On Saturday, October 30th, PhD Student Abby Armstrong Check presented her paper, “Modeling the Holy Sepulchre in France: The Commandry of Laon and Affirmation of Christian Authority” as part of the “Beneficence and the Fine Arts” panel at the Medieval Association of the Midwest (MAM) Conference. Her paper utilizes Annabel Wharton’s concept of the model to discuss a Commandry Chapel in Laon, France, and its relationship to the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.