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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture mata kimasitayo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >http://www.lemonde.fr/article/0,5987,3244--331050-,00.html >Découverte d'un édifice roman du XIIe siècle à Bordeaux "....La mise au jour des bases de cet impressionnant porche roman relance Bordeaux dans l'architecture religieuse du XIIe siècle. 'Auparavant Bordeaux était loin derrière les cathédrales romanes de Poitiers et Périgueux. Avec cette découverte, tout change : c'est une réalisation du niveau de ce que l'on peut voir à Poitiers...' " after spending over 30 years trying to draw a smooth curve between the few dots which have survived in the way of monuments connected to a particularly knotty stylistic problem (some of the sculptures of the Royal Portal of Chartres), i have finally come to the conclusion that the number of monuments/artifacts which have been *lost* is so **immense** that the proper method is to view those pitifully few which have survived as being only very, very distant echoes of what once existed and throw a much, much wider net when looking for things which might be connected to my little data-set. the implications of this realisation are really quite astounding, i'm finding, and i believe i have recently made something of a breakthrough in "solving" my particular problem. what is true for Art History also applies to any other discipline, i would think. the universe of that which once existed is so much larger than the universe which survives down to our time --and the winnowing process is, of course, largely governed by chance occurances. best from here, christopher ********************************************************************** 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