France (Autun, Burgundy)

The Mystic Mill (The Carried Mill / Quenching of the Mystic Mill) Historiated Capital by Gislebertus from the Cathedral of Saint-Lazare

2204

High Romanesque (12th Century), c. 1120–1135 CE

A Romanesque historiated capital by Gislebertus (c. 1120–1135 CE) depicting The Mystic Mill — two symmetrical figures pouring grain into a grinding mechanism surrounded by exuberant acanthus foliage and pinecone pods — a sophisticated typological allegory of the transformation of Old Testament law into New Testament grace through Christ.