Vgo signature with sickle-shaped G inside Apt Crypt

Vgo, or Ugo, for "Hugues", was a stonemason active in Provence during the twelfth century. He left his signature on several Romanesque religious edifices in Provence and mainly in Tricastin:

• Vaison Cathedral
• Notre Dame d'Aubune
• St Blaise de Bauzon
• St Sepulchre Chapel in Beaumont
• Crypt of Apt Cathedral

He is not to be confused with Master Hugo, an English artist of the same century.

References

• Révoil, Henri. Architecture Romane du Midi de la France. Paris: Morel, 1874. Vols. 2 and 3. Folio. 123 plates. Sold as a collection of prints. Mainly engravings with a few chromolithographs.
• Rouquette, Jean Marie. Provence Romane. MCMLXXIV, Zodiaque La Nuit des Temps