Miller Chp 6
Chartres was considered the center of the cult of the Virgin throughout the twelfth and
thirteenth centuries.
The tunic Mary wore at Jesus’ birth was considered the most cherished relic at the
Chartres Cathedral.
The chief purpose of the stained-glass programs in all Gothic cathedrals was to tell the
stories of the Bible.
One of the stained-glass windows at the Chartres Cathedral shows the genealogy of
Christ. The window called “Tree of Jesse” depicts the Virgin Mary as descended from
Jesse, the father of King David, Thus fulfilling a prophecy in the book of Isaiah.
In a gothic church, the flying buttress was traditionally built against an exterior wall to
provide support for more windows and brace it against strong winds.
In a gothic church, the flying buttress was traditionally built against an exterior wall to
provide support for more windows and brace it against strong winds.
The figure of Saint Theodore found on the jamb of Chartres’ south transept portal stands
in a contrapposto position.
The Magnus Libri Organi is a collection of musical works created by many composers
which provided music for all the feast days of the Church calendar.
Viderunt Omnes is a four-part polyphonic composition intended to be sung in the middle
of the Christmas Mass at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
The minimum number of voices included in a motet is three.
The trivium consisted of:
Grammar
Rhetoric
Dialectic
Bologna was the first city to found a university, establishing itself as a center for the
study of law.
Latin was mandatory, and students studied Latin in all courses of their first four years of
study.
Robert de Sorbon played a significant role in organizing theology students in Paris.
Peter Abelard, a logician and author of the treatise Sic et Non taught by the dialectical
method.
Trotula is widely recognized as the author of On the Diseases of Women.
Thomas Aquinas wrote the Summa Theologiae and was one of the prominent spokesmen
for Scholasticism.
The Gothic church at Sainte-Chapelle features the highest ratio of glass to stone.
Ambrogio Lorenzetti is credited with painting the fresco known as the Allegory of Good
Government.
By the twelfth century, Florence was the center of textile production in the Western
world and played a central role in European trade markets.
Florentine bankers introduced Europe’s first single currency, the gold florin. The gold
florin was considered the most important contribution of Florence's bankers and money
lenders to world trade.
Arte dei Lana formed the Opera del Duomo, or Department of Works of the Duomo, a
committee in charge of building a new cathedral.
The Dominicans and Franciscans were both mendicant orders: that is, they neither held
property nor engaged in business, relying for their support on contributions from their
communities.
The accomplishments of Pope Innocent III consisted of:
Formalized the Church hierarchy.
Gave full sanction to the doctrine of transubstantiation.
Made annual confession and Easter communion mandatory for all adult
Christians.
Simone Martini is credited with painting the Masetà (Virgin and Child), which once hung
in the council chamber of Siena’s Palazzo Pubblico.
According to an old story, one day Cimabue discovered a talented shepherd boy by the
name of Giotto di Bondone and tutored him in the art of painting. The pupil soon
surpassed the teacher.
Dante Alighieri is credited for being the author of the Divine Comedy.
When Dante and Virgil reach the lowest level of Hell, they found Satan himself chewing
on the worst of all traitors; Judas, Brutus, and Cassius.
Beatrice, the love of his life, serves as Dante’s guide through Paradise.
The Decameron provides a startling description of Florence during an outbreak of the
plague.
The Canterbury Tales is composed of heroic couplets.
Geoffrey Chaucer is credited with being the author of The Canterbury Tales.
Chaucer’s characters come from all three estates, or social ranks:
The nobility
The clergy
The common people
Christine de Pizan is credited with being the author of Book of the City of Ladies.