Abstract
This paper is dedicated to the little studied tomb of Cardinal Hugues Aycelin, still located in the former Dominican Church in Clermont. First, the author suggests a restitution to its original state based on early modern sources not taken into account by earlier studies. The sumptuousness of materials, the complexity of the iconographical programme (especially the depiction of funerary rituals) and the heraldic programme, as well, are unusual for the tomb of a prelate. They remind us more of tombs of lay princes of the Capetian sphere, while anticipating some monuments of the Avignon court. The tomb can be dated between 1307 and 1311 by several iconographical elements, and the patron can be identified as the Cardinal’s brother, Archbishop Gilles Aycelin. The tomb he imagined for his brother was, first and foremost, a commemorative monument symbolizing the dazzling rise of their family.
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