Amiens Cathedral - The West Facade Virtues/Vices Quatrefoils

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Quatrefoil 03 Lower - Vice; Despair

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One of the greatest of all sins in medieval Christian theology was despair since it denied the hope of salvation through Christ. Exemplified here as a knight who has given up hope and is falling on his own sword.