ceremonial or the administration of the chapter), liturgical (the calendar, as well as the texts and chants found in various service books) and musical (identification of the music performed during specific celebrations), integrating links with the history of art the better to examine the Acronyme du projet : MMSC Page 3 sur 15

organization of the internal space of the buildings, and employing the most innovative technical possibilities for the virtual recreation of these spaces, both visual and aural. Covering an extended period of time — from St Louis to the French Revolution — the project essentially focuses on the Golden Age of a cappella polyphonic music, namely, the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, during which the composition and performance of the most progressive music depended on the personal and financial resources at the disposal of religious institutions. In that chronological and methodological frame, this project suggests a more flexible definition of the Sainte-Chapelle than has usually been proposed. The completion of the project will result in a web-site featuring databases including information related to the prosopography, bibliography, and …