FOUNDATION LEGENDS IN THE ILLUMINATED MISSAL OF SAINT-DENIS: INTERPLAY OF LITURGY, HAGIOGRAPHY, AND CHRONICLE
Kyunghee Pyun
A missal for the royal abbey of Saint-Denis, made around 1350 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London), contains a rare cycle miniatures depicting abbey's foundation legends feasts Dedication Church Invention Saint Denis. This pictorial representation is closely related to specific version illuminated manuscripts hagiography chronicle, composed by monks such as Vita et passio sancti Dyonisii (Paris, BnF MS Lat. 5286) Grandes chroniques de France (London, British Library Royal 16 G VI). Liturgical texts these anniversary King Dagobert well an extensive corpus vita manuscripts, including Gesta Dagoberti, are analyzed demonstrate fusion liturgy, stressing special bond between community Dagobert, eternal patron in its collective memory, appeared writings earlier Dionysian authors like Hilduin Suger.
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