Cloître

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Fin XII^e siècle–début XIII^e siècle

On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 03

En 804, Guilhem, duc d’Aquitaine, comte de Toulouse et membre de la cour de Charlemagne, renonce à tout privilège et fonde un monastère bénédictin dans les collines escarpées des environs de Montpellier. Récupérés dans une région de France riche en vestiges de la période classique dont l’influence se reconnaît dans les feuilles d’acanthe et autres motifs sinueux, les éléments de ce cloître présentent néanmoins un style typique de l’art du tournant du XIII^e siècle. Située au nord-ouest de l’Espagne sur le chemin de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, l’abbaye fut lourdement endommagée pendant les guerres de religion et la Révolution française. Cent quarante éléments environ, notamment colonnes, pilastres et chapiteaux, ont servi à la construction de ce cloître.

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Detail showing 25.120.5, .22, .37

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Titre: Cloître

Date: Fin XII^e siècle–début XIII^e siècle

Aire géographique: Monastère bénédictin de Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, près de Montpellier

Culture: Français

Technique: Pierre calcaire

Dimensions: 9,2 x 7,3 m

Crédits: The Cloisters Collection, 1925

Accession Number: 25.120.1–.134

A hand-drawn rendering of the set design for "The Play of Adam" at The Met Cloisters

Presenting The Play of Adam at The Met Cloisters

Nancy Wu and Carol Symes discuss their preparations for a new production of The Play of Adam—the oldest medieval drama written in any language—at The Met Cloisters on December 17 and 18.

View of the medieval Saint-Guilhem Cloister at The Met Cloisters

French Toast: A Salute to Saint Guilhem

Barbara Drake Boehm, Paul and Jill Ruddock Senior Curator for The Met Cloisters, honors Saint Guilhem with a celebratory wine that will be available this summer in The Trie Café.

Saint-Guilhem Cloister, late 12th–early 13th century. French. Limestone; 30 ft. 3 in. x 23 ft. 10 in. (922 x 726 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Cloisters Collection, 1925 (25.120.1–.134)

Founding Father

Barbara Drake Boehm, Paul and Jill Ruddock Curator, tells the story of Saint Guilhem as it is depicted on a painted coffret in the Saint-Guilhem Cloister.

Detail of a date palm and dogs from "The Hunters Enter the Woods" from the Unicorn Tapestries

The Medieval Garden Enclosed—The Palm

Deirdre Larkin, managing horticulturalist of The Met Cloisters, discusses the origins of the Date palm and its significance in medieval art and life.

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