Basilisk e testa umana, scolpita in marmo su capitale romanica in chiostro aggiunto alla fine del 1200s alla chiesa abbaziale di San Michele, o église abbatiale St-Michel, a Saint-Génis-des Fontaines, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, Francia.
4256 x 2832 px | 36 x 24 cm | 14,2 x 9,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
28 dicembre 2007
Ubicazione:
Saint-Génis-des Fontaines, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France
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Saint-Génis-des Fontaines, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France: basilisk (left) and human head sculpted in marble on a Romanesque capital in the cloister attached to the abbey church of St Michael, or église abbatiale St-Michel. The abbey church of St Michael was built circa 778 - 780, at the same time as the Benedictine monastery of Saint-Génis-des Fontaines. The church was destroyed by an attack of the Normans circa 855 - 856, rebuilt in the late 1000s and 1100s and consecrated in 1127. A richly sculpted Romanesque marble cloister was added in the late 1200s. In 1846, the abbey church re-opened as the parish church of the village. The Abbey of Saint-Génis-des Fontaines was founded by a “pious man” called Sentimir in about 780 AD, during the reign of Charlemagne (Charles the Great). It was dedicated to Génis, a martyr of Arles who died in 303. The abbey, along with its church, was destroyed by the Normans in the mid-800s, but was then rebuilt and further developed. In Hellenic and Roman legend, the basilisk is a legendary snake-like reptile with fatal breath and deadly to those who look into its eyes. The creature was later depicted in medieval bestiaries as a serpent-tailed bird. It was said to have been generated from an egg laid by a cockerel or rooster and hatched by a serpent. D1197.B4292
