he Romanesque choir (inside). The nave opens on the
choir with a very thick triumphal arch resting on two piers embedded
into the thick wall. The two bays of the choir are separated by another
very thick arch. Photo by Alain Dermigny. [Alain-030]

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055. Yquelon. The Romanesque choir (inside). Each row is topped by a
ribbed vault. Photo by Alain Dermigny. [Alain-031]

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056. Yquelon. The Romanesque vault of the choir. The very large ribs
are adorned with two thick angular tori surrounding a small triangular
molding. This Romanesque ribbed vault was probably one of the first
ribbed vaults in Normandy. Photo by Alain Dermigny. [Alain-032]

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057. Yquelon. The Romanesque vault of the choir. The ceiling arches and
ribs rest on reversed pyramid-shaped bases. Topped with a square abacus
slightly chamfered, the central base supports both the fallout of a
ceiling arch and the one of two ribs. Photo by Alain Dermigny.
[Alain-033]

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058. Yquelon. The Romanesque vault of the choir. The vault keystones
are carved with geometric designs in low relief within a circle. Photo
by Claude Rayon. [Claude-16]

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059. Yquelon. The enfeu and its tombstone. In the north wall of the
nave, an enfeu (recess for a tombstone) with a lowered centering houses
a 12th-century tombstone in soft limestone depicting a knight. Mr Lomas
described it in a journal named Bulletin of the Society of Antiquaries
in Normandy (Bulletin de la Societe des Antiquaires de Normandie) dated
1886-1887: "The tombstone bears a knight in relief, depicted with his
hands clasped, his head resting on a pillow, and his greyhound at his
feet. (...) It bears no indication of his name or no indication of a
year. It is therefore impossible to specify the person whose remains
are covered. What we can say with certainty is that this person belongs
to the powerful family of Yquelon, whose family member Roger Yquelon
affixed his signature on two main charters of the Abbey of the Lucerne
in 1162." Discovered in 1885 in the cemetery adjoining the north of the
church, the tombstone was embedded in the enfeu in February 1893. At
the length of the enfeu, 2.15 meters, is exactly the length of the
tombstone, we can guess the tombstone was probably buried in the
cemetery at the time of the French Revolution, before being discovered
in 1885 and regaining its original location. Photo by Claude