Pierre de Montreuil
Pierre de Montreuil (died 17 March 1267) was a
Documented work
He is one of the first named architects of 13th-century Paris, and, according to Anne Prache (writing in
Other attributions
Among other attributions, the design of the
Status as an architect
In 1260
He was buried in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, in the chapel he had built. His epitaph was engraved on the tomb and gave his title as "doctor lathomorum" ("teacher of masons"[13] or "Doctor of Masons"[14]). (This chapel and the refectory of Saint-Germain-des-Prés were demolished in 1794.)
Pierre owned a quarry that supplied building materials, and he was well regarded and consulted on building projects as an expert, becoming wealthy and owning several properties.[15] That he and his wife were buried together at a prominent monastery, and he was referred to as a doctor, attests to his standing.[3]
Family
His family in Montreuil comprised a dynasty of architects. Raoul de Montreuil, who paid the cost of burying Pierre's wife Agnes in 1276, was probably the son of Eudes de Montreuil, who was either the son or brother of Pierre. Both Raoul and Eudes were directors of royal building projects in the latter part of the 13th century.[3]
References
- ^ Félibien 1725, vol. 5, pp. 229–230.
- ^ Prache 1996. His wife Agnes died in 1276 and was buried with him; her epitaph in French reads: "Ici gist Agnes fame jadis feu mestre Pierre de Montreuil [Here lies Agnes, in days past wife of deceased master Pierre de Montreuil]".
- ^ a b c d e f Prache 1996.
- ^ Recorded in his obituary notice in the obituarium of the abbey (Prache 1996).
- ^ Ayers 2004, p. 289; Prache 1996. Prache reports that Montreuil purchased land and a quarry at Conflans near Paris in 1247, and the document of sale identifies him as cementarius of Saint-Denis.
- ^ Ayers 2004, p. 82; Prache 1996. Prache reports that in 1265 he sold property in Paris to the Carthusians of Vauvert and is identified as master of works at the cathedral of Notre-Dame.
- ^ Erlande-Brandenburg 1996. "The traditional attribution of the design [of the Sainte-Chapelle] to Pierre de Montreuil can no longer be maintained".
- ^ Ayers 2004, p. 24.
- ^ Sturgis 1901, vol. 2, column 938.
- ^ Ayers 2004, p. 354.
- ^ Ayers 2004, p. 75.
- ^ Ayers 2004, p. 316.
- ^ Carruthers 2010, p. 31.
- ^ Gimpel 1977, [ p. ]
- ^ In 1263 he paid taxes on a house in Cachan (Prache 1996).
Bibliography
- Ayers, Andrew (2004). The Architecture of Paris. Stuttgart; London: Edition Axel Menges. ISBN 9783930698967.
- Carruthers, Mary Jean (2010). Rhetoric Beyond Words: Delight and Persuasion in the Arts of the Middle Ages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521515306.
- Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain(1996). "Paris, V, 2 : Sainte-Chapelle" in Turner 1996, vol. 24, pp. 156–157.
- Félibien, André; Félibien, Jean-François (1725). Entretiens sur les vies et sur les ouvrages des plus excellens peintres anciens et modernes : avec la vie des architectes, 6 volumes. A. Trevoux. Vols 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, from the Getty Research Institute at the Internet Archive.
- Gallet, Yves (2018). "Pierre de Montreuil, architecte de la Sainte-Chapelle ? Généalogie d'une erreur" in Regards croisés sur le monument médiéval. Mélanges offerts à Claude Andrault-Schmitt, Brepols, 2018, pp. 181-197.
- Gimpel, Jean (1977). Medieval Machine: The Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages. Middlesex, England: Penguin Books. ISBN 9780760735831.
- Prache, Anne (1996). "Pierre de Montreuil" in Turner 1996, vol. 24, pp. 774–775.
- Sturgis, Russell (1901). A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, 3 volumes. New York: Macmillan. Vols. 1 (1901), 2 (1901), and 3 (1905) at Google Books.
- Turner, Jane, editor (1996). ISBN 9781884446009.