Pence Langres (twelfth century) CGB Coin Photo
Seal-cons and seal of the official status of Langres (1252). Collection of photographs of Jean-Luc Chassel
Maurists According to Breton, the seal of Rainville, Bishop of Quimper in 1245 represented " an arm holding a stick along a crescent and a étoille " [1] : despite its summary nature, it can be inferred from this description that the crescent and star were placed respectively dextral and sinister, on both sides of dextrochère. The seal in question is the kind of officialdom bishops who "are most often the bust the bishop in whose name justice was done, or else a miter, or a hand holding a stick" [2] but it may also be closer to some seals abbey, which was using that as Bernard of Clairvaux him before it was stolen in 1151 [3] .
The banality of the reason for taking dextrochère Lacrosse, which is seen occasionally also adorn the currencies Episcopal encouraged to distinguish its multiple representations by adding special marks (star, crescent, lily, letters of the alphabet, the Alpha and the Omega, ...) can then reach a certain originality in terms of the complexity of the combination of these signs. Thus the seal Rainaud has no kinship with those of contemporary Breton prelates, and he does not like other episcopal seals of the same period. However the similarity est manifeste avec plusieurs sceaux ou contre-sceaux abbatiaux (abbayes de Coulombs, St-Bénigne de Dijon, Grosbot, Prully et Vauluisant, sa fille,…) ; mais, s’agissant d’un évêque dont rien n’indique par ailleurs qu’il ait été moine, ou chanoine régulier, il nous semble que cette piste, sans être exclue, ne saurait être privilégiée au détriment de celle qui concerne des institutions séculières.
Notre attention s’est donc portée sur Langres, où, aux XII e -XIII e siècles, l’atelier monétaire épiscopal et l’officialité locale ont eu recours also in lacrosse, the crescent and star in the framework of representations substantially identical to that found on the seal of the Bishop of Quimper even the dextrochère is missing from these representations, it To our knowledge no other case of a resemblance also evident, which could therefore be an index of first class on the origins of Rainaud.
It's time to remember, with all appropriate caution because we are here as part of a hypothesis in the second degree, that the biographer of St. Corentin, whom we suspect to be the same as Rainaud, borrowed extensively from the writings of Bernard of Clairvaux . However, the relationship of the latter with Langres are known and indisputable, especially for reasons of geography ecclesiastical we also know that Bernard was reached with effect from 1137 in the procedure for appointing the bishop. Certainly, the works of the Abbot of Clairvaux were probably available in many other places that episcopal [4] but their presence in Langres at the time of Rainaud seems more likely to Quimper.
© Yves-André Bourges 2011
[1] Dom H. Morice, Memoirs of evidence to the History of Britain ... , t. 1, Paris, 1742, col. 925.
[2] M.-M. Quantin, Dictionary of diplomatic Christian containing the concepts necessary for understanding the ancient monuments manuscripts, Paris, 1846, col. 770.
[3] Bernard of Clairvaux spoke of this matter in his letter No. 284 and 298.
[4] There inventories libraries of two canons of Langres in the fourteenth century e , but despite the interest shown him J. -V. Jourd'heuil as part of its work in the diocese of Langres state library of the cathedral chapter at Central Middle Ages still eludes us. The flow of manuscripts between Langres and Clairvaux (and vice versa) does, however, no doubt.
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