“Then the wolves of slaughter rushed forward, they cared nothing for the water, the host of vikings, west across the Blackwater, across the shining stream they carried their shields, … The roar of battle was lifted up there, ravens circled, the bird of prey eager for carrion; there was bedlam in the land…. The onslaught […]
It has been very gratifying to see the Via Lucis work appear in other languages. The latest is a series of renderings into Italian by Carlo Balma Mion. He wrote to us from the Translation page on this site and offered his services, which we were delighted to accept. Carlo Balma Mion studied at Politecnico […]
For pilgrymes are we alle. William Langland, Piers Plowman In the early part of the 12th Century, the Almoravid Emir Ali ibn Yusuf journeyed to Santiago de Compostela to meet Doña Urraca, the queen who ruled the kingdoms of León and Castile. Astonished by the throngs of pilgrims on the road, the devout Muslim Ali […]
Every time we visit Saint Astremoine in Issoire, I cannot help but think of the impression it must of made in times less cluttered by man-made visual stimuli. This year during our visit I found myself in the south side of the ambulatory transfixed by the riot of patterns and color. I always try to […]
We wrote earlier about our plans to photograph the Bryn Athyn Cathedral. Just before the New Year we spent two days photographing the church inside and out. We had received permission for full access to the church and several docents gave us invaluable information about the history and conception of the structure. Bryn Athyn Cathedral […]
Situated on the Michaelshugel at the western edge of the historic core of Hildesheim, St. Michael’s Church (Michaelskirche) was built between 1010 and 1031 as the abbey church of a Benedictine monastery. Bishop Bernward, a tutor and adviser to Otto III, founded the monastery, and is believed to have had a strong influence on the […]
Together with Speyer and Mainz, Worms is one of the three “Imperial Cathedrals (Kaiserdom)” along the upper Rhein, one of the finest achievements of the High Romanesque architecture in Germany. The plan of Worms is based on a nave plus two aisles, both eastern and western choirs, one transept near the eastern apse with an […]
PJ and I have documented in other articles how the Cathedral Notre Dame de Chartres is being restored to its former glory. We have worked with the American Friends of Chartres and Chartres, Sanctuaire du Monde for several years now documenting this restoration. The restoration of the stained glass at the cathedral is one of […]
PJ and I have some exciting news for our holidays. We will be traveling to Columbus, Ohio to visit her siblings and on the way back we will spend two days in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania to photograph the famous Bryn Athyn Cathedral. In 1915, Professor William Henry Goodyear, formerly curator of the Metropolitan Museum in […]
Today we are featuring another shot continuing our examination of the wonderful chiaroscuro effects that we see in the Romanesque churches in France and Spain. This shot of the doorway was the result of an accident. The church in this little Auvergnat town was the third we had shot in the day and after two […]
