Аббатство Святого Мартиала, Лимож

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Аббатство Святого Мартиала (Французский: Аббай-Сен-Военный, Лимугес ; лимузин : Абадия де отправила Марсау-де-лимтжеса ), был монастырем в Лимоге , Франция, основанный в 848 году и растворился в 1791 году.

Здания были разрушены в начале 19 -го века. Единственная оставшаяся часть-это крипт 10-го века , который был заново открыт в 1960 году и содержит гробницу Святого Мартиала , первого епископа Лиможеса , а также святой Валери Лимож , еще одного, возможно, легендарного, раннего мученика .

Происхождение

Происхождение аббатства лежит на кладбище возле первоначального римского поселения Августика. Это место места De la république, в коммерческом сердце современных лимож. Кладбище было известным местом захоронения ранних христианских мучеников, в том числе Saint Martial, первого епископа Лимож. Это превратилось в место паломничества в Меровингские времена. , согласно Григорию тура , над могилой Святого Мартиала была похоронная часовня, в опеке небольшого сообщества священнослужителей, которые были признаны собранием канонов во времена царствования Каролингя правителя К 6 веку (814-840). Это сообщество стало бенедиктинским аббатством в 848 году под командованием Чарльза Леды . Мозаика . над гробницей Saint Martial датируется примерно на этот раз и установлена ​​в жестком цементе из более раннего периода, что указывает на то, что храм уже был хорошо зарекомендовал себя и некоторой древности к тому времени, когда было основано аббатство

History

The abbey grew in importance and elaboration, alongside the "City of the Castle". This was a major commercial centre, under the patronage of the abbot, and outside the boundaries and control of the Cathedral City, dominated by the bishop. The body of Saint Martial was, at some time in the late 9th century, taken from its sarcophagus and placed for a time in a golden shrine in the great new church which was built over the spot. Here it was a magnet for pilgrims on the Way of St. James, benefiting from the wider pilgrim traffic throughout Western Europe.

The abbey reached the peak of its importance in the century following its take-over by Cluny Abbey in 1065, when it was famed for its literature and music. However, the shrine was stolen by Henry II of England, who was also the Duke of Aquitaine. Turmoil in the land was interpreted as the saint's response to the disturbance of his bones. The body was reburied and an altar placed above it.

The disturbances of the 12th century were followed by a period of rebuilding and a century of renewed prosperity. However, they had been only a foretaste of the destruction and disruption of the Hundred Years' War. The Limousin was not spared in the dynastic and religious conflicts of the 16th and 17th centuries. The abbey went through a protracted decline and it never recovered the greatness of its heyday.

There was considerable rebuilding and repair in the early 18th century. However, in 1791, during the French Revolution, the abbey community was dissolved, and in the following year the sacking and demolition of the building began. By 1807 this was complete. The area was levelled and turned into a new public space, the Place de la République. Portions of the relics of the martyrs, allegedly saved by faithful Catholic citizens of Limoges, were rehoused in the nearby church of St. Michel des Lions. The twin Castle and Cathedral cities were at last unified into a single municipality under secular governance.

Excavations were carried out from 1960, on the initiative of the city council, in the hope of uncovering the remains of the abbey and the shrine of Saint Martial. By 1962, the crypt containing the tombs of Saints Martial and Valerie had been rediscovered. Excavations were then pushed further to the east, revealing more church buildings belonging to the abbey. From 1966, the crypt with the surrounding area was consolidated and opened to the public, the whole being covered with a large concrete slab. Today, it is entered down a flight of steps from the Place de la République above. Admission is free.

Excavations started again in July 2015 to carry out detailed studies of the remains before revamping of the Place de la Republique.

