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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On Wednesday, April 12, 2006, at 12:34 pm, christopher crockett wrote: > the building stone for the cathedral of Chartres came from the > village of > Bercheres, en plien Beauce, about 10+km from the city. > > it is not clear to me whether the stone would have been hauled > overland, over > the wretched roads, up the slight incline of the plain; or carried > to the Eure > just a few hundred meters away and floated down the river to the > _basse ville_ > of the city. > > the latter would have been easier overall, except for the last > bit, when the > stones would have had to have been carried from the valley floor > up the fairly > steep hill to the building site. Or winched up to a receiving site above? Best, John Dillon ********************************************************************** 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