Pierre de montreuil biography books
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Pierre de montreuil biography books
Pierre de Montreuil
French architect
Pierre de Montreuil (French pronunciation:[pjɛʁdəmɔ̃tʁœj]; died 17 March 1267) was a French architect. The name formerly given to him by architectural historians, Peter of Montereau (in French, Pierre de Montereau),[1] is a misnomer.
It was based on his tombstone inscription Musterolo natus ("born in Musterolo"), a place name that was mistakenly identified as Montereau rather than Montreuil.[2]
Documented work
He is one of the first named architects of 13th-century Paris, and, according to Anne Prache (writing in The Dictionary of Art), "there has been a tendency to attribute an immense role to him."[3] Only the refectory (1239–1244, destroyed) and chapel of the Virgin (1245–c. 1250, only fragments remain) of the former abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés can be definitely said to be by him.[4] He is thought to have been a master at the Basilique Saint-Denis beginning around 12