Cluny and the Facade of La Charité

Cluny and the Facade of La Charité

Apr 24, 2020 | Apocalypse

  Video: The Tympanum of the Virgin La Charité-sur-Loire An Artsymbol Production Music by Martin A Smith Duration: 4.34   There are those who pray Adalbert of Laon, Carmen ad Rotbertum Regem circa 1020   At the Benedictine priory of...
The Romanesque Tympanum of La Lande-de-Fronsac

The Romanesque Tympanum of La Lande-de-Fronsac

Jun 14, 2016 | Great Portals

As the Son of Man is in the midst of the candelabra, so is Christ in the midst of the Church Caesarius of Arles   Video: Romanesque South Porch Tympanum Saint Pierre de Fronsac An Artsymbol Production Music by Martin A Smith Duration 4:13   The Romanesque...
The Canons Regular and the Legend of Roncevaux

The Canons Regular and the Legend of Roncevaux

Sep 30, 2015 | Apocalypse

He sees around him many tables at which are seated guests in the black habit of monks or the white habit of the canons regular, who belong to the most saintly order of all. They pray to God on our behalf, they sing the Masses, the Matins and the Hours History of...
The gifts of nature have not entirely rotted away

The gifts of nature have not entirely rotted away

Feb 4, 2009 | Apocalypse

The medieval historian Guibert de Nogent encapsulated the notion of history as a process of decay. To understand the mindset of the medieval pilgrim one should take account of the eschatological world view which was universally accepted at the time. In the twelfth...
Aubrac Notre-Dame des Pauvres

Aubrac Notre-Dame des Pauvres

Feb 19, 2013 | Puy Road

He Found Him in a Desert Land and in the Waste Howling Wilderness The hospice of Aubrac Notre-Dame des Pauvres was a vital station on the Puy Road to Compostela. Lyon was a great hub of the vast Roman road system of Gaul, built during the first century BC. One of the...