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A capital in Cuxa Cloister

Photograph by Nancy Wu.

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This image of a palm tree flanked by lions from the west arcade of the twelfth-century Benedictine monastery of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa derives from a long artistic tradition. Palms and palm-derived decorative motifs were often employed in ancient Near Eastern and Classical architecture and continued to be used throughout the Middle Ages.

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