Detail of the Pontaut Chapter House in the Cloiste…
Window with Grisaille Decoration in the Cloisters,…
Detail of a Window with Grisaille Decoration in th…
Gothic Stained Glass Panels in the Cloisters, Sept…
Detail of a Window with Grisaille Decoration in th…
Stained Glass Window at the Cloisters, Oct. 2006
Theodosius Arrives at Ephesus Stained Glass Panel…
Various Panels of Stained Glass in the Cloisters,…
Stained Glass Panel in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Gabriel Stained Glass Panel in the Cloisters, Sept…
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Various Panels of Stained Glass in the Cloisters,…
Woman with Two Flasks Stained Glass Panel in the C…
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Virgin and Child Statue in the Cloisters, Sept. 20…
Head (Perhaps of an Angel) in the Cloisters, Sept.…
Head in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Panels from a Tabernacle in the Cloisters, Sept. 2…
The Arrest of Christ and Christ in Limbo Panels fr…
Detail of the Preparation of Christ's Body for Ent…
Man of Sorrows Wall Painting in the Cloisters, Sep…
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Saint Hubert and the Stag Relief in the Cloisters,…
Figure of a King in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Detail of a Figure of a King in the Cloisters, Sep…
Tomb Effigy of Ermengol VII in the Cloisters, Sept…
Sepulchral Monument of Ermengol X in the Cloisters…
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Detail of the Effigy of Cecilia of Foix in the Clo…
Effigies of Alvaro Rodrigo de Cabrera and Cecilia…
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Pair of Effigies in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Detail of the Sword of the Effigy of Jean d'Alluye…
Detail of the Effigy of Jean d'Alluye in the Clois…
Detail of an Effigy of a Woman in the Cloisters, S…
Detail of an Effigy of a Woman in the Cloisters, S…
Stained Glass from Ebreichsdorf in the Cloisters,…
The Exterior of the Chapel in the Cloisters, April…
Exterior of the Gothic Chapel in the Cloisters, Se…
Exterior of the Gothic Chapel in the Cloisters, Se…
Workroom in the Herb Garden of the Cloisters, Octo…
Detail of the Workroom in the Herb Garden in the C…
Garden in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Garden at the Cloisters in New York, Oct. 2002
Medieval Herbs and Seeds in the Herb Garden in the…
Herbs Drying in the Cloisters, October 2009
Garden in the Cloisters, April 2007
Tree and Tower in the Herb Garden in the Cloisters…
Garden Decorated Base in the Cloisters, April 2007
Standing Virgin and Child in the Cloisters, Octobe…
Statue of the Virgin and Child in the Cloisters, O…
Prodigal Son Stained Glass Roundel in the Cloister…
St. Peter(?) in the Cloisters, October 2009
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Terracotta Enthroned Virgin in the Cloisters, Sept…
Marble Virgin and Child in the Cloisters, Sept. 20…
St. Margaret in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
St. Christopher in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Mary Magdalene in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Seated Virgin and Child in the Cloisters, Sept. 20…
Pair of Doors in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Column Capital in the Cuxa Cloister in the Cloiste…
Detail of a Wall Fountain in the Cloisters, Sept.…
Romanesque Column Capital in the Cloisters, Oct. 2…
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Romanesque Column Capital in the Cloisters, Oct. 2…
Detail of a Wall Fountain in the Cloisters, Sept.…
Fake Romanesque Wall Fountain in the Cloisters, Se…
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The Cuxa Cloister in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
The Cuxa Cloister at the Cloisters, Oct. 2006
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Exterior of the Langon Chapel in the Cloisters, Se…
The Cloisters, October 2009
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The Langon Chapel in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
The Langon Chapel in the Cloisters, Oct. 2006
The Langon Chapel in the Cloisters, Oct. 2006
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Fragment of a Figure in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
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Fragment of a Relief with Three Clerics in the Clo…
Seated Figure in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Detail of a Cistern or Font in the Cloisters, Octo…
Cistern or Font in the Cloisters, October 2009
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Portal in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
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Kneeling Virgin in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
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Kneeling Virgin in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Kneeling Virgin in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
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Lion Relief in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
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Detail of the Pontaut Chapter House in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Chapter House from Notre-Dame-de-Pontaut, 12th century
French; Made in Pontaut, Gascony
Limestone; Overall: 453 x 304 in. (1150.6 x 772.2 cm)
The Cloisters Collection, 1935 (35.50)
"Whenever any important business has to be done in the monastery, let the Abbot call together the whole community and state the matter to be acted upon." So Saint Benedict began Chapter 3 of his "Rule for Monasteries." The chapter house was devised to facilitate such meetings. Usually located off the cloister, chapter houses, such as this example, were generally rectangular in shape and furnished with stone-hewn benches encircling the room.
The abbot sat on a separate, often raised seat. The room was illuminated by windows on the rear wall, as well as by the arcades at the entrance. This view of the Pontaut Chapter House from Pontaut in southwest France shows the entrance from the cloister. Originally the interior walls were plastered and perhaps painted. (Some color can still be seen on the ribs of the vaults.) The decorations of the capitals and abacus blocks are imaginatively varied and include rosettes, palmettes, and basket-weave patterns as well as carvings representing pinecones.
Like many other church buildings, the abbey of Pontaut suffered from changing political fortunes and neglect: it was partially destroyed in 1569 during the Wars of Religion and was abandoned by 1791 in the aftermath of the French Revolution. By the nineteenth century, the chapter house was being used as a stable, and it fell into a dilapidated condition until its purchase in the early 1930s.
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French; Made in Pontaut, Gascony
Limestone; Overall: 453 x 304 in. (1150.6 x 772.2 cm)
The Cloisters Collection, 1935 (35.50)
"Whenever any important business has to be done in the monastery, let the Abbot call together the whole community and state the matter to be acted upon." So Saint Benedict began Chapter 3 of his "Rule for Monasteries." The chapter house was devised to facilitate such meetings. Usually located off the cloister, chapter houses, such as this example, were generally rectangular in shape and furnished with stone-hewn benches encircling the room.
The abbot sat on a separate, often raised seat. The room was illuminated by windows on the rear wall, as well as by the arcades at the entrance. This view of the Pontaut Chapter House from Pontaut in southwest France shows the entrance from the cloister. Originally the interior walls were plastered and perhaps painted. (Some color can still be seen on the ribs of the vaults.) The decorations of the capitals and abacus blocks are imaginatively varied and include rosettes, palmettes, and basket-weave patterns as well as carvings representing pinecones.
Like many other church buildings, the abbey of Pontaut suffered from changing political fortunes and neglect: it was partially destroyed in 1569 during the Wars of Religion and was abandoned by 1791 in the aftermath of the French Revolution. By the nineteenth century, the chapter house was being used as a stable, and it fell into a dilapidated condition until its purchase in the early 1930s.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/the_cl...
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