A line of verse describing how "the dull mind can be elevated to the truth through material things" was inscribed on its lavish gilded entry doors.
A line of verse describing how "the dull mind can be elevated to the truth through material things" was inscribed on its lavish gilded entry doors. The gold decorating them was intended to invoke the image of the holy light of Christ, as were the scenes such as that of the tree of Jesse that were rendered for its stained glass windows. Once host to a bright red banner called the oriflamme, it was originally built by Dagobert I, a Merovingian king who would be buried in its basilica, but came to artistic prominence through a 12th Century rebuilding project that was described in its overseer's journal, De Administratione, and turned it into one of the first ornate Gothic cathedrals. FTP, identify this Benedictine monastery named for a French patron saint and once led by Abbot Suger.
A line of verse describing how "the dull mind can be elevated to the truth through material things" was inscribed on its lavish gilded entry doors.
Abbey of {St. Denis}