... to the humble birth of Abbot Suger, the minister of Louis VI and Louis VII. At any rate, its protest against the dain in authority is purposeful and emphatic. Further, a striking opposition exists between this theme and that of Ercrcles: all honor to an able and pious minister, even though he began...

..., on architec- tural music, and Pythagorean number theory. If Alan of Lille could praise God as the mundi eZeguns orchitectus, it is no wonder that Suger should feel a Godlike exhilaration as he plans and oversees construction of the Heavenly Jerusalem in Paris.. .. Medieval...

... Suger at Saint-Denis (Chapter VII) ; and, last of all, a study of the iconography of two disputed Arthurian works of art, the Modena archivolt and the Otranto mosaic, indicating that the spiritualization of the Arthurian legend had begun at least as early as 1165, that is, well before...

... with an apology for poetry, a defense of Ari- osto, and a vindication of polysyllabic (i.e., feminine) rhymes: Now for them that find fault with polysyllable meeter, me thinke they are like those that blame men for putting suger in their wine, and chide to bad about it, and say...