medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: John Briggs <[log in to unmask]>
> Limewashed, of course. As would have been done for many buildings up to the
sixteenth century.
> In the case of York, traces survive from the late-11th century cathedral.
The *exterior* was rendered (lime-plaster) and picked out with red masonry
lines, imitating ashlar.
i've never seen nor heard of this practice, on the exterior, in French
buildings.
how Curious the English were/are.
>Fragments of these survive for the footings and in the roofs spaces.
"roof spaces"?
>See: Derek Phillips, Excavations at York Minster, Volume II: The Cathedral of
Archbishop Thomas of Bayeux. [Royal Commission on the
Historical monuments of England] (HMSO, 1985).
thanks for this.
alas, my lieberry doesn't seem to subscribe to the series.
c
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