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Wow, Chris, these are very good sculptures. Thanks for sharing.
Henk
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Van: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Namens Christopher Crockett
Verzonden: donderdag 29 juli 2010 18:16
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Onderwerp: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 29. July
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
> 2) Mary of Bethany and Lazarus of Bethany (d. 1st cent.).
> In the Latin West....In 1147 relics claimed to be L.'s ...were placed in a
shrine in a church dedicated to him at Autun (Sane-et-Loire) in Burgundy
that later became that city's cathedral.
the shrine/tomb/mausoleum in the (then) collegial church of St. Lazare is one
of the more extraordinary monuments from the 12th c. to quite nearly be lost
to us in its entirety (but surely belonged to a genre which was much, much
more common).
destroyed in the mid-18th c., a large number of fragments have been recovered
and are now mostly found in the local museum, most of them of quite
extraordinarily high quality:
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/autun-musee-rolin-photos/slides/xti_2811p
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/autun-musee-rolin-photos/slides/xti_2812p
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/autun-musee-rolin-photos/slides/xti_2837p
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/autun-musee-rolin-photos/slides/xti_2830p
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/autun-musee-rolin-photos/slides/xti_2833p
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/autun-musee-rolin-photos/slides/xti_2835p
though occasionally attributed to the 1170s, a date in the 1140s is more
likely, an inscription telling use that it is the work of a monk named
"Martinus," who is described thus:
Martinus monachus lapidum
mirabilis arte
Hoc opus exsculpsit stephano
sub presule magno
there were two Bishops named Stephen in the 12th c., and this accounts, in
part, for the variation in the dates of this monument.
most of the recovered fragments were first published here:
Richard Hamann, Das Lazarusgrab in Autun, Marburger Jahrbuch fr
Kunstwissenschaft, VIII-IX, 1936, pp. 182-328.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1348511
(copy available to anyone who wishes, upon request.)
most recently updated in an exhibition held at the local museum and published
here:
Neil Stratford, Le mausole de Saint Lazare Autun, in Le tombeau de
Saint Lazare et la sculpture romane Autun aprs Gislebertus (Autun:
Imprimerie Pelux, 1985), pp. 11-38.
which is not available to me, but is summarized by Francis Salet, in the
Bulletin monumental, CXLV, 1987, pp. 242-245. (copy available on request.)
i have not been able to find any pictures of it's reconstruction on-line, but
the shrine building itself --which took the form of a miniature church-- was
quite large, 20 feet or so tall, and located near the main altar of the
church.
i happen to be working on this monument at present, and would be happy so
share what little i know about it with anyone here who might be interested.
c
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