medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Monday, August 24, 2009, at 8:38 am, christopher crockett wrote:
> From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
> > Some views of the originally ninth-century église Saint-Symphorien at
> Azay-le-Rideau (Indre-et-Loire):
> > http://tinyurl.com/6cayop
> > http://flickr.com/photos/33686579@N00/1519731846
> > http://tinyurl.com/5olxee
> > http://tinyurl.com/5v8sy5
>
>
> well, there *might* be some 9th c. stones in that facade, but the
> right hand
> portal and sculpture above it is obviously from c. 12.
>
> hard to believe that there could be something misleading on the Web,
> of all
> places.
>
> c
Thanks, chris.
When I originally wrote that I had intended to write "ninth-century (?)", following the indication on this page from Patrimoine de France:
http://www.patrimoine-de-france.org/richesses-26-8674-66505.html
But the corresponding Structurae page caused me -- because I find those pages generally well informed -- to drop the question mark:
http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0045160
The church was rebuilt in the eleventh century but retains some stonework from a predecessor that's usually said to be Carolingian. For a different view of the predecessor's age, see:
http://tinyurl.com/m85rlw
This year, as often, I simply mechanically copied the previous year's phrasing.
The captions in those photos repeat an obvious error that seems to be common in tourist literature on the site. Are the sculptures certainly from C12 or, given the C11 rebuilding, could they possibly be a little earlier?
Most of what one sees is from another rebuilding early in C16.
Best again,
John Dillon
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