Thaims - Saint-Pierre

Where the parish church of Thaims is now, was a Roman villa during earlier times. A part of the Roman ruin got integrated into an early merovingian church, of which again parts were "reused", when this church was erected within the 11th century. It got altered a couple of times.

The carvings found in "Saint-Pierre" differ clearly in style. Some of them may date back to the merovingian structure, some of them are late Romanesque and may been added within the 13th century.

Compared to the (merovingian) carvings on the previous uploads, this one is a Romanesque masterpiece, depicting the three women (aka "Myrrhbearers") approaching the empty tomb.

Mark 16:2-5

" Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”

But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed."

The angel can be seen on the left corner. Behind him (not to be seen from this pov) are two sleeping soldiers.