Carles MANCHO Un métier très contemporain : les artistes du haut Moyen Âge ABSTRACT In this paper we present some reflections on the problems in study of reality and on the medieval concept of “artist”, still in use. Therefore we also propose a revision of the term “art”. In both cases, their definitions, developed during the…
Cécile TREFFORT Introduction. Tombeaux et sépultures de l’époque romane : les monuments de l’indicible ABSTRACT In all cultures, death is conceived, expressed, represented by the living and for the living. Death is thought, fundamentally, in the light of life. In romanesque times, for the clergy and alike for faithful, to talk about death, to apprehend it,…
Marie-Anne SIRE De l’ombre à la lumière : les trésors de sanctuaire ABSTRACT The treasures of sanctuaries were not originally conceved to be seen : they were kept in safety rooms or cabinets whitch guards strictly controlled access. The historic and artistic value of the pieces they contain have justified since the 1960s they have been equipped…
Michel ZiMMERMANN Sur la terre comme au ciel : la paix chrétienne. Oliba (1008-1046), pacificateur et guide des âmes ABSTRACT Oliba, abbot of Santa Maria de Ripoll and Saint‑Michel de Cuxa, bishop of Vic, is regarded as an important figure in the Catalan history, especially as the principal person of the first half of the…
Éliane VERGNOLLE L’art roman, épigone ou renaissance de l’art romain ABSTRACT The word « roman » (in French) was first employed in the early 19th century by a scholar in Normandy. It has led to a discussion as prolix as that of the linguists who use « romanes » for languages derived from latin. Thus, « l’art roman » would be seen…
Gérard DEDEYAN Moines de Grande Arménie et pèlerins arméniens en Occident (VIe-XIIe siècle) ABSTRACT The monasteries of Great Armenia always send towards the Occident, between the VIth and XIIth century, some monk-pilgrims who are sometimes prelates of high row. These displacements were carried out for the periods of difficulties or catastrophes : removal of the…
Neil STRATFORD Le problème des cahiers de modèles à l’époque romane ABSTRACT The rare surviving model-books are reviewed, in the period up to c.1230/40. Robert Scheller has made a masterly survey of the field.Various as they are, the survivals prove that Romanesque artists often recorded works of art on parchment for future use, sometimes for…
Hélène DÉBAX L’aristocratie méridionale autour de 1100 Teresa VINYOLES – Elena CANTARELL “Castell és com qui diu casa alta”. La vie de la petite noblesse médiévale en Catalogne Guy BARRUOL – François GUYONNET – Marie-Pierre ESTIENNE – Francesco FLAVIGNY Le château médiéval de Simiane en Provence ABSTRACT The château of Simiane, situated in the southern…
Martí AURELL La Catalogne autour de 1100 ABSTRACT The Arabian graphic signs of the sealing ring of Ermessende de Carcassonne, the marriage of her son officiated by Mundir, Emir of Saragossa, the correspondance of her daughter-in-law Almodis de la Marche with the Emir of Denia or the marriage of Maria Roderic, the Cid’s daughter, with…
Père Pierre-Marie GY La liturgie à l’époque romane ABSTRACT In the liturgy of the Romanesque period (at the time the liturgy was called the “divine office”, “the office of the Church”) the faithful receive communion less frequently than in former times, and the practice of receiving from the chalice begins to disappear. Annual confession, however,…