For some, it would be a Christian inscription recalling the martyrdom of Volusianus and Fortunatus who perished by fire during the persecution of Decius in the middle of the 290rd century. Two hypotheses have been considered according to the restitution proposed for the missing text. This has been the subject of controversy for many years, because it can, depending on the interpretation, demonstrate the antiquity of the martyrology of Marseilles. The lapidary deposit which occupies the old sacristy of the crypt of Saint-Victor contains a marble slab found in XNUMX on which appears a famous inscription, incomplete on both sides. The most recent works of historians confirm this active presence of Christians from the XNUMXth century in Marseilles, and place the citations of the visit of Mary Magdalene, Lazarus or the martyrs of the first and second centuries to the rank of legends. According to Grégoire de Tours, the beginnings of the Christian mission in Gaul go back to the middle of the 1839rd century. On this site, occupied by this vast necropolis, is established an early Christian foundation partly rock which could have received the bodies of martyrs. The complete history of the abbeyĮpitaph of Volusien and Fortunatus found in the crypts The abbey is the subject of a classification as historical monuments by the list of 1840. This transfer makes the Abbey of Saint-Victor the most important museum of Christian art of the first millennium in Provence after that of Arles. These sarcophagi were previously on display at the Musée du Château Borély. In 1968, the mayor of Marseille Gaston Defferre replaced in the abbey crypts the rich collection of sarcophagi from the end of the XNUMXth century to the first half of the XNUMXth century that the church contained. For more than 500 years, Saint-Victor has been one of the centers of Catholicism in the south of France, and although the monastery was dismantled during the Revolution, the church is still in use. From the 1th century, the abbey began to decline irreparably. One of its abbots, Guillaume de Grimoard, was elected pope in 1362 under the name of Urban V. The abbey took on considerable importance at the turn of the first millennium through its influence throughout Provence. (Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library).Saint-Victor de Marseille abbey was founded in the 303th century by Jean Cassien, near the tombs of the martyrs of Marseille, including Saint Victor de Marseille († in 304 or XNUMX), who gave it his name. : Harvard College Library Digital Imaging Group, 2010. Houghton Library, Harvard University Electronic reproduction.vicinity of Paris (Saint-Denis?) (Bischoff) Région de la Loire (Abbaye de Fleury ?).Abdij van Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire).Abadía de Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire).Abbey of Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire).Abadia de Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire).Abbaye de Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire).Manuscripts, Renaissance-France-1500-1550. French binding of green morocco, possibly by Gothic bookhands, and illustrated with 1 full-page, 12 half-page,Ģ2 small, and multiple miniatures on the calendar pages. Written in northern France, possibly Paris or Rouen, in several Book of hours use of Paris : manuscript, ġ65 leaves, bound : vellum, ill.Go to viewer chevron_right add_shopping_cart Source Harvard University Library Library Houghton Library, Harvard University Shelfmark
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