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He transferred to the inside all the church’s splendour; The pomp of beauty glistens throughout the golden ceilings; Metallic shell, gemmed fabric, inspiring wonder. With these words, the monk Peter celebrated the achievements of Abbot Faricius (d. 1117) on behalf of his abbey of Abingdon. As Meyer Schapiro noted in his essay on the aesthetics of Romanesque art, without texts such as these, we could hardly imagine the original aspect of medieval churches and monasteries. Their paintings, sculptures, decorated floors, textiles, and metalwork reliquaries or crosses have largely disappeared. The few surviving objects are now mostly displayed in the safety of museums and galleries.
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