Capital from the Cathedral of Pécs

Date	ca. 1100
Object type	stone carving
Medium, technique	limestone
Dimensions	20 × 20.5 × 15.5 cm, 2kg
Inventory number	55.1603
Collection	Old Hungarian Collection
On view	This artwork is not on display

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Tóth, Sándor – Tóth, Melinda – Marosi, Ernő, Mikó, Árpád – Takács, Imre (eds.), Pannonia regia: Művészet a Dunántúlon 1000-1541, A Magyar Nemzeti Galéria kiadványai 1994/3, Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, Budapest, 1994, p. 59, 86., no. I-33. (Tóth Sándor).

Tóth, Sándor, Román kori kőfaragványok a Magyar Nemzeti Galéria Régi Magyar Gyűjteményében, A Magyar Nemzeti Galéria szakkatalógusai I/1., Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, Budapest, 2010, no. 7.

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