that he designed the west rose window. Although Bernard’s work in the upper levels of
the nave consciously continued the forms of the earlier cathedral masters, his expansive
rose composition reveals the impact of “modern” Rayonnant models, particularly the
transepts of Notre-Dame in Paris.
Michael T.Davis
[See also: PARIS; REIMS]
Branner, Robert. “The Labyrinth of Reims Cathedral.” Journal of the Society of Architectural
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78(1911):151–69.
Ravaux, Jean-Pierre. “Les campagnes de construction de la cathédrale de Reims au XIIIe siècle.”
Bulletin monumental 135(1979):7–66.
Reinhardt, Hans. La cathédrale de Reims: son histoire, son architecture, sa sculpture, ses vitraux.
Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1963.
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chronologie de la cathédrale.” Bulletin monumental 125(1967):347–94.
BERNARD GUI
(Bernardus Guidonis; ca. 1261–1331). Historian, inquisitor, and bishop, Bernard was a
Dominican who rose through the ecclesiastical ranks in southern France, in Limoges,
Castres, Albi, and Carcassonne. He was inquisitor at Toulouse from 1307 to 1323.
Between 1317 and 1321, he also served Pope John XXII on diplomatic missions in Italy
and Flanders. All of Bernard’s writings were in Latin. Though most were of a historical
nature, he also produced several works of theology (De articulis fidei, De peccato
originali), liturgy (De ordinatione officii missae), and hagiography (Legenda sancti
Thome de Aquino, Speculum sanctorale). The Speculum, a collection of a number of
saints’ lives in four parts, was extremely popular in its day. His most important work is
the still unpublished Flores chronicorum (ca. 1316), a history of the papacy from the
birth of Christ to Clement V. This work, known in over fifty manuscripts (some now
lost), went through ten revisions, the latest of which continues the history to 1331 (John
XXII). Already in the 14th century, it was translated into Occitan (B.N. fr. 24940) and
twice into French (four manuscripts). Other historical works by Bernard include treatises
on the Roman emperors (Imperatores Romani, over forty manuscripts), on the kings of
France (Reges Francorum, which exists in four revisions and two French translations),
and on the Dominican order (catalogues of provincial priors, monographs on individual
houses, acts of General Chapters, etc.).
Especially noteworthy is Bernard’s history of the Inquisition (Practica officii
Inquisitionis; ca. 1314–16; four manuscripts), which includes an important section on
such heretical groups as Manichaeans, Vaudois, Pseudo-Apostles, béguines, relapsed
Jews, and sorcerers. He also composed local histories of the cities in which he lived:
Limoges, Toulouse, and Lodève. In spite of the great popularity of his work in the late
Middle Ages, as evidenced by the numerous manuscripts and the translation of much of
his œuvre into French by Jean Golein for Charles V, few of Bernard’s works have found
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