Brindisi, church of Sant'Andrea all'Isola Capital 11th century

    Unusually large marble capital, decorated in the lower section with a succession of acanthus surmounted by four fabulous beasts with thick coats, two of them addorsed and two face to face. Bunches of grapes can be seen between the paws of the two animals facing each other. Over each of them is a human mask.

Dimensions of the object
H. 1 m

Bibliography
-  Italie des Normands, Normandie des Plantagenêts, Musée de Normandie, Caen, 1995, n° 23.

Location
Brindisi, Museo archeologico provinciale

Photography : D.R.