MEDIEVAL SCULPTOR, French
(active 1115-1120 at Cluny)

Capital of a column

1115-20
Stone
Musée de Farinier, Cluny

The Cluny monastery church, seat of the Benedictine Order, was begun in 1088 and completed in the second decade of the twelfth century. Until the sixteenth century it was the largest church of Western Christianity. The church, destroyed during the french Revolution, was richly decorated with sculptural ornaments.

The capital of a column in the cloister of Cluny monastery church, shown in the picture, represents the fourth note of the Gregorian chant.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 12 minutes):
Gregorian chants