Word: moutier
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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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...
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