"Cornerstone With Ornate Capital 12th Century Origny Abbey Sainte Benoîte Aisne"
Very beautiful and large cornerstone with ornate capital. Limestone from the Aisne region.
Approximately 39x18x18 cm.
It comes from the former abbey of the Benedictine nuns of Origny Sainte Benoîte in the Aisne region, completely dismantled and destroyed after the French Revolution and whose stones were sold at auction around 1796 (see J. Poissonnier “Histoire de l'abbaye royale d'Origny-Sainte-Benoite”, 1888, in Bulletin de l'Histoire de France, 1921, p.154).
Very beautiful piece, very decorative.
PROVENANCE: Louis Cavallier Collection (former general councilor of the Aisne region).
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