Vinni Lucherini, Università di Napoli Federico II In Late Romanesque Europe, while the literary and philosophical expressions of what is known as the “12th century Renaissance” were developing, images of the signs of the astrological zodiac (which had already flourished in the Carolingian period) invaded the mosaic pavements of churches, and also appeared sculpted in portals and on capitals,…
Thomas Le Gouge, Université de Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne The translation of numerous philosophical and scientific texts from Arabic into Latin during the 12th century brought about a profound change in the way the universe was represented. Astronomy was no longer dominated by the figures of Plato and Boethius, in whom the geometry of celestial movements was…
Emma Claverie, Ecole nationale des Chartes Four astrolabes appear in the archways framing the tympanum of the central bay of the Royal Portal of Chartres Cathedral. Carried by the angels of the Apocalypse placed around Christ in majesty, their presence raises questions about the relationship that the intellectuals of Chartres had with this object, and…
Guillem Dalmau, Doctorant en histoire de l’art moderne, sous la direction de Julien Lugand (UPVD) et Francesc Miralpeix (UdG) UMR 5136 FRAMESPA – Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD) About the silver of Saint-Michel de Cuxa The silver of the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Michel de Cuixà is known by some inventories from the second half of…
Laurence Moulinier, Université Lumière Lyon 2 The question of the book culture of the Rhenish Benedictine Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was brilliantly raised in the 1930s by Hans Liebeschutz in his work Das allegorische Weltbild der heiligen Hildegard von Bingen, and was subsequently constantly taken up without being completely trench. However, it is now clear that Hildegard did…
Nathalie Bouloux, Université de Tours-CESR How and by what means was the world wiewed in the 11th-12th centuries? The aim of this presentation will be threefold. On the one hand, to describe the ways in which the scholars of the 11th and 12th centuries represented the world, conceived the place of the Earth in the cosmos and…
Isabelle Marchesin, Institut national d’Histoire de l’Art Scientific knowledge and technology: the influence of knowledge on the development of Christian visual discourses in Romanesque art. The conference will offer an overview of the scientific and technical knowledge with which medieval men and women represented the functioning of their world. It will show, on the basis of…
Charlotte Denoël, Bibliothèque nationale de France. Based on the physico-chemical analyses carried out on the Beatus de Saint-Sever (Paris, BnF latin 8878) by the Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France and the Centre de recherche sur la conservation du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle with the Fondation des Sciences du Patrimoine, this paper will…
Cécile Treffort, Université de Poitiers (CESCM), Institut universitaire de France In the old Romanesque cathedral of Périgueux (Saint-Étienne-de-la-Cité), a “Paschal table” can be seen on the south wall of the choir, a list of 91 consecutive dates of Easter preceded by a short heading: “This is the date of Easter without term or number. When…
Véronique Rouchon, Université Lumière Lyon 2 The graphic model of the wheel was used by the Catholic Church, after Pope Gregory the Great (around 600), to illustrate the concordance between the Old and New Testaments: « quasi sit rota in medio rotae ». This formula was elaborated from the commentary of a passage of the Scriptures, the…
