Although not a licensed architect, I practiced architecture from 1984 to 1990, and bring an understanding of the design process. I also served as a tour guide for bicycle tours throughout France for four seasons, from 1990 to 1993, offering personalized group monument tours in all regions. I have recently developed a website called Aedificium, which provides a forum for the discussion of topics related the medieval architecture. It is hoped that such a clearinghouse for ideas and discourse will aid students and educators alike. Future goals for the site include an on-line journal and directory of scholars.
Emphasis is placed on providing the reader with the tools for interpreting the built environment.
The Message in Medieval Architecture Intended as a field guide to the iconography represented in the stone and glass of medieval church buildings. Its purpose is to introduce the visitor to the various stories and cycles typically presented in the sculpture and painting of medieval churches, and to allow them to identify these stories in such buildings. A new historical method based on the process of researching a site and its documentation will be used to present this monograph, intended to expand the dissertation by encompassing the entire abbey complex and its history. A substantial portion of the original grisaille glass of the apse remains, as well as a small donor panel of colored glass. A new interpretation of the subject matter of this panel, and its connection to one of the workshops responsible for the glazing of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris are advanced in this paper.