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France (Autun, Burgundy)
The Mystic Mill (Invention of the Compendium / Prophets and Apostles) Historiated Capital by Gislebertus from the Cathedral of Saint-Lazare
2193
High Romanesque (12th Century), c. 1120–1135 CE
A Romanesque historiated capital by Gislebertus (c. 1120–1135 CE) depicting The Mystic Mill — prophets and apostles operating a hand-mill symbolizing the transformation of Old Testament Law into New Testament grace — surmounted by a heavily ornamented diamond-patterned diaper abacus.
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