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Romanesque 2: Stabilitas and Monasticism
St. Anthony Abbot
Askesis and Anchoritic Monasticism
St. Simeon Stylite (390-459)
the stylitesII. Monasticism and Architecture History: from anchoritic to coenobitic orders
St. Anthony Abbot
Coenobitic Monastic Communities
Monastery of St. Anthony Abbot built upon his burial place in the Eastern Desert of Egypt in 356/7 C.E.
The coenobium established by the Egyptian St. Pachomius (286-346) first at Tabennisi (c. 320).
II. Monasticism and Architecture History: from anchoritic to coenobitic orders
Ruins of St. Simeon Stylite monastery built in 470
Coenobitic Monastic Communities
II. Monasticism and Architecture History: coenobitic orders
St. Catherine’s Monastery, Mt. Sinai, built 527-65.
Design Models for Coenobitic Monastic Communities
a Roman castrum – military camp
II. Monasticism and Architecture History: coenobitic orders
Design Models for Coenobitic Monastic Communities
a Roman villa rustica (Boscoreale, Italy, c. 150 B.C.E.)
St. Catherine’s Monastery, Mt. Sinai, built 527-65.
II. Monasticism and Architecture History: coenobitic orders
Skellig Michael (Michael’s Rock), Ireland, founded 588
Coenobites in Northern Europe
II. Monasticism and Architecture History: coenobitic orders
Skellig Michael, Ireland, founded 588
Coenobites in Northern Europe
II. Monasticism and Architecture History: coenobitic orders
St. Benedict of Nursia, 480-547 Monte Cassino, ItalySubiaco, Italy
II. Monasticism and Architecture Early medieval coenobites on the Continent
Carolingian Plan of St. Gall, ca. 830
Centula Fulda
St.-Denis St. Gall
II. Monasticism and Architecture monasticism under the Carolingians
III. Design of Romanesque monastic churches on and off the pilgrimage route
Pilgrimage routes through France and Spain
The 5 exemplars of the “pilgrimage church” type
Off the pilgrimage road:San Vincente, Cardona, Sp.
III. Design on and off the pilgrimage route
The 5 exemplars of the “pilgrimage church” type
Off the pilgrimage road:San Vincente, Cardona, Sp.
First Romanesque Catalan monasteries founded by feudal countsas penance and future retirement residences
III. Design on and off the pilgrimage route: Spain
San Vicente de Cardona, Spain (Catalonia), ca. 1040
San Pedro de Roda, Spain (Catalonia), ca. 1035 St.-Martin de Canigou, SW France, 1001-26
Sant Pere de Casserres, Spain (Catalonia),1012-53
Benedictine abbey of San Vicente de Cardona (Catalonia), consecrated 1040
The First Romanesque defined by Catalonian architect Josep Puig y Cadafalch (1867-1956)
III. Design on and off the pilgrimage route: Spain
San Vicente de Cardona (Catalonia), consecrated 1040
The First RomanesqueIII. Design on and off the pilgrimage route: Spain