Capital Twenty-seven

The parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man emphasizes the importance of the Law (Moses and the prophets) as the word of God and the message of God to the living.
Around the impost is a snippet of Psalm 54.
The capital may have been meant as a meditation on the importance of prayer and the role of the Testaments.

Biblical source: Luke 16:19-31.
Psalm 54: 1-2.

Inscribed: The poor (?), the rich, Lazarus; Abraham receives the soul; the soul of the rich man (?);
(on impost) O God, save me by your name and vindicate me by your might. O God, Listen to my prayer.

East View: The rich man is damned. Inscribed: DI EI ANA (possibly DI[VITIS] EI AN[IM]A)	South View: Lazarus at the bosom of Abraham. Inscribed: [A]NIME T[ENET] ABRAAM
West View: The death of Lazarus: Lazarus carried by an angel to Abraham. Uninscribed.	North View: The feast of the rich man. Inscribed: [PAUV]ER DIVES LAZARVS

The inscription on the impost:

North: DEVS IN NOMINE TVO SA[L]VVM

West: ME FAC ET IN VIRTV

South: TE TVA IVDICA ME : DEVX E[X]

East: SAVDI ORACIONEM

Luke 16:19-31.

19 "There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
20 And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, full of sores,
21 who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 The poor man died and was carried by the angels to ABraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried;
23 and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.'
25 But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.
26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.'
27 And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house,
28 for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come to this place of torment.'
29 But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.'
30 And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'
31 He said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.' "

Psalm 54: 1-2

¹ Save me, O God, by thy name,
and vindicate me by thy might.
²Hear my prayer, O God;
give ear to the words of my mouth.

The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Revised Standard Version.
Inscriptions based on Robert Favereau, Jean Michaud, and Bernadette Leplant, Corpus des Inscriptions de la France Medievale. Vol. 8, Ariege, Haute-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrenees, Tarn-et-Garonne. Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1982.