Topographies of Memory: Center and Periphery in High Medieval France
Amy G. Remensnyder
In the eleventh century, Gascon abbey of Saint Sever made for itself a richly illustrated Beatus commentary on Book Apocalypse. A map world occupies two facing folios commentary. On it, three locations are immediately distinguishable from plethora tiny schematic buildings: Rome, Jerusalem, and Sever. Of these sacred places, last is particularly highlighted, painted with more vivid shades color given an architectural design different any other map. this visual homology, most significant centers Christendom. This thus projects image as imagined it - constructed around symbolic centers, which monastery important.
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