tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post6299188926906559017..comments2024-03-28T10:37:58.651+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Etampes : « Notre-Dame-du-Fort »Ken Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-38165872751404498662015-07-24T21:29:34.829+02:002015-07-24T21:29:34.829+02:00I agree with chm's interpretation of the panel...I agree with chm's interpretation of the panel. It appears to be, from left to right, the Annunciation, the birth of Christ and the visit of the shepherds, the killing of the Innocents and the flight to Egypt.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-90051997383453992332015-07-24T19:14:27.167+02:002015-07-24T19:14:27.167+02:00LOL. This page says this is the portail sud. This ...LOL. This page says this is the <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%89tampes-ND-du-Fort-portail-sud.jpg" rel="nofollow">portail sud</a>. This one says it is the <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_Notre-Dame-du-Fort_-_Portail_ouest_-_Etampes_-_M%C3%A9diath%C3%A8que_de_l%27architecture_et_du_patrimoine_-_APMH00036082.jpg" rel="nofollow">portail ouest (ou occidental)</a>. Neither one is the one I photographed. And which one is the portail royal? Who knows? It seems like Notre-Dame-du-Fort is an enigma wrapped in a paradox hidden inside a mystery. Oh well, I'll probably never see it again. Another church!Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-64087533175565283072015-07-24T17:09:02.628+02:002015-07-24T17:09:02.628+02:00Merci, Diogenes, du lien pour N.-D.-du-Fort. From ...Merci, Diogenes, du lien pour N.-D.-du-Fort. From the floor plan, I was able to see that Ken's photo was that of the <i>portail occidental</i> and not of the south one. <br /><br />As for <i>biscornu</i>, I could have said the interior was <i>tout de guingois</i> which is basically the same idea.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-24528600856931440412015-07-24T16:29:03.245+02:002015-07-24T16:29:03.245+02:00This site offers a description of at least some of...This site offers a description of at least some of the the stone figures in the tympanum over the door, as well a floor plan, and interior photos of the church (if you keep scrolling to the right):<br /><br />http://mappinggothic.org/building/1123<br /><br />"Biscornu" is new to me, but seems like a very handy word. Thanks, chm.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-26314763871575182412015-07-24T13:58:45.328+02:002015-07-24T13:58:45.328+02:00Pour être franc, je n'en ai aucune idée. Les s...Pour être franc, je n'en ai aucune idée. Les statues colonnes dont parle la brochure font partie du portail royal qui n'est pas celui-ci. Mes recherches ne m'ont permis de trouver qu'une seule photo du portail sud hormis les tiennes. Un site mentionne le fait que cette église a plus de sept portes, donc ça laisse le choix!<br /><br />Il me semble que ce qui reste des sculptures de ce portail a trait à la Vierge, ce qui explique mes attributions, mais je ne suis pas un spécialiste. Je n'ai trouvé aucune détail qui viendrait corroborer mes assertions.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-36699757478839680602015-07-24T10:59:34.967+02:002015-07-24T10:59:34.967+02:00One of the brochures that P sent me says of the po...One of the brochures that P sent me says of the portail sud : L'iconographie est incertaine suite aux dommages des Guerres de Religion. Les statues-colonnes sont peut-être des personnages de l'Ancien Testament. Les frises des chapiteaux évoquent les thèmes de l'Incarnation et de la Rédemption...<br /><br />I do believe that the door I photographed is the portail sud. Tell me if you think otherwise.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-55192735831206111322015-07-24T08:48:27.708+02:002015-07-24T08:48:27.708+02:00Even though the sculptures are badly damaged, as y...Even though the sculptures are badly damaged, as you say, I'l try to decipher some of it. In my opinion, in the middle left there is the Dormition of Mary and on the right the Massacre of the Innocents and the Flight into Egypt.<br /><br />Probably in 2002, I went to mass with Frank in this church. The inside is <i>tout biscornu</i> [all twisty?].chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.com