Drawing

This record drawing shows part of the tiled floor of the church of the Cistercian Abbey of Escaladieu in the foothills of the Pyrenees. It was drawn by A. Groneman, ca. 1960, after a crayon drawing made in the early 20th century by an English visitor to the abbey.

In the early 20th century, when the original drawing was made, the abbey was the private residence of a local family and the abbey church was being used as a barn. A tick layer of dirt covered most of the floor; only part of one of the side chapels had been excavated and examined. Today, most of the floor still remains covered with dirt and unexplored.