medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Actually, Welsh is a more phonetic language than English (but you do
have to learn the phonetics first)
Maddy
Dr Madeleine Gray, in the foothills of God's golden county of Gwent
Senior Lecturer in History
School of Education/Ysgol Addysg
University of Wales, Newport/Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd
Caerleon Campus/Campws Caerllion, PO /Blwch Post 179
Newport/Casnewydd NP18 3YG, Wales/Cymru
Tel: +44 (0)1633.432675
'I ask you for help. And all you give me is ...papers!'
(Magda in Gian Carlo Menotti's The Consul)
History at University of Wales, Newport: http://timezone.newport.ac.uk
Gwent County History Association website:
http://gwent-county-history-association.newport.ac.uk
Cistercian Way: http://cistercian-way.newport.ac.uk
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From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious
culture [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Christopher Crockett
Sent: 09 January 2008 17:24
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Subject: Re: [M-R] painted stone (again!)
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
culture
From: Madeleine Gray <[log in to unmask]>
> So the crucial question is then whether the fake ashlar was painted
over
the actual join lines or over the stone - ??
may non.
that's a seperate and entirely irrevelent issue, viz-a-viz that of the
"wash"
which your chipmonk brought up.
my point was just that the "wash" *might* explain the appearance of Faux
Ashlar --the wash necessitated by the "moisture" problem, the painting
to make
the "washed" wall look like, well, a *wall.*
therefore, the "crucial question" is:
>> so, howscome this "wash" is not visible in the interior of most all
middlevil buildings --here, for example, is the choir of St. Denis
>> http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Cities/wld/01430/01430f.jpg
>> which is rather typical, i think.
>> and why is it *never* visible on the exterior of those buildings??
>> is there less moisture to ingress into joints and stones now than
there
was
when they were built?
i really don't know how else to state it (nor how to state it more
tactfully).
"The jointing needed to be protected to stop ingress of moisture both
into the
stone and the mortar primarily..."
if this "necessity" was present at the time the buildings were built,
why
don't we see it present today?
> (My student is orthographically challenged because my father taught
him
Biology but someone else taught him English - but he builds very nice
dry stone walls)
well, as we used to say in the '60s, "Everybody Must Get Stoned" --dry
or
otherwise.
btw, Maddy, (and speaking of orthography) are you aware that your
signature
contains a Solid Record number of totally unpronouncecable words?:
Gwent (well, almost pronouncecable)
Ysgol Addysg (you're kidding, about this one, right?)
Prifysgol (and this one)
Cymru
Casnewydd
Campws (a typo?)
Caerllion
Casnewydd
Cymru
quite a Mouthful.
c
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