Abstract
Among the works of Richard of St.-Victor (d. 1173) is a commentary on the literal sense of the Temple Vision concluding the prophecy of Ezekiel (Ez. 40–48). Though earlier authors, notably Jerome and Gregory the Great, had argued that this difficult text could only be interpreted symbolically, Richard believed it could be literally construed, and this should precede moral, allegorical, or tropological exegesis. Thus the commentary is illustrated with plans and elevations of the mountain sanctuary that are designed to assist the Victorine's interpretation. Drawing on philology and contemporaneous building practice, and perhaps dependent on Jewish antecedents, these illustrations render the Prophet's visionary experience with a factual sobriety remarkable in medieval architectural representation.
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