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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture From: Henk <[log in to unmask]> > And imagine all the rest of the sculpture painted as well... of course, there are considerable vestiges of polychromy on the capitals, the sculptures of the tympanum, the inside face of the outer arch, and the archivolts --but that's just your basic, Garden Variety vestiges, Hank, no Big Deal. it's the combination of a sculpted pseudo-tympanum (i have no idea what to call it --help me, someone) with the frescoes painted on the inner arches of the colonnade http://download.viamichelin.com/images/gv/FRA4900370_2.jpg http://download.viamichelin.com/images/gv/FRA4900370_3.jpg which i believe is quite unique (or, at least, a unique survival of a form which might have once been much more common). i know of no other surviving example of that combination, anywhere. c > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Namens Christopher Crockett > Verzonden: dinsdag 1 maart 2011 20:29 > Aan: [log in to unmask] > Onderwerp: Re: [M-R] Feasts and Saints of the Day - Mar 1 > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > From: Terri Morgan <[log in to unmask]> > > > Albinus/Aubin of Angers (d. c550) ...the monastery of St. Aubin at Angers > was dedicated to him > > and is now part of the Prefecture. > > that's Progress for you. > > a bit of the cloister remains, including this remarkable survival > (presumably > much more common) from the earlier 12th c. of an arcade which combines both > sculpture and fresco work, seen in various shots here: > > http://voyage.viamichelin.fr/web/Destination/France-Chateaux_de_la_Loire-Ang > ers/Site-Ancienne_abbaye_St_Aubin-R_St_Aubin > > 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 > > ********************************************************************** > 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 ********************************************************************** 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