Last Judgment | Pilgrim to the Past

Feb 35 min read

Devil's Gonna Get You!

13th c. capital of a sinner being devoured, Saint Pierre, Chauvigny, France A nasty case of Covid pretty much bankrupted my energy for...

Oct 16, 20236 min read

The Anti-David: St. Bartholomew by Marco D'Adrate, 1562

A statue has been haunting me. I saw it inside the Duomo of Milan. In retrospect, I think it's the only thing I really saw in the Duomo,...

Mar 19, 20236 min read

Works and Days (a hymn, but not to Hesiod)

12th century mosaic, Bobbio, depicting the month of March, emphasizing wind (I think) By the time March arrives, the January 1st...

Feb 15, 20218 min read

Early Christian Churches in Rome, Part 2

Here, I continue to point out some features of church architecture, generally before 1100. Please see Part 1 post for more on this...

Jan 22, 20212 min read

Notre Dame de Paris' Tympanum

This image features the fate of the damned--stretching from their judgment by Saint Michael (upper-left), across to punishments for...

Jan 22, 20213 min read

Chartres Cathedral--another temple to Mary the Queen

Chartres isn't very far from Paris, by modern standards, and its veneration of Mary is an occasion for comparisons to Notre Dame de Paris....

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