Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: lord

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.