Gazetteer of Umbria — Pieve S. Gregorio

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[image ALT: An intricate large stone carving in medium high relief: a man wrestles with a lion, holding it by the jaws; in a setting of acanthus foliage. Below this scene, an inscription 'Leo et Sanson'. It is a depiction of Samson and the Lion, from the tympanum of the church of S. Gregorio near Castel Ritaldi (Umbria).]

LEO ET SANSON: Samson and the Lion.

[image ALT: zzz. It is the central inscription over the main door of the church of S. Gregorio near Castel Ritaldi (Umbria).]

AN · ML · C · XL · I — The year 1141.

That first L is not "50", but — notice the bar over ML — part of the abbreviation for millesimo, thousandth:

ANNO · MILLESIMO · C · XL · I

Notice also how the interpuncts (the wedge-shaped dots · used as separators) follow the spoken word, or in arithmetical terms, the place notation:

Anno · millesimo · centesimo · quadragesimo · primo

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