medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
There's a convenient list of Conant's articles on Cluny:
http://people.reed.edu/~mkerr/papers/conant.html
Tom Izbicki
Grover Zinn (imap) wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> While we are discussing color on medieval churches, I'll mention that
> I recall that in "reconstructing" the Abbey of Cluny, Conant
> discovered in excavations many fragments of the tympanum of the west
> front (conveniently shattered by explosives provided by the French
> whoever involved in the destruction of the Abbey. Those fragments
> were buried in the ground near (and maybe far from) the west front,
> with clear indications of coloration preserved. This would be
> documented in Conant's articles in Speculum, if my memory serves me
> correctly.
>
> best
>
> gz
>
> Grover A. Zinn
> William H. Danforth Professor of Religion (emeritus)
> former Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
> Oberlin College
> Oberlin, OH 44074
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>
> On Dec 11, 2007, at 9:35 AM, Christopher Crockett wrote:
>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>> culture
>>
>> i just wrote
>>
>>
>>> as is the *Spectacular* Berzé-la-Ville
>>
>>> http://www.art-roman.net/berze/berze.htm
>>
>>> note that only the paintings of the apse survive, but there is no
>>> reason to
>> believe that the whole of this modest building was covered with
>> murals as
>> well.
>>
>> there is no reason to believe that the whole of this modest building
>> was *not*
>> covered with murals, of course.
>>
>> c
>>
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