Abstract
The great portal of Cluny III, by Neil Stratford The destruction of the Cluny portal in 1810 left us with visual documents (very partial), a precise description and many fragments, often excavated. An exhibition in Paris and Cluny is in course of preparation, which will present the latest researches on the portal. Here some observations of a more general kind are offered : on the history of Cluny III and its portal, on the iconography of the lost portal and on its style and place in the history of Romanesque sculpture in Burgundy. Two appendices follow : on the 18th-century Cluny historian, Dr Benoît Dumolin ; on the disjecta membra of the portal, scattered in private collections and in various museums in France and the United States.
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