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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