medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 7/9/2012 10:15 AM, Christopher Crockett wrote:
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type="cite">i was assigned to research it a bit during my first
trip to Paris
in the summer of '67
I first visited in 1974, while on a semester abroad in Paris, and
was soothed by the feeling of being in a church, after the zoo of
Notre-Dame.
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type="cite">i don't recall it being quite as *vast* as your lens
might suggest
Different lenses can be deceiving-- that's one reason why I try to
include chairs and people, for scale.
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type="cite">sexpartite vaults to span a space that is no more than
12 feet or so?
The same is true in many churches, including St-Denis. I get the
feeling that shape trumps size.
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type="cite">i certainly did not know that the "robinia
pseudoaccacia tree (American
locust)" on the north side of the building
http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/StJulien20.jpg
was "planted in 1601 or 1602" (kinda early for bringing locust
tree seedlings
back to Europe, i should think), much less that it is "said to be
the oldest
tree in Paris." (and, why bother to bring back *locust* seeds --
that tree
has no particularly useful fruit and, as far as i know, its only
use is to
make fence posts, which is difficult to do if you leave the tree
growing in
your yard.)
Here are more photos, taken by someone more interested in trees than
in architecture: http://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/fra/paris/paris/2801_squareviviani/
See also Frederick J. Peabody, "A 350-Year-Old American Legume in
Paris," Castanea Vol. 47, No. 1 (Mar., 1982), pp. 99-104.
Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4033219
And
http://portal.cetadl.bham.ac.uk/msprojects/Botanic%20Garden/robinia.html
: "
Robinia pseudoacacia
The False Acacia was first recorded in Britain in 1636. However, it
arrived in France somewhat earlier, in 1601. It is claimed that the
“original tree” survived in the famous Jardin des Plantes,
Paris until the 1980s. Certainly there are several ancient Robinia’s
still left in the city. The one in front of the church
Saint-Julien le Pauvre, “the oldest tree in Paris” is said to
be one of the original specimens planted by Jean Robin. It was Robin
(1550-1629), the renowned herbalist at the court of Henry IV of
France, after whom the genus is named."
best,
Genevra
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