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Thanks for these. After all the mediocre stuff (and worse) I see when working up a "saints of the day", it's nice to see some really good photography (and of an important site, to boot).
On top of that, tonight's bummer is that Medioevo.org, the host for the usually good "Italia nell'Arte Medievale" pages, is no longer accessible via its domain provider. One hopes that's very temporary.
Best,
John Dillon
----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:59 am
Subject: Re: [M-R] Acanthus, was saints of the day 13. April
> From: Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > lots used as spolia, of course, particularly in the early m.a.
>
> > running out of originals, and having learned how to carve stone on their
> own, by c. 12 the form was endlessly copied (e.g., Cluny and all *over*
> Burgundy).
>
>
> as it happens (or as it was *meant* to happen, as the Bokonists* would
> say), a
> friend on my little Chartres list has just posted a page of reasonably
> spectacular photographs of the remains of Cluny, including some early
> 12th c.
> "Corinthian" capitals with (or without) "acanthus" leaves:
>
> http://snapageno.free.fr/Places/Cluny/index.htm
>
> http://snapageno.free.fr/Places/Cluny/08aug2006_dsc_9540_std.jpg
>
> http://snapageno.free.fr/Places/Cluny/08aug2006_dsc_9541.htm
>
> http://snapageno.free.fr/Places/Cluny/08aug2006_dsc_9544.htm
>
>
> as well as some musicians (with beautiful epigraphy):
>
> http://snapageno.free.fr/Places/Cluny/08aug2006_dsc_9535.htm
>
> http://snapageno.free.fr/Places/Cluny/08aug2006_dsc_9521.htm
>
> and Ste Agen (?)
>
> http://snapageno.free.fr/Places/Cluny/08aug2006_dsc_9525.htm
>
>
> hard to believe that this vast structure
>
> http://snapageno.free.fr/Places/Cluny/08aug2006_dsc_9487.htm
>
> http://snapageno.free.fr/Places/Cluny/08aug2006_dsc_9548.htm
>
> http://snapageno.free.fr/Places/Cluny/08aug2006_dsc_9610.htm
>
> is only a part of a (secondary) transept of the Lost Whole.
>
> c
>
>
> *BOKONISM: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bokonism
>
> A religion made up by the Negro Lionel Boyd Johnson, pronounced
> "Bokon" in
> the dialect of San Lorenzo. Bokonism is advertised as founded on lies,
> but its
> basic idea is as follows: The human race is made up of groups of
> people who
> interact and affect one another, known as a karass. These karass are
> used by
> god as instruments to affect the state of the earth. This religion was
> created
> by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. in his book _Cat's Cradle_.
>
> "All the true things I am about to tell you are all shameless lies."
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