Amiens Cathedral - The West Facade Virtues/Vices Quatrefoils

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Quatrefoil 12 Lower - Vice; Inconstancy

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Description:

The unusual vice of inconstancy is expressed in this even more unusual image of a man leaving a monastery (note the 'civilian' boots and clothes he's about to put on) having failed to live up to his vows.