Օտոյ լը-Մեսէն
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1980
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By the rising to power of Charles the Great (742-814), the Carolingian world witnessed a renaissance in the field of art and architecture. Charles the Great decided to build a chapel in his capital, Aix-la-Chapelle, and he trusted the work to Odo-le-Messin.
«Charles, the great emperor, founded this temple, and Odo, the excellent master, built it. He enjoyed the special privileges of the city Metz, and is burried there», said an inscription, which in the 10th century was copied in a manuscript, now found in Vienna.
According to this inscription then, Odo was not a native of Metz, but a foreigner, who was privileged to live there.
Two of Odo's architectural works have reached us: the chapel of Aix-la-Chapelle and the chapel of Germigny-des-Près, which was built for Theodulf, the bishop of Orlean, France.
If the chapel of Aix-la-Chapelle bears the influence of Byzantine architecture, it lacks its spirit. However, the chapel of Germigny-des-Près obviously bears the influence of Armenian architecture.
The author by this study proves that Odo came from the East, and was an Armenian, who applied the principles of Armenian architecture.
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Ճէվահիրճեան, Ս., «Օտոյ լը-Մեսէն», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 1980, Պէյրութ, էջ 55-76