>It has only been recently, in fact, that technical examinations of
>medieval architectural sculpture have even looked for traces of
>pigment (recent examples are the west facade of Wells Cathedral and
>the Royal Portals of Chartres Cathedral), so the question will
>probably not be fully answerable for some time.
>Cheers,
>Jim Bugslag
We could also mention the west facade of Amiens (Picardy) cathedral, the
quite impressive Quimper cathedral (Britanny) newly restored, and the
recent discovery of the wall paintings (c. 1450-60) in the Saint-Jean
Baptiste chapel in Bourges cathedral (Berry).
Cheers
Claire Labrecque
Un.Laval, Quebec.
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