Stone Cathedra

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Fourteenth-century stone cathedra from St. Séverin Church, Bordeaux.

Artist

Name:: Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel
Dates:: 1814-1879
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Ornaments & Patterns
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle, vol. 2
Author:: Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel
Publisher:: Paris: Vve A. Morel et Cie., 1875
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Stone cathedra from Saint-Séverin Church, Bordeaux, dating to the late fourteenth century. The seat and the armrests are delicately decorated with openwork design while the front part of the canopy bears a sculpted mitre in its center. A cathedra is the seat of a bishop.

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{{cite web | title=Stone Cathedra | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/episcopal-chair/ | author=Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel | year=1875 | access-date=April 24, 2024 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}