail, possibly related to the mythical creature of the basilisk.

Provenance

Old museum collection, method of acquisition unknown.

School

Orléanais

Location

Museum of History and Archaeology

1st floor

Room: Middle Ages and Renaissance

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