medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>The church [St. Gereon] +is+ marvellous.
>The ground paln of the elliptical late antique building preceding the present
structure (ca. 380 CE; sometimes interpreted as a monument to the martyrs, its
true functions are apparently unknown):
http://www.arch.uiuc.edu/courses/arch311/I-D/cologne.jpg
that "Dekagon" is a reasonably extraordinary piece of work, all right :
http://www.ica-d.de/srv/chr/pic/bc068a.jpg
http://www.stgereon.de/Basilika/allgemein/Dekagon3.html
it's present form apparently determined by the earlier building (?)
i wonder what term was used to describe it in the middlevil texts ?
"turris" perhaps ?
there is a link to a nice, informative site on one of the pages you cite :
http://www.romanische-kirchen-koeln.de/
which has an interesting map of the city with all its "romanesque" churches :
http://www.romanische-kirchen-koeln.de/html/detail_haupt/kirchen/detail_kirchen_mitte.htm
a nice mouseover explaing German architectural terms :
http://www.romanische-kirchen-koeln.de/html/detail_haupt/romanik/archi/ro_archi_mitte.htm
thanks, John.
christopher
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