Medieval France
. The Cluniac priory of Saint-Fortunat at Charlieu (Loire) is known for its Romanesque church with sculptural decoration. The church, which replaced a 10th-century structure, was begun ca. 1030, dedicated in 1094, and received a narthex ca. 1135–40.
Although it survives in fragmentary form, the church had a tunnel-vaulted nave with clerestory, transept, and central apse with added apsidiole. The inner portal sculpture represents the Ascen
sion with Christ in a mandorla supported by two angels and Apostles in an arcade on the lintel. The narthex with a room above has a lateral entrance whose sculptured tympanum depicts the Apocalyptic Christ in a patterned Late Romanesque style.
Karen Gould
Sunderland, Elizabeth. Charlieu à l’époque médiévale. Charlieu: Société pour la Connaissance de Charlieu, 1971.
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