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France (Autun, Burgundy)
The Appearance of Christ to Mary Magdalene and the Holy Women at the Sepulchre Historiated Capital by Gislebertus from the Cathedral of Saint-Lazare
2205
High Romanesque (12th Century), c. 1120–1135 CE
A Romanesque historiated capital by Gislebertus (c. 1120–1135 CE) depicting the Noli me tangere — Christ stepping forward with a gardener's spade toward a kneeling Mary Magdalene, flanked by two holy women bearing ointment jars — a theologically charged image of Resurrection and Mary Magdalene as apostola apostolorum.
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