Suger, Abbot of St. Denis, “Of the Church’s Ornaments” from De Administra-one and Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, “On Gold and Silver Images in Monasteries” from Apologia.
the holy bodies to be enclosed with gilded panels of cast copper and with polished stones, fixed close to the inner stone vaults…in such a manner, however, that reverend persons, as was fiTng, might be able to see them with great devoUon and a flood of tears.” “Money is won with such skill that it may be mulUplied. It is expended so that it may be increased, and pouring it out produces abundance. The Reason is that the very sight of these costly but wonderful illusions inflames the men more to give than to pray.” ~Clairvaux ~Suger
through the outward ornaments of sacred vessels, and to nothing in the world in an equal degree to the service of the Holy Sacrifice, with all inner purity and with all outward splendor.” “To me [golden images] somehow represent the ancient rite of the Jews… Or is it that since we have been mingled with the genUles, perhaps we have also adopted their ways and even serve their idols.” ~Clairvaux ~Suger
many outstanding men, following our example, took the rings off the fingers of their hands and ordered, out of love for the Holy Martyrs, that the gold, stones, and precious pearls of the rings put into this panel.” “O vanity of vaniUes, but no more vain than insane! The Church is radiant in its walls and desUtute in its poor. It dresses its stones in gold and it abandons its children naked. It serves the eyes of the rich at the expense of the poor. The curious find that which may delight them, but those in need do not find that which should sustain them.” ~Clairvaux ~Suger
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