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| Sure, Mark, I'd love to see more of your Amiens Cathedral pix... |
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| Me, In Majesty |
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| So we noticed early on that quite a lot of this cathedral's visual program concerned chopping peoples' heads off |
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| Thus |
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| And thus |
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| And thus |
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| And then we remembered that Amiens' Cathedral's great relic (as if being the greatest building of its age weren't enough) was the head of John the Baptist |
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| And there it is, now relegated to a chapel on the northern apse; I have now figured out why the Roman Christian crusaders actually sacked Constantinople in the early 1200s: revenge for getting taken on all these relics the Orthodox Christians foisted on them; read Umberto Eco's Baudolino for a humorous treatment of all this |
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| From the virtues/vices panel: never disagree with your bishop |
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| One of the saints, after several escape attempts, has been restrained |
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| It rained almost the whole day we were in Amiens: this is my failed attempt to capture a gargoyle actually doing what it is supposed to do |
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| One of the disadvantages of being such a big cathedral: a resident flock of pigeons |
2 comments:
Amiens is on our bucket list...have not seen it, but have watched the Cathedral DVD about it. I am loving all your photos and commentary!
We saw the arm of John the Baptist in Istanbul at the Topkapi Palace. I am thinking that the top of his skull was there, too...Bits and pieces are all over!
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