medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 12/7/2010 10:18 AM, Christopher Crockett wrote:
> the process of work was apparently (duh) from the surface
> progressively down to the background, the stages of which can best be
> seen in this
> .. unfinished lintel from the inside of the north portal at Fleury:
>
> (i know of *nothing* else like this piece, btw, and would be grateful to hear
> of any suchlike monuments, should anyone know of any.)
I do know of one object that similarly shows stages of work, though in a
different medium, scale, and time: a four-sided Hellenistic gem, for
several views of which see the bottom of the page at
http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/pre-Roman1.html
The first photo shows only the original diamond-point sketching, before
anything was more deeply engraved. The other three main faces of the
stone show varying amounts of engraving, deepening the figures with a
rotating drill charged with abrasive grit. Unfortunately, no side is
completely finished. This is the stone that was used by Adolf
Furtwängler in 1900 (and later owned by him, and then by John Boardman,
who showed it to me) to demonstrate the process of gem engraving.
Incidentally, for sheer elegance I would nominate the Egyptian door
socket in the second row of that same web page.
Best,
Genevra
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