The construction the new abbey over the next decades became soon one of the most ambitious and most prestigious buildings of its time, since it exceeded even the dimensions of its contemporary mother monastery Cluny Abbey (known as Cluny II). See the reconstruction by Kenneth J. Conant (1965). Conant, Kenneth John (1965). "IV.—Cluny II and St. Bénigne at Dijon". Archaeologia. Second Series. 99: 179–194. doi:10.1017/S0261340900011152.
Conant, Kenneth John. "Cluny II and St. Bénigne at Dijon", Archaeologia, vol.99, 1965, pp. 179–194, doi:10.1017/S0261340900011152
