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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture the mid/late 11th c. church of St. Martin[-au-Val] > only about a mile from the Cathedral of Chartres, it sees remarkably few of > the 1,000,000 Chartrain visitors (or, remarkably few visitors see it). > > which is a shame, as it is a nice walk through the newer (and flatter) part of > town), and is well worth seeing, though much restored in the 19th c. > > > a massive nave, with interesting "blind" arcade at the clerestory level: > > http://ariadne.org/cc/abbeys/st-martin/nave.jpg > > an elegant choir, with rather important (albeit drastically "restored") double > capitals: > > http://ariadne.org/cc/abbeys/st-martin/choir.jpg > > c > Christopher, Certainly one of the reasons that the church receives few visitors these days is because it is not open to the public and is not likely to be until it undergoes a major restoration. The choir capitals are not "drastically restored" but, in fact, modern copies. The originals, I believe, are in the Musee des Beaux-Arts at Chartres. Cheers, Jim ********************************************************************** 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