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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture From: Madeleine Gray <[log in to unmask]> > I asked my friendly neighbourhood stone conservationist (a member of the Welsh Stone Forum) specifically about this question of absorption of paint by stone - here is what he says >...paint applied to the grain end i.e. the face that would normally appear in a built stone wall... ? end grain would be visible only exceptionally in any "normal" stone wall --the stones would have been laid with the grain running horizontal, so the end grain would only have appeared at corners. round columns made up of drums would also have been laid with the grain horizontal, so parts of the "end grain" would have been exposed more or less all the way round the drum. octagonal columns made up of drums would have their full end grain exposed on two faces, gradually exposed on four faces and not exposed at all on two faces. "en delit" columns/colonnettes (which are usually the purely decorative ones, somewhat detached from the wall) were laid with the grain vertical, so their end grain would not have been visible at all, being covered by bases on one end and capitals on the other. >Given that many of the medieval paints used some mineral base as well as plant extract they were probably bright and durable. Of course once lead started to appear in paints ? was lead used in middlevil paints? Hank? > A final thought would be that as Churches are built to be light and sun is purposely directed into them, then fading of colour would occur very quickly given the base from which it is extracted.' ? sounds like he's thinking of "Churches" in England after they were redeocrated by Cromwell's boys and their glass was removed, to let in more "light and sun" unmodulated by the dense color of the glass. c ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html