The sculpted astrolabes of the Portail Royal: study and teaching of astronomy in Chartres in the 12th century

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…

Unpublished inventories of Cuixà silverware: towards the rediscovery of a piece of treasure?

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…

Images of medicine and doctors between East and West (11th-12th centuries)

Joël Chandelier, Université de Paris VIII How were medicine and physicians represented in the Romanesque period? How were they described within society? What stock of symbols, what markers were used to identify and qualify the practitioners of this venerable and useful art? Using images and objects, but also certain preserved texts, we will try to characterize the perception of…

The medical knowledge of an extraordinary nun: Hildegard of Bingen

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…

The factory of the Beatus of Saint-Sever: techniques and materials of the color

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…

Hoc est Pascha sine termo… Around the Easter table of Saint-Front de Périgueux

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…