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Benedictine Abbey and Cloister of Saint Pierre at Moissac

ViewClose detail of tympanum on the S portal
SiteMoissac
LocationFrance
Dateca. 1115-1140
SubjectArchitecture
PeriodRomanesque
Add'l. Info.Cloister completed 1100, Tympanum ca.1115
Saskia No.Kfa-0168
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 17, plate 22
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 14, plate 13
 Lois Fichner-Rathus, Understanding Art, 6th ed., chapter 14, plate 19
 Stokstad, Marilyn, Art History, 2nd ed., chapter 15, plate 9