Music

Main article: Saint Martial school

The abbey was the center of several important developments in medieval music, including liturgical chant, early polyphony and troubadours' songs. The first chant manuscripts show revisions of the early 11th century, when Roger de Chabannes introduced his nephew Adémar as cantor and scriptor of notation. A significant body of plainchant and tonaries for its modal classification had been written at the scriptorium of this Abbey (among them Pa 909, 1120, 1121, 1132, 1240). Adémar de Chabannes composed not only sequences and prosulae, but also music for a festal octave for the Patron St Martial. He engaged in vain for the recognition of St Martial as an apostle, which was the only condition to celebrate the patron a whole week long. Among the earliest sequences composed there is the Swan Sequence from c.850 (Pa 1139). The St. Martial school of music and its library contributed and collected an almost complete repertoire of West Frankish tropes and sequences, as well as the so-called Aquitanian polyphony (Pa 1139, 3549, 3719), because cantors of the region had been most inventive in quite original compositions, dealing with all kinds of troped poetry, and two part settings between discant and florid organum.

It is a famous site for 12th century sacred and secular church music. Some of the earliest troubadour lyrics with their accompanying melodies were extant in manuscripts at St. Martial's, now preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale.

Gallery

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  Sarcophagus of Saint Martial, focus of the medieval cult, in the crypt beneath the modern Place de la République.
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  Mosaic depicting birds drinking from a cup, symbol of eternal life, above the sarcophagus of Saint Martial.
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  Cupboard of the Arm, a medieval reliquary in the crypt.
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  Tomb of Saint Valerie of Limoges, an associate of Saint Martial.
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  Chapel of Saint Benedict, part of the crypt complex, and dating mostly from the 13th century.
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  Choir of Saint Peter of the Sepulchre, the original church at the shrine, rebuilt in the 10th century and much modified in later centuries.

Studies

• Grier, James (2003). "The music is the message: music in the apostolic liturgy of Saint Martial". Plainsong and Medieval Music. 12 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1017/S0961137103003012. ISSN 0961-1371. S2CID 162554319.
• Grier, James (2005). "The Musical Autographs of Adémar de Chabannes (989–1034)". Early Music History. 24: 125–168. doi:10.1017/S0261127905000100. S2CID 194078301.
• Grier, James (2006). "The music is the message II: Adémar de Chabannes' music for the apostolic Office of Saint Martial". Plainsong and Medieval Music. 15 (1): 43–54. doi:10.1017/S0961137106000246. ISSN 0961-1371. S2CID 162870563.

Sources

• "Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds lat., Ms. 909". Troper, Sequentiary, and Tonary of St. Martial de Limoges (1028). Retrieved 30 December 2013.
• "Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds lat., Ms. 1085". Abridged Antiphonary from the church St. Salvator Mundi, St. Martial Abbey in Limoges with later additions for the patron Saint Martial by Adémar de Chabannes (late 10th century). Retrieved 30 December 2011.
• "Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds lat., Ms. 1120". Troper, Proser, Processional of St. Martial de Limoges (late 10th century). Retrieved 30 September 2013.
• "Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds lat., Ms. 1121". Troper, Sequentiary, and Tonary of St. Martial de Limoges, Adémar de Chabannes (ca. 1025). Retrieved 30 December 2013.
• "Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, fonds latin, ms. 1132". Gradual-Proser of the Abbey Saint-Martial at Limoges (late 11th century). Retrieved 2 October 2013.
• "Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds lat., Ms. 1139". Prosae (4 series), historical documents, versus and Benedicamus tropes (some polyphonic), medieval dramas, troped kyries and Marian Offices, Abbey Saint-Martial of Limoges (late 12th, early 13th century). Retrieved 30 December 2013.
• "Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds lat., Ms. 1240". Troper from the church St. Salvator Mundi, St. Martial Abbey in Limoges with later additions neumes, a tonary and an octave for the patron Saint Martial by Adémar de Chabannes (933-936). Retrieved 30 December 2013.
• "Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, Fonds Lat., Ms. 3549" . Фрагменты (проводятся, тропы, последовательности) аббатства Сен-Материала Лимож (вторая половина 12-го века) . Получено 30 декабря 2013 года .
• "Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, Fonds Lat., Ms. 3719" . Последовательности, проводятся, тропы Бенедикамуса, Санктус и Кирие, Управление девственницы (фф. 93R-108V) в аббатстве Сен-Главный Лимож (12 и 13 век) . Получено 30 декабря 2013 года .

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