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Thanks very much, Jim.
Best,
John Dillon
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From: Jim Bugslag <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 4:57 pm
Subject: Re: Chartres Tree of Jesse
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
> Dear John,
> When the Chartres Tree of Jesse and its companion windows, the
> Infancy of Christ
> and the Passion of Christ, were made, c.1145-55, there was no need
> to look at them
> from the floor of the cathedral. The new western block built onto
> Fulbert's 11th-
> century church in the early 12th century included a first-floor
> chapel, as in the
> slightly earlier west block that Abbot Suger had built onto the
> Carolingian basilica of
> Saint-Denis. When the cathedral was rebuilt after the disastrous
> 1194 fire, this first-
> floor chapel was suppressed, so that *now* one has to look at
> these windows from
> the floor of the cathedral. They are, thus, not as visible as
> originally intended. I'd
> recommend good binoculars, or a telescope to get good detail.
> Cheers,
> Jim Bugslag
>
> On 24 Jan 2005 at 12:10, John Dillon wrote:
>
> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion
> and culture
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > A colleague on another list has asked me to post this query here:
> >
> > I wonder if anyone can tell me just how visible from the
> ground is the
> > "Tree of Jesse" in Chartres Cathedral? Could an uninformed
> viewer really
> > have gotten the story from it?
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Would anyone responding to this please also send a copy of that
> response to:
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Thanks very much,
> > John Dillon
> >
> >
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