The Role of Gunzo's Dream in the Building of Cluny III
| Autor: | Carolyn M. Carty |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
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| Zdroj: | Gesta. 27:113-123 |
| ISSN: | 2169-3099 0016-920X |
| Popis: | Although Conant cited the depiction of Gunzo's dream (Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale MS lat. 17716, fol. 43) as evidence that the architects of Cluny III used the Vitruvian geometric figures of the square and half-square set pointwise, most now view the story it illustrates as a legend amply embellished by the biographers of Saint Hugh in their eagerness for miracles. In view of what archaeological investigations have revealed about the fairly complex methods and calculations of medieval architects, the formulation of the plans for Cluny III on the basis of information conveyed in a dream seems terribly anachronistic or naive. Nevertheless, the very use of the vehicle of the dream has historical, symbolic, and liturgical significance for Cluny. In the writings of the Church Fathers, whose works are indebted to classical authors, the dream acquired a particular cogency regarding the manifestation of the divine will, and the manuscripts in Cluny's library indicate the monks had access to both classical and m... |
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