St. Trophime--page 6 (of eight pages): Front facade: bases to the columns





Right: Samson and Delilah

 
 
According to Stoddard, under Paul, a lion is biting a human figure and under Andrew a lion overwhelms a ram. These socles, he claims, are weak copies of those under James and Paul at Saint-Gilles.
 
Right: a base depicting Daniel with the lions


Works Consulted or Quoted:
Whitney S. Stoddard. The Facade of Saint-Gilles-du-Gard: Its Influence on French Sculpture. Middletown, Conn: Wesleyan UP, 1973.


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