In order to allow the paintings to be seen in their original location, this section evokes the inside of the church from where they were removed. The entrance to this section corresponds to what was once the central apse. The preserved paintings are concentrated on the aisles, where The Stoning of St. Stephen was originally sited; it must have formed part of a cycle devoted to various saints. The intradoses of the arches are also noteworthy, with portrayals of animals and fabulous beings. The inside paintings, from about 1100, have been associated with the illumination of Catalan bibles in the Ripoll scriptorium, and with the pictorial tradition from central France. An important example of exterior decoration is preserved from the north door, although it is chronologically later that it.

Fragment of the Bestiary

Fragment of the
Minstrel Scene

The Stoning of
Saint Stephen