Word: moutier
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...abbey of Moutier-Saint-Jean from which these capitals originated was in the department of Cote-d'Or in the valley of the Recome, a few miles above Semur. Little now remains of this church, originally built by the Abbott Bernard II who was elected Abbott in 1109, and died in 1133. Since the size and architectural forms of the capitals indicate that they supported heavy transverse ribs, they must therefore have been carved before...
...from their original places in the 12th century church by an architect in the 18th century who failed to perceive their beauty, and replaced them by work suited to the taste of his own time which the modern world agrees is far inferior. These capitals from the Church of Moutier St. Jean and some others from St. Pons are now to be seen in the entrance hall of the Fogg Museum...
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