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Trie
Cloister (The
Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art):
Assembled from architectural elements from the former Carmelite
convent of Trie-en-Bigore, near Toulouse (Hautes-Pyrénées),
and other sites in the region. Huguenots destroyed most of the convent
in 1571, during the Wars of Religion. The capitals were probably
carved between 1484 and 1490. The elements of the limestone fountain
date from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century. On the
front of the cross: Christ between Mary and John. Rear side: Saint
Anne holding the Christ child with the Virgin Mary on her left,
between two saints. The octagonal section, from which the water
pipes issue, contains niches holding sculptures of John the Baptist
and seven apostles.
The
plants grown here are varieties depicted in the "Unicorn
Tapestries."
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