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Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix, & Roussillon (1912)

Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton), 1848-1923 · New York : Dutton · leaf 125

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CAPITAL IN CRYPT, HAGETMAU. caps are nearly 3 feet high, and the great interest ofthe place lies in the fine ornament and splendid carvingof the capitals, which are surprisingly little damaged.Several of them have simple foliage, though the abaciare carved with interlacing scrolls, but upon others… … CAPITAL IN CRYPT, HAGETMAU. figure subjects upon them. Daniel stands holding anapple with the god Bel as a dragon facing him ; a feastwhich might be the supper at Emmaus, if the figureshad nimbi, fills another face. On another capital is FIGURE CARVING 97 the deliverance of S. Peter from prison,…

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