during this era the abbey was led by major abbots dom hunaud de gavarret and dom ansquitil, who had the doorway and tympanum built. in the 13th century, raymond de montpezat, followed by bertrand de montaigut, abbots and builders, ruled the abbey. aymeric de peyrac, writing his "chronicle" in the 15th century in the château of saint-nicolas-de-la-grave, describes these times.