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        "tombstone": "Capitals and Abacuses from the Narthex of the Collegiale de Saint-Melaine de Preuilly-sur-Claise (The Annunciation), mid-1100s. Central France, Southern Touraine, mid-12th century. Limestone with traces of paint; overall: 51.5 x 63.5 x 37.8 cm (20 1/4 x 25 x 14 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance in memory of his beloved wife, Elisabeth DeWitt Severance, 1930.18",
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        "title": "Capitals and Abacuses from the Narthex of the Collegiale de Saint-Melaine de Preuilly-sur-Claise (The Annunciation)",
        "creation_date": "mid-1100s",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1145,
        "creation_date_latest": 1165,
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        "culture": [
            "Central France, Southern Touraine, mid-12th century"
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        "technique": "limestone with traces of paint",
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        "department": "Medieval Art",
        "collection": "MED - Romanesque",
        "type": "Sculpture",
        "measurements": "Overall: 51.5 x 63.5 x 37.8 cm (20 1/4 x 25 x 14 7/8 in.)",
        "dimensions": {
            "overall": {
                "height": 0.515,
                "height_inch": 20,
                "height_inch_fraction": 0.25,
                "width": 0.635,
                "width_inch": 25,
                "width_inch_fraction": 0.0,
                "depth": 0.378,
                "depth_inch": 14,
                "depth_inch_fraction": 0.875
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        "provenance": [
            {
                "description": "Collegiale of St. Melaine at Preuilly-sur-Claise; (Arnold Seligmann, Rey, & Co., New York).",
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        "description": "These larger capitals present the Nativity, Annunciation, and Visitation. To the medieval mind, these themes established the entrance of God into human history: God became man. The left capital presents a theophany\u2014Christ in Majesty flanked by censing angels\u2014and conflates Ascension and Second Coming iconography, characteristic of many 12th-century portals. The image shows Christ triumphant, ascending into heaven, and implies his ultimate return on Judgment Day. The remaining capitals present other themes characteristic of the period. The scene on the right depicts the punishment of Luxuria, a figure representing a cardinal sin, attacked by demons, snakes, and toads. Other capitals suggest more such punishments. Notice the array of fantastic creatures and torments: basilisks drinking from a chalice, warriors astride fantastic quadrupeds, a man riding two attacking lions, winged beasts with human heads, and griffins interlaced with a mask.",
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80003968"
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        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "W. M. M. \u201cRomanesque Capitals: A Memorial to Elisabeth Dewitt Severance.\u201d <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 17, no. 4 (April 1930): 57, 59\u201363, 69, 72.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 59-63; Reproduced: p. 57, 69, 72",
                "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25137290"
            },
            {
                "citation": "Scheifele, Eleanor L.. \u201cA French Romanesque Capital of Daniel in the Lions' Den.\u201d <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 81, no. 3 (1994): 46-83.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 50; Mentioned: p. 51, 76",
                "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161445"
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        "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.18",
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        "creditline": "Gift of John L. Severance in memory of his beloved wife, Elisabeth DeWitt Severance",
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        "athena_id": 111628,
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        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "1930-01-14T00:00:00",
        "sortable_date": 1145,
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        "date_text": "mid-1100s",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-29 05:54:34.864000"
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