Sant Benet de Bages

Image copyright © Maria Rosa Ferre, 2013
CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Maria Rosa Ferre, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 September 2013 by Maria Rosa Ferre [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monestir_de_Sant_Benet_de_Bages_(Sant_Fruitós_de_Bages)_-_71.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2016]
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view of church exterior - cloister - detail
![capital on the inner southwest corner of the cloister, facing inwards: Mary, Child and Joseph + inscription [CONDINTOR OP[eris] VOCA[ba]TUR B[er]N[AR]D](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1160917039_compressed.png)
Scene Description: capital on the inner southwest corner of the cloister, facing inwards: Mary, Child and Joseph + inscription [CONDINTOR OP[eris] VOCA[ba]TUR B[er]N[AR]D
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 August 1997 by BSI
view of church exterior - cloister - detail
![capital on the inner southwest corner of the cloister, facing inwards: Mary, Child and Joseph + inscription [CONDINTOR OP[eris] VOCA[ba]TUR B[er]N[AR]D](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1160917040_compressed.png)
Scene Description: capital on the inner southwest corner of the cloister, facing inwards: Mary, Child and Joseph + inscription [CONDINTOR OP[eris] VOCA[ba]TUR B[er]N[AR]D
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 August 1997 by BSI
view of church exterior - cloister - detail
![capital on the inner southwest corner of the cloister, facing inwards: Mary, Child and Joseph + inscription [CONDINTOR OP[eris] VOCA[ba]TUR B[er]N[AR]D](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1160917041_compressed.png)
Scene Description: capital on the inner southwest corner of the cloister, facing inwards: Mary, Child and Joseph + inscription [CONDINTOR OP[eris] VOCA[ba]TUR B[er]N[AR]D
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 August 1997 by BSI
view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Scene Description: capital on the northeast corner of the cloister; hunting with falcon scene... the next capital to the right has a rampant (?) lion that may be part of the hunt scene
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 August 1997 by BSI
view of church exterior - cloister - detail
view of church exterior - cloister - detail
view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Scene Description: capital on the north side of the cloister; Joseph picking fruit with his right hand, carrying a staff in his left; Madonna and Child on the adjacent faces, right and left
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 August 1997 by BSI
view of church exterior - cloister - detail
view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Scene Description: inner capital on the west side; two figures blowing horns with an owl (?) between them on this side; on the adjacent side to the right is a married couple
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 August 1997 by BSI
view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Scene Description: inner capital on the west side; married couple; the man on the right holds the wrist of the woman on the left; on the adjacent face to the left two figures blowing horns with an owl (?) between them
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 August 1997 by BSI
view of church exterior - cloister - detail
view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Scene Description: inner capital on the north side; a naked person covering his parts; in the adjacent face to the left is a cleric in orante position
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 March 2008 by Mutari [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Claustro_de_Sant_Benet_de_Bages_-_020.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2016]
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view of church exterior - cloister - detail
![a bicorporate bird [owl?] seen here in the right; the birds on the left capital probably shared a head, now broken off](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1160917051_compressed.png)
Scene Description: a bicorporate bird [owl?] seen here in the right; the birds on the left capital probably shared a head, now broken off
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 March 2008 by Mutari [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Claustro_de_Sant_Benet_de_Bages_-_034.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2016]
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Scene Description: a bicorporate animal on the upper part of the left capital here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 March 2008 by Mutari [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Claustro_de_Sant_Benet_de_Bages_-_035.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2016]
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view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Scene Description: eastmost capital on the north side of the cloister; this side shows two fully dressed figures wearing shoes and standing full frontal; between them is a serpent; above the serpent's head (?) is a four-petal flower; the body of the serpent continues towards the right onto the adjacent face of the capital
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 August 1997 by BSI
view of church exterior - cloister - detail
![eastmost capital on the north side of the cloister; this side shows several fully dressed figures some of whom fold the body of a serpent that has its head (?) in the left face of the capital [not visible here]; the body of the serpent appears to continue behind one of the figures on the right to reappear in the hands of the last figure of the right; all figures wear shoes](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1160917054_compressed.png)
Scene Description: eastmost capital on the north side of the cloister; this side shows several fully dressed figures some of whom fold the body of a serpent that has its head (?) in the left face of the capital [not visible here]; the body of the serpent appears to continue behind one of the figures on the right to reappear in the hands of the last figure of the right; all figures wear shoes
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 August 1997 by BSI
view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Scene Description: the capital on the right appears different in style and composition
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Maria Rosa Ferre, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 September 2013 by Maria Rosa Ferre [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monestir_de_Sant_Benet_de_Bages_(Sant_Fruitós_de_Bages)_-_63.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Scene Description: this capital appears different in style and composition from the majority of the others in this cloister; this side appears to be the Annunciation to Mary by Gabriel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 August 1997 by BSI
view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Scene Description: this capital appears different in style and composition from the majority of the others in this cloister; this side shows a tonsured priest in orante pose with a smaller figure kneeling (?) besides him; a bird by (on?) the priest's right hand, the beak near his ear
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 August 1997 by BSI
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view of church exterior - portal
view of church exterior - portal - left side - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jaume Meneses, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 September 2008 by Jaume Meneses [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monestir_de_Sant_Benet_de_Bages_(Sant_Fruitós_de_Bages)_-_9.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2016]
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view of church exterior - portal - right side - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jaume Meneses, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 September 2008 by Jaume Meneses [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monestir_de_Sant_Benet_de_Bages_(Sant_Fruitós_de_Bages)_-_8.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2016]
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view of church exterior in context - east view

Scene Description: the bulk of the church on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 March 2008 by Mutari [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monasterio_de_Sant_Benet_de_Bages_-_002.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2016]
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view of church exterior in context - northeast view
view of stoup
![wall-mounted stoup in the cloister; the inscription "[...] FRIGOLA ABBAS [...]" refers to Frigola, who was aboot here 1554-1576](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1160917059_compressed.png)
Scene Description: wall-mounted stoup in the cloister; the inscription "[...] FRIGOLA ABBAS [...]" refers to Frigola, who was aboot here 1554-1576
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Daniel García Peris, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 May 2009 by Daniel García Peris [www.flickr.com/photos/dgperis/3595696176] [accessed 17 September 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0