"Dr. Panofsky is to be congratulated on producing, for the first time in any modern language, the whole
of Suger's writing on St.-Denis, an unparalleled historical, archaeological, and ecclesiological text, and one
of the world's literary treasures, a central pillar of the twelfth-century renaissance. . . . This is a work of
first-class importance, and destined to remain the standard edition for a long time to come."
--The Burlington Magazine, from a review of the first edition
Princeton University Press Web Site, October, 2003
Summary
This revised edition incorporates the additions and corrections recorded by Erwin Panofsky until the time of
his death in 1968. Gerda Panofsky-Soergel has updated the commentary in the light of new material, and the bibliography
that she has prepared reflects the scholarship on St.-Denis in the last three decades. She has obtained some additional
and more recent photographs, and the illustrations include a new ground plan and a new section of the chevet of
the Abbey Church, both drawn under the supervision of Sumner McKnight Crosby.
Table of Contents
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
TEXT AND TRANSLATIONS
LIBER DE REBUS IN ADMINISTRATIONE SUA GESTIS
LIBELLUS ALTER DE CONSECRATIONE ECCLEA SANCTI DIONYSII
ORDINATO A.D. MCXL VEL MCXLI CONFIRMATA
COMMENTARY
PRELIMINARY REMARKS
THE TEXTS; DATES; TRANSMISSION, AND READINGS
PERSONS AND PLACES; UNITS OF WEIGHT AND CURRENCY
AUTHOR'S NOTE
COMMENTARY UPON THE "LIBER REBUS IN ADMINISTRATION SUA GESTIS"
COMMENTARY UPON THE "LIBEELLUS ALTER DE CONSECRATIONE ECCLESIAE SANCTI DIONYSII"
COMMENTARY UPON THE "ORDINATIO" OF 1140 OR 1141
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHIC ABBREVIATIONS
ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY SINCE 1945
INDEX
ILLUSTRATIONS
