Stock Photo: Capital: Flight into Egypt
Image Details
- Photo ID
- 5203
- Title
- Capital: Flight into Egypt
- Caption
- Carved capital on the fourth pier from the west in the south arcade, depicting the Flight into Egypt (Matthew 2:13-15). The most exquisitely carved capital at Saulieu, it centers on Mary and the baby Jesus on the back of a donkey. She and the donkey are looking in front of them, down the road, but her body faces the viewer. She is seated on the donkey like a throne, with her legs supported on a small platform. On the left face of the capital (shown here), Joseph leads the donkey. Each of the donkey's four hoofs stand on a wheel, an intriguing symbolic element. One interpretation is that they represent the wrath of Herod (since wheels represented wrath in ancient times), which the Holy Family is fleeing but also treading underfoot.
- Credit
- Holly Hayes
- Status
- All Rights Reserved
- Date Created
- May 27, 2008
- Date Added
- March 30, 2010
- Last Updated
- March 6, 2024
- Coordinates
- 47.2795040° N, 4.2299720° E
- Camera
- Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
- Focal Length
- 106 mm
- ISO
- 1600
- File Size
- 10.7 MB
- Full Resolution
- 4500 x 3006 pixels
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