Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Friday, 25 April 2025

The inspiration for Cluny III

 
The other week I shared the link to a video about the great third abbey church at Cluny - known today for convenience as Cluny III - in my post Cluny

Medievalists.net has a short note which summarises research which discusses the origins of the architectural scheme as a heavenly revelation to the elderly Gunzo, who had retired to the abbey from being abbot of his own community, and who was formerly believed, due to a misreading of the source text, to be the architect of Cluny III. That honour now appears to belong to the Abbot, St Hugh the Great, who presided over the community from 1049 until his death in 1109.

The article, with a link to the more detailed article upon which it is based, can be seen at A Vision from Heaven: The Dream That Inspired Cluny’s Great Church


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