Saint-Jean-Des-Vignes in Soissons

Approaches to its architecture, archaeology and history. Edited by Sheila Bonde and Clark Maines.

The volume deals first with the sources for study of the abbey, including standing architectural remains, archival sources and pictoral representations. It considers then the foundation of the abbey and the Romanesque and Gothic phases of construction and the way in which construction influenced the functional life of the monastic community. It explores further the ritual aspects of daily existence and the infrastructure and daily life, through study of the medieval and early modern water management system. 568 Seiten und 85 Abb. auf Tafeln, gebunden (Bibliotheca Victorina; Vol XV/Brepols 2003)