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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> > On Friday, April 14, 2006, at 11:49 am, Christopher Crockett wrote: > > but crows can't carry all that much weight in stone, and that treck up the hill and through the town looks a hellofa lot easier on a map than it would be in the actual doing of it, day in and day out, for decades, disrupting the ormal traffic of the town all the while. > A small point: I would't worry too much about the traffic. That sort of disruption will have occurred any time that there was substantial construction in a built-up area. yes. all the more reason why it would have had to have been accomodated for --the transport of the stone was not just for a little while, but for decades and decades, and not just the cathedral, but several other churches were going up in the Haute Ville during the course of the 12th and 13th cc. (and later), to say nothing of the palaces of the Bishops and of the Counts, "ho^tels" (fancy town houses in stone), etc. it would have been a *continuous* stream, a veritable institutionalized part of the life of the city. c ********************************************************************** 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