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...Ce chapiteau (fig. 35), provenant de la nef de l'église Saint-Hylaire de Melle (Deux-Sèvres), est un de ces exemples où les trois éléments se re-* trouvent. La composition des rinceaux rappelle ces entrelacs, ces nattes, des ornements nord-européens. Il y a une influence byzantine dans la forme générale du chapiteau, dans l'agencement des sculptures du tailloir; il y a du gallo-romain dans le modelé et les dentelures des feuillages, d'un travail un peu lourd et mou...

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