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| Architect | unknown |
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| Location | Tarn-et-Garonne, France map | ||||
| Date | circa 650 to 850 timeline | ||||
| Building Type | religious, abbey | ||||
| Construction System | bearing masonry | ||||
| Climate | temperate | ||||
| Style | Romanesque | ||||
| Notes | "Church of Saint-Pierre". Columns articulate edge of cloister. Later additions in Gothic. | ||||
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| Discussion | Moissac Abbey Commentary
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Sources on Moissac Abbey
Francis D. K. Ching. Architecture: Form, Space, and Order. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1979. ISBN 0-442-21535-5. LC 79-18045. NA2760.C46. perspective drawing of cloister, p32. Meyer Schapiro. The Romanesque Sculpture of Moissac. New York: George Braziller, 1985. ISBN 0-8076-1119-0. LC 84-28546. NB551.M58S33 1985. site plan drawing, f7, p2. exterior photo of the Cloister, f8, p4-5.
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Links on Moissac Abbey
Pauline Caldwell's France photos and disccussion Moissac Abbey at Archiplanet Find, add, and edit info at the all-buildings collaboration
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