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Cloister capital in Saint-Béat marble, carved...

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Cloister capital in Saint-Béat marble, carved on all sides. Decorated in two registers: in the upper register, corners adorned with volutes of thick lanceolate leaves framing a bishop's head on one side and a hooded monk's on the other; in the lower register, on one side, the head of an animal with pointed ears and two bodies flanked in profile, legs bent; on the other, the head of a madman wearing a cap with ears and a cape spread out on either side; thick, heavily molded carving. Occitania or Languedoc, 14th century H. 36.5 cm - W. 52 cm - D. 30 cm Base (some missing parts)