medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John, these paintings are simply wonderful. Thank you so much.
DW
John Dillon wrote:
> The fourteenth-century (1300-1340; later modifications) cathedral of San Nicoḷ at Nicosia (EN) in Sicily has a belltower whose base is a reworked Norman military structure (a number of churches on the island have similar belltowers) showing an ogive seemingly of Sicilian Arabic inspiration, while the part of the tower immediately above it is a "gothic" addition from sometime during the period 1393-1455:
> http://tinyurl.com/3eyez3
> In the background, one can see the main portal of this much rebuilt church. An illustrated, Italian language discussion of this portal by the church's current restorers is here:
> http://tinyurl.com/8rabl
>
> Most noteworthy about this church (an Italian national monument since 1940) are the recently restored paintings, dated to the middle of the fifteenth century, that cover the interior of its wooden roof. Some detail views follow:
> http://sicilyweb.com/foto/458/458-01-37-39-6532.jpg
> http://sicilyweb.com/foto/458/458-01-37-10-9227.jpg
> http://sicilyweb.com/foto/458/458-01-36-51-3256.jpg
> http://sicilyweb.com/foto/458/458-01-36-25-4871.jpg
> http://sicilyweb.com/foto/458/458-01-36-10-2819.jpg
> http://sicilyweb.com/foto/458/458-01-35-55-6291.jpg
> http://sicilyweb.com/foto/458/458-01-35-20-7018.jpg
> An Italian-language site on this roof is here:
> http://www.cormorano.net/nicosia/tettoligneo/index.html
> Click on "Le Immagini" for a series of isolated views of (mostly) single details, many not among the ones reproduced above.
>
>
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