Romanesque capital decorated with masks and foliage in bluish-grey metamorphic stone covered with lighter crystals, probably gneiss, this capital is carved on three sides with a rounded basket decorated with rincels held between their jaws by monstrous masks located at the corners, under a rectangular abacus.
Metamorphic stone, probably Gneiss
Accidents and losses
Height: 21.50 cm - width and depth: 20 cm
Limousin, 12th century
Bibliography: Anne-Sophie Traineau-Durozoy. Jonah and the fish. Les Cahiers de Saint-Michel de Cuxa, Abbaye de Saint-Michel de Cuxa, 2017, 48, pp.115-127.