Fun At Cahors Cathedral

Cahors Cathedral was consecrated very early in the 12th century and is approximately half Romanesque and half Gothic. Fashions change. Mid-stream. We have seen worse. Said to be the first of the Aquitaine Gothics. It's the older stuff that is interesting inside, and then the sculptural program outside that is fun.

Cathedral again from the market

Another welcome model; the two rotundas are the old part

Nice old frescoes high up in the entry

The western rotunda is painted with the zodiac, or the twelve tribes or apostles,
or possibly the stoning of Stephen

Interestingly, the eastern rotunda is not painted; according to our completely
trustworthy guidebooks, these are the two largest rotundas in Christendom,
apart from Hagia Sofia; I think the relevant emphasis is on "two," as in "set"

Nice old-looking glass here and there

This is the Chapel of the Holy Coif; very rustically-painted, etc;
we are still not entirely sure what a coif is, possibly something
French;  anyway, here is one, and it's on, you can tell, because
the little red light is glowing

Out in the very nice cloister, you can see the tower and twin rotundae

Also in the cloister is this appealing sculpture of Mary as a girl

It's outside, on the north porch, above the tympanum, where things get weird, and
fun, in the sculpture program

On the archivault (?), Medieval back-end stabbing

A little bestiality maybe?

Higher up, a kiss...

Happy about something, maybe the kiss

I could have stayed and collected the whole set; it's with these
exterior secular items that you can really see what fun-loving
folks our Medieval ancestors were

But Vicki said it was time to go taste more wine

And so we moved on

Noting, finally, the Cathedral Garden (seriously), for decorating the altars, white
and blue for Mary, orange and red for the sufferings of Jesus, and yellow and gold
for the "mysteries of the Resurrection"; too bad for the Florists Guild