In the opening credits, period sculptures of human and animal heads are featured. Does anyone recognized the source of these marvelous sculptures. At first I thought the Rossalyn Chapel in Scotland but I think these might be earlier.
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Roslyn in Scotland - no chance.
Not sure where but more likely the abbey where the Planagenets were laid to rest in France.
I couldn't say for sure but Autun and Vezelay Abbey in France are, I believe, the Romanesque Churches with the most famous sculpture. Fontevrault Abbey, the burial place of Eleanor, Henry, Richard I and his wife is also a possibility but I don't think that is it. I suspect either Autun or Vezelay - but could be wrong.
shareI understood that the sculptures were indeed from Fontevrault Abbey. They are so eerily beautiful....
shareLooking at locations for the film, Abbaye de Montmajour at Arles perhaps?
Not Roslyn Chapel, as I was born and lived in Edinburgh and have visited that chapel in the past.
Director Anthony Harvey mentions in his commentary on the DVD that these were present "on a driveway" near to one of the locations, although he does not specify which one.
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