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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, 20214 min read

San Juan de La Pena, Service and Miracles

Up in the remote hills in northern Spain, the monastery of San Juan de la Pena contains the ruins of a tiny cloister, with magnificent...

Jan 22, 20213 min read

Remembering the Notre Dame de Paris Interior, Part 1

Notre Dame de Paris was engulfed in a terrible fire in 2019. Here, I include some of my photos of the interior, taken in 2018. I don't...

Jan 22, 20215 min read

Remembering the Notre Dame de Paris Interior, Part 2

This entry continues an analysis of the thirteenth century choir screen of Notre Dame de Paris, with photos taken in 2018, before the...

Jan 22, 20214 min read

Remembering the Notre Dame de Paris Interior, Part 3

One thing that revolutionized looking at medieval stained glass for me was using a serious zoom lens, and then spending time in...

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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