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54 - Art in Monastic Churches of Western Europe from the Twelfth to the Fourteenth Century

from Part IV - Forms of Monasticism in the Late Middle Ages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2020

By
Alexandra Gajewski  and
Stefanie Seeberg
Edited by
Alison I. Beach  and
Isabelle Cochelin
Alison I. Beach
Affiliation:
Ohio State University
Isabelle Cochelin
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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He transferred to the inside all the church’s splendour; The pomp of beauty glistens throughout the golden ceilings; Metallic shell, gemmed fabric, inspiring wonder. With these words, the monk Peter celebrated the achievements of Abbot Faricius (d. 1117) on behalf of his abbey of Abingdon. As Meyer Schapiro noted in his essay on the aesthetics of Romanesque art, without texts such as these, we could hardly imagine the original aspect of medieval churches and monasteries. Their paintings, sculptures, decorated floors, textiles, and metalwork reliquaries or crosses have largely disappeared. The few surviving objects are now mostly displayed in the safety of museums and galleries.

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The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin West , pp. 998 - 1026
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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