between two figures, and finally a
country scene. These paintings are surrounded by decorative borders.
These murals may be the work of pilgrims going to Mont Saint-Michel on
the medieval road along the coast. Photo by Alain Dermigny. [Alain-053]

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103. Saint-Jean-le-Thomas. The Romanesque murals, on the south wall of
the nave. On the tympanum of the walled-up gate, the battle of a man
against an angel, "a fight that could be the one of Jacob against the
angel sent by God, or God himself showed in a visible form", according
to abbot Poree, pastor of the church at the time of the discovery of
the murals in 1974. Photo by Alain Dermigny. [Alain-054]

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104. Saint-Jean-le-Thomas. The Romanesque murals. The same scene on the
tympanum of the walled-up gate, taken with a different angle to show
the two foliage borders. Photo by Claude Rayon. [Claude-33]

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105. Saint-Jean-le-Thomas. The Romanesque murals. The same tympanum of
the walled-up gate, seen from the outside. Above the gate, a small
Romanesque bay with its centering and abutements in granite. Photo by
Claude Rayon. [Claude-29]

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106. Saint-Jean-le-Thomas. The Romanesque murals, in the south wall of
the nave. In this country scene, with wheat ears visible on the left, a
figure wearing a large cloak holds a flask and pours wine in a cup held
by another figure. On the right, a third figure holding a tillage tool
is partly erased. Photo by Alain Dermigny. [Alain-055]

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107. Saint-Jean-le-Thomas. The Romanesque murals, in the south wall of
the nave. The third painting, of which much has disappeared, is the
struggle between a figure with a cloack whose head is surrounded with a
halo and another armored figure who seems to be on the ground. This
could be St. Michael's struggle against the Devil, according to abbot
Poree, pastor of the church at the time of the discovery of the murals
in 1974. Photo by Alain Dermigny. [Alain-056]

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108. Saint-Jean-le-Thomas. The Romanesque murals, in the south wall of
the nave. Situated between the country scene and the fight scene, this
detail shows that the mural was painted directly on the lime plaster,
which explains the clear background. Photo by Alain Dermigny.
[Alain-057]

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109. Saint-Jean-le-Thomas. The Romanesque murals, in the south wall of
the nave. This partial view of the fight sc