Even
the entrance way works
its best to defy description.
Unique
to say the least.
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A
perspective looking up
from the base of the
entrance way.
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Smaller
detail work at the top
of the door columns.
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Angels
fritter fratter dis
way and dat, happy
to help adorn da door
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Directly
over the central part
of the door is the Virgin
Mary carrying the baby Jesus
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This
whole piece looks very
much like its been recast
and readded.
There
was often very little
information at many
Portuguese museuems.
Portugal
must definitely improve
in this area, and should get
native english speakers to
translate descriptions; at
times the descriptions of
things were strewn with
mistakes.
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This
is very obviously a plaster
replica of the original. I do not
think the British or German
archaelogists took the original,
as they so often did in the
Turkey during the 1800's.
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Another
saint with a scepter of
some sort. Please email
me
if you have better
descriptions!
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Here
is a motif of some sort.
Is this an angel, carrying some
sort of protective garment?
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A smaller, simpler carving
on the top of this door
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The
very highest point of
the entrance way; of course,
adorned on top with a
cross
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