Italy. Novalesa Abbey. Chapel of Saint Eldrado and Saint Nicholas. 11th century. Fresco depicting Saint Nicholas refusing his mother's breast, a symbol of his fidelity to the laws of the Church. Vault.

11TH CENTURY • ABBAZIA • ABBEY • AGNUS DEI • ALL SAINTS • ALPHABET • ANIMAL • ANIMALS • ARCHITECTURAL • ARCHITECTURE • ARCHITECTURE. • ART • ARTFORM: FRESCO • ARTS • BABY • BALL • BASKET • BASKETS • BASSINET • BED • BÉNÉDICTIN • BENEDICTINE FRIARS • BENEDICTINE MONKS • BENEDICTINE • BIRTH • BIZANCIO • BOSOM • BOVEDA • BREAST • BREASTFEEDING • BREASTS • BYZANTINE • BYZANTIUM • CHAPEL • CHEST • CHILD • CHILDBIRTH • CHILDHOOD • CHURCH • CHURCHES • CLOISTER • CONVENT • COT • CRADLE • CRIB (CHILD'S BED) • CROSS • DETAIL • DOCTRINE • EARLY MIDDLE AGES • ECCLESIA • ELDRADO • ELEVENTH CENTURY • EMBLEM • EPIC • FAITH • FAITHFULNESS • FAMILIAR • FAMILIES • FAMILY • FIDELITY • FRESCO • FRESCOES • FRESH • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HISTORY. • IGLESIA • INDOOR • INFANT • INFANTE • INSIDE VIEW • INSIDE • INTERIOR • INTERIORS • ITALIA • ITALIAN • ITALY • JUSTICE • LABOUR • LAMB OF GOD • LATIN • LAW • LAWS • LEGEND (STORY) • LEGEND • LIFE • LITTLE GIRL • LOYALTY • MATERNITY • MEDIAEVAL • MEDIEVAL • MEDIOEVO • MIDDLE AGE • MIDDLE AGES • MONASTERIES • MONASTERY • MONKS, BENEDICTINE • MOTHER • MOTHERHOOD • MOYEN AGE • MUM • MURAL PAINTING • MURAL • MYSTIC LAMB • MYTH • NICHOLAS • NOVALESA ABBEY • NOVALESA • ORDER, BENEDICTINE • PAINT • PAINTING • PAINTINGS • PIEDMONT • REFUSE • REFUSING • REGISTRATION • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS BUILDING • RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS • RELIGIOUS • RIGHT (LEGAL RIGHT) • RIGHT • RITE • SACRED STRUCTURES • SAINT ELDRADO • SAINT NICHOLAS • SAINT • SAINTS • SANT'ELDRADO • SEATED • SIMBOLOS • SIT DOWN • SIT • SITS • SITTING • SON • ST. NICHOLAS • SYMBOL • SYMBOLS • TITS • VAULT • VAULTS • WALL PAINTING • WALLPAINTING • WEDGE • WOOL • WORD • WRITING