Monasticism and the Arts

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Foreword, John W. Cook vii Introduction: Monasticism and Christian Culture Timothy Gregory Verdon 1 1 “Real Presence” in Early Christian Art, William Loerke 29 2 Eastern Influences on the Rule of Saint Benedict Aidan Kavanagh, O.S.B. 53 3 Otium Monasticum as a Context for Artistic Creativity Jean Leclercq, O.S.B. 63 4 The Music for a Cluny Office of Saint Benedict Ruth Steiner 81 5 The Cistercian Contribution, Otto von Simson 115 6 The Rule and the Book: Cistercian Book Illumination in Burgundy and Champagne, Walter Cahn 139 7 Lay Patronage and Monastic Architecture: The Norman Abbey of Savigny, Bennett Hill 173 8 Abbot Suger’s Program for his New Abbey Church Sumner McK. Crosby 189 9 Monastic Stained Glass: Patronage and Style Meredith Parsons Lillich 207 10 “By Gradual Scale Sublimed”: Dantes Benedict and Contemplative Ascent, Peter S. Hawkins 11 Some Monastic and Liturgical Allusions in an Early Work of Lorenzo Monaco, Marvin Eisenberg 12 The Saero Monte of Varallo: Renaissance Art and Popular Religion, William Hood 13 Contemporary Monastic Architecture and Life in America R. Kevin Seasoltz, O.S.B. Index