Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: king

The architecture of Notre Dame de l'Assomption, the parish church of Rouffach, about 20kms south of Colmar, is a mixture of romanesque and gothique style. The pretty huge building suffered heavy damage during the French Revolution. On the walls of the older parts of "Notre Dame de l'Assomption". are some interesting romanesque carvings. There are three sculptures, telling a story. A story I cannot tell, as I could not find the necessery parts to stitch it together and I could not find anybody in Rouffach who knew it. Here is the third of the sculptures. This man is clearly the master, lord or the king. He is sitting on a bench (throne?), under an arch, flanked by two pillars with huge capitels. He is dressed in luxury clothes, sits upright - and shadows his eyes with one hand. He is eager to see who is coming. He is obviously waiting. His face is somehow "individually" (compared to the heralds) and his posture is pretty vibrant, he is shown "in a move", compared to the other men, that are very "static". The emperor (or archbishop) is still quite far away, as he obviously is focussing onto the horizon.

The Monasterio de San Pedro el Viejo ("Saint Peter the Old") is a former Benedictine monastery built within the 12th century. A church had existed here (built on the place of a Roman temple) since Visigothic times and even, when the Moors hold Huesca, this church was in use. Christian troops conquered Huesca in 1096 and from 1117 on Benedictines with obvious ties to Cluny reconstructed the church and erected a monasterio here. Of course the Benedictian monastery needed a decent cloister. This got erected adjoining the church around 1140. Many of the capitals, carved in the style of the "Master of Agüero" (aka "Master of San Juan de la Peña"), are creations done during the renovation of San Pedro el Viejo end of the 19th century. This capital is (probably) one of the old (original) ones. The horseman is a friendly greeting king (crown), accompanied by warriors (swords). The king has no nimbus. The lady to the left seems not too enthusiastic.