带野兽的拱门 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	带野兽的拱门
品名（英）	Arch with Beasts
入馆年号	1922年，22.58.1a
策展部门	修道院（The Cloisters）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1150 - 公元 1175
创作地区	制造于: 法国, 朗格多克（Made in: France, Languedoc-Rousillon）
分类	雕塑建筑（Sculpture-Architectural）
尺寸	40 英寸 × 74 英寸 × 10 1/4 英寸 (101.6 × 188 × 26 厘米)
介绍（中）	这个雕刻复杂的拱门据说来自法国西南部纳博讷的一座12世纪的教堂。它由七块大理石组成，上面雕刻着八只神奇的野兽，构成了一个缩写的视觉野兽从左到右，我们看到：一只长着人的脸、狮子的身体和蝎子的尾巴的螳螂；一只鹈鹕，刺穿自己的乳房，让她的血液喂养她的幼崽，象征着基督的死亡和复活；一只蛇怪，一只公鸡和一只蝎子的杂交体，可以用它的外表杀人；一只竖琴，用她优美的嗓音引诱人们走向灭亡；狮鹫，有鹰的头和翅膀，狮子的身体；一种两栖动物或龙，可以把身体形成一个圆圈；拉弓的半人马；还有一头狮子，它用尾巴抹去自己的足迹以躲避猎人，象征着基督的化身。所有这些生物，无论是想象中的还是现实中的，在中世纪的许多人都很熟悉，并且都有自己的特定课程可以传授。
介绍（英）	This intricately carved arch is said to have come from a twelfth-century church in Narbonne, in southwestern France. It is composed of seven blocks of marble on which are carved eight fantastic beasts, comprising an abbreviated visual bestiary. Moving from left to right, we see: a manticore with a man's face, a lion's body, and a scorpion's tail; a pelican, who pierces her own breast so that her blood feeds her young, symbolizing Christ's death and resurrection; a basilisk, a cross between a cock and a scorpion that can kill with its looks; a harpy luring men to their doom with her beautiful voice; a griffin, which has the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion; an amphisbaena or dragon, which can form its body into a circle; a centaur with drawn bow; and a lion, who erases his tracks with his tail to elude hunters, symbolizing Christ's incarnation. All of these creatures, whether imaginary or realistic, were familiar to many people during the Middle Ages, and all had their specific lessons to impart.