Cloister
Unicorn
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Unicorn #1
G17 Unicorn
Narwhal tusk: safeguarded in churches from London to Cracow
Saint Denis Paris, given to Charlemagne in 9th
San Marco Venice, acquired from Suleyman Magnificent
Lorenzo de Medici died 1492, unicorn horn valued at 6000 florins
Aquamanile
Latin water + hand (manus): for hand washing at table
Flame like tail - typical of aquamanilia from Nuremberg
Fireback, andiron, trammel hook (crémaillère), caldron
G7 Cuxa Cloister
Medieval animals:
pelican pierce itself blood to feed youth - Christ
basilisk - pst rooster part serpent, power to kill with a look - death
centaur - human intelligence ruled by animal passion
Saint Michel de Cuxa, Catalan, Perpignan
George Grey Barnard - Cloister 700 For Wash Ave
Purchased pieces in Prades
Joseph Breck - first curator
Ogee arch - two pointed arch and two arcs
15th century France
Decorated with flamboyant or flame like foliage, punctuated with rounded cusps and slender faceted pinnacles
Lavabo - Latin “I will wish”
From Saint Catherine at Montbellet, a commanderie of Templars (order)
Refectory Bell
“I ring for breakfast, dinners and drinks”
Roundel: Agnus Dei - Lamb of God
G6 Pontaut Chapel House
Rules of Saint Benedict
official code of Monastery behavior
Read every day in chapter house (daily meeting place in most EU monasteries and convents)
Romanesque: rounded arch, thick wall, small window, heavy rib vault
G11 Bonnefont Cloister, Pyrenees
Franciscan, Dominican, Cistercian