The Scriptures are represented four times on the tympanum.
In the clergy's procession, two monks carry the Tables of the Law and the Gospels.
Clerics carrying the Scriptures.
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Each of the two Testaments is thus represented twice : the Bible is represented by the Torah scrolls held by Moses and Aaron's hands and the Tables of the Law carried by a cleric and by later King Louis the Pious.
The Gospel, carried here in a sheet by the monk, is also presented by the holy Marys in the last arch of the biblical times.
Therefore, the fundamental role played by the Holy Scriptures, texts essential to announce salvation, is emphasized four times. This is why it is important to identify the Evangelary and not confound it with a simple shrine as is all too often done.
