Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: diner

Saint-Pierre was the church of one of the largest Augustinian abbeys in the Poitou, that was founded in 991 by Audéarde, the wife of viscount Herbert I of Thouars. The monastery was on one of the "chemins" of the Via Turonensis, so when the number of pilgrims increased, the Canons Regular of St. Augustine had this large church erected in two construction phases from the 12th century on. This church is very long and has a wide ambulatory. It could surely host large groups of pilgrims. When the era of the pilgrimage ended, the abbey declined and impoverished during the Hundred Years' War. Most conventual buildings were destroyed in the Wars of Religion. The abbey church now serves the parish. Saint-Pierre has an extraordinary density of medieval carvings. Most of these works are well preserved. Two corbel figures flank the pillar. Here again (see the previous upoload) the sculptures have different sizes. The right one was smaller even before the head got lost. Above them (on the capital) are people having diner. This cannot be the Last Supper, as there are not enough participants and none of the few has a nimbus. It may depict the "Wedding at Cana"