<p>Above the door are carved the Arms of the Abbey<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup>. The niche is home to a mitred abbot,  Bernard de Clairvaux, Father of the Church, holding in his hand a copy of the <i>De Gradibus humilitatis et superbiae</i> written especially for the twelve monks who founded Fontenay.
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<small><ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Shield applied to a stick, gules with three strips of gold, loaded with two bars leaned against the natural broaching on the whole, topped by a fleur-de-lys of gold</span>
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