medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
The Cisterian Abbey of Marienstadt (Diocese of Limburg and der Lahn, Germany) recently did a major restoration of their Abbey Church in which they
restored such lines. I seem to recall that St. George in Limburg did the same thing. I always found it curious as well. . .
Is there a possible iconographical connection to the idea of the Church as the "City of God"?
George
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:42:22 -0600, jbugslag wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>> There is a datable example of plaster, whitewash, and red (fake)
>> ashlar lines - in this case, on an exterior wall, I believe - at York
>> Minster, where part of the church of Thomas of Bayeux (11th century)
>> was enclosed within a later structure.
>It has always baffled me why some of the most remarkable masonry structures ever built
>should be plastered over, with fake masonry painted over the real stone walls. This is far
>from being "baretity", or whatever. I can't help thinking it represents some impossible --
>possibly transcendent -- level of idealism, or some such thing.
>Jim Bugslag
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