medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Sunday, August 15, 2010, at 11:10 am, John Briggs wrote:
> >Indeed. But, to give purists something obvious to complain about,
> there are exotic ornamental trees on the premises, especially these
> two on the south side of the church:
> >http://tinyurl.com/298p6jl
> >It's unlikely that a director shooting scenes along the adjacent
> dwarf gallery would take the trouble to replace them filmically with
> something else.
>
> The trees don't look too bad to me, but that spire looks awfully 14th
> century - and rather English, for that matter.
The tree at the SE corner is a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum; auf Deutsch: Berg-Mammutbaum), about as out of place in medieval Europe as a potato or a Harris' Hawk.
The tree to its left in that view, though larch-like in appearance, is also an evergreen. See the wintertime view here:
http://www.kultnews.de/assets/images/DSCN54944879b.jpg
I would think it a cedar of some sort.
Apropos the "English-looking" Gothic spire, similar examples can be found on restored churches in many parts of Germany, e.g., close at hand, on the east towers of the Münster in Bonn:
http://tinyurl.com/2fwjjs7
and, also in the Rheinland, on the cathedral of Xanten:
http://tinyurl.com/2dr2bu5
Best again,
John Dillon
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