A while back I posted Cluny Re-envisioned about the great Burgundian monastic church.
Now I have found a longer and more detailed video account from Easy Documentary about the building of Cluny III that is exceptionally interesting.
It looks in particular at the technology involved and developed by the community at Cluny to create this spectacular, and innovative monastic church.in the late eleventh and early twelfth century.
The video, which utilises digital imagery interspersed with interviews with academics can be seen at Cluny Abbey: Building the Largest Church of the Middle Age - Full Documentary
My visit in 2014 was one of most memorable of my life, my interest originating in the fact that my home town had a Cluniac priory founded in 1090. Alas there is even less above ground - there than there is at Cluny, but I could recognise a number of distinct similarities at Cluny and at Paray. This is indicative of Cluniac style and shared design - the monks there anticipated group branding. My post about that visit can be seen at Cluny
I have also posted about the great Abbots who established the monastery at The Holy Abbots of Cluny and about the destruction of the church in A crime against Humanity
Unfortunately in these older posts the photographs have not downloaded, but I think the text is still of sufficient interest without the illustrations.
2 comments:
Dear John.
Your whole Readership is beholden to you.
Zephyrinus decided to “have a quick look at Cluny III”, as per your Article.
It was impossible to turn it off, put it down, stop looking, etc.
Compulsive viewing. Scintillating historical facts. Beautifully presented.
Breath-Taking.
Thank You.
Many thanks for this. I am always happy to write about Cluny, both for what the abbey and community created and also as a terrible warning of the forces of destruction in society. I would urge anyone at all interested to visit Cluny, and maybe spend a few days there to fully imbibe the extraordinary heritage and the atmosphere of the place.
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