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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> > Today (17. November) is the feast day of: > 4) Anianus of Orléans (d. 453). > By the sixth century there was a monastery at A.'s tomb at Orléans. Early in the eleventh century Robert II le Pieux refounded this house as a canonry and rebuilt its church. > Though most of the eleventh-century church was pulled down in 1359 in anticipation of the English siege, its crypt survives. A French-language account of this monument is here: > http://tinyurl.com/3cyuvo a very important survival, in that its carved capitals represent the rather dismal state of figurative sculpture in the early 11th c. http://extraordinarybookofdoors.com/images/saint-aignan%20orleans.jpg this monument is often cited as an example of the Beginnings of "Romanesque" sculpture in France. plus, if you Google "Saint-Aignan Orleans" for images you get this happy fellow: http://img.over-blog.com/244x299/2/03/49/75//murat.jpg enough to sober anyone up. > Two illustrated, French-language pages on the early twelfth-century chapelle Saint-Aignan in Paris, founded by Stephen of Garland, Louis VI's chancellor and dean of Saint-Aignan at Orléans: > http://www.pierre-abelard.com/itin-Saint%20Aignan.htm > http://tinyurl.com/5z7dam as i believe i mentioned on this date some years ago, this modest place is important, not only for the political affiliations it has, but because it is the oldest above-ground ecclesiastical structure surviving on the Ile-de-la-Cité. the rather high quality of its stonework and of the carving of its capitals http://www.paris.catholique.fr/IMG/jpg/sa11.jpg http://www.paris.catholique.fr/IMG/jpg/sa16.jpg is a precious and quite rare testimony to what sculpture looked like in the early [pre-Gothic] 12th c. at least, for work which was commissioned by Rich People. c ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html