tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post3241591394604130438..comments2024-03-28T15:15:32.175+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: L'église Saint-Ouen de RouenKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-26214499490030287202021-12-27T23:48:59.543+01:002021-12-27T23:48:59.543+01:00Thank you for another excellent article. Where els...Thank you for another excellent article. Where else could anybody get that kind of info in such an ideal way of writing?<br /> I’ve a presentation next week, and I am on the look for such information.<br /><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stories.bedtimeshort" rel="nofollow"><b>english stories </b></a>raj biswashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15697388533153418738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-72024246056940813872021-11-01T01:08:01.467+01:002021-11-01T01:08:01.467+01:00Did you have a chance to go in and look at the sta...Did you have a chance to go in and look at the stained-glass windows? I bet at the time you weren’t interested in that kind of windows and not even yet the Gates’ Windows. chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-11154257029659533412021-11-01T00:38:11.245+01:002021-11-01T00:38:11.245+01:00Yes, it has been moved from the Tower to the Histo...Yes, it has been moved from the Tower to the Historial Jeanne d’Arc where it will be seen by many more people! The photo I referred to is truncated on both sides. I tried to make a link to a better photo, but couldn’t. The curator of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen had it in his office while they were making a frame suitable for an exhibit on Jeanne d’Arc. He told me he was amazed how my grandfather was able to make visible the red color of the cassock of the altar server through his white surplice.<br />BTW - For that exhibit, Rouen borrowed the Jeanne d’Arc from Blois.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-36410250493037953252021-10-31T20:42:41.724+01:002021-10-31T20:42:41.724+01:00Beautiful painting, I was able to find this with l...Beautiful painting, I was able to find this with little trouble on the net.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-39179306287536326872021-10-31T20:29:03.193+01:002021-10-31T20:29:03.193+01:00Isn't that the painting we saw in the tower ca...Isn't that the painting we saw in the tower called la tour Jeanne-d'Arc in Rouen in 2010, after our lunch with Evelyn's and my friend Marie-Jacques?Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-28613828909167152212021-10-31T20:19:00.746+01:002021-10-31T20:19:00.746+01:00There is a painting by my grandfather in a flight ...There is a painting by my grandfather in a flight of stairs in the <i>Historial de Jeanne d’Arc</i> near the Cathedral. You could see it in third position if you Google imagies <i>La Dernière Communion de Jeanne d’Arc</i>.<br />chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-25030844494600895162021-10-31T20:05:21.272+01:002021-10-31T20:05:21.272+01:00That kind of bombing during WW2 also destroyed riv...That kind of bombing during WW2 also destroyed riverside districts in towns including Tours, Blois, and Gien along the Loire. Not to mention Le Havre, downriver on the Seine from Rouen.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-26198836513086850452021-10-31T20:00:21.012+01:002021-10-31T20:00:21.012+01:00My apartment in Rouen in 1972-73 was less than a f...My apartment in Rouen in 1972-73 was less than a five-minute walk from the église Saint-Patrice.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-19679348316434158242021-10-31T19:49:24.296+01:002021-10-31T19:49:24.296+01:00There was no military target whatsoever in Dresden...There was no military target whatsoever in Dresden... chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-53018528142513262402021-10-31T18:51:52.257+01:002021-10-31T18:51:52.257+01:00Beautiful photos and interesting discussion today....Beautiful photos and interesting discussion today. I didn't see Rouen until I met our friend Marie on the Internet. I would have hated to miss it. I love the history, especially of Jeanne d'Arc. Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-37270649735529293012021-10-31T18:26:38.197+01:002021-10-31T18:26:38.197+01:00Saint Ouen is indeed beautiful, I think it's t...Saint Ouen is indeed beautiful, I think it's the central tower that makes the church look so English Gothic. I found this on the net:<br /><br />"The west façade was never completed during the Middle Ages. The present structure was constructed between 1846 and 1851 in a Neo-Gothic style"<br /><br />Thanks Bob for the notes on WWII bombing; I looked at the interior panorama and saw some modern windows. It's unfortunate so much history was destroyed in WWII. Dresden, in particular, comes to mind.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-65820451415208883262021-10-31T18:01:04.076+01:002021-10-31T18:01:04.076+01:00Ken, your Rouen series has evoked fond memories of...Ken, your Rouen series has evoked fond memories of my year (1968-69) studying in Mont Saint-Aignan where the main campus of the University of Rouen is located. I lived with a family in La Maine par Maromme, a town even further out from the city. With no easily accessible public transportation available, I bought a Mobylette which served me well to get to campus and around the city.<br /><br />I learned that the Allied bombing of Rouen during WWII caused the magnificent stained glass windows of the Cathedral to be blown out. The military targets were the bridges over the Seine less than a kilometer away, and to my knowledge there was no such thing as precision bombing during that war. I saw bomb craters in the forests near where I lived, some 5 miles or so north of the city.<br /><br />I have much enjoyed this series on Rouen's churches and can recommend as worthy of a visit the rue de la Grosse Horloge as well as la Place du Vieux Marche (accent aigu) where Joan of Arc met her end. A great restaurant, la Couronne, is located on the square and had back in the day a 3-star Michelin rating--not sure if that's the case today.Bob Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691894542904701565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-17566747650941041152021-10-31T16:16:34.110+01:002021-10-31T16:16:34.110+01:00Talking about the pentagram in the rose at Saint-O...Talking about the pentagram in the rose at Saint-Ouen, I found another one, downward-pointing this time, as the one in Amiens, in another church in Rouen. It is the Saint-Patrice church where I went to a concert in the early ‘50s. This church has a tremendous collection of 16th/17th century stained-glass windows. If you like stained-glass widows, this church is worth the detour. As I recall, they’re not too high up you can’t see them well.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-82574911307115670552021-10-31T15:25:50.217+01:002021-10-31T15:25:50.217+01:00I took a day trip by myself to Rouen, at the very ...I took a day trip by myself to Rouen, at the very start of our school year that Paris year. I had time left on my Eurail pass, and wanted to take advantage of it :) As with everything I saw that year, I wish that I had known more about what I was looking at all around me.Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-43866251607513780442021-10-31T13:30:40.861+01:002021-10-31T13:30:40.861+01:00We were in Rouen together in 1998 and again in 199...We were in Rouen together in 1998 and again in 1999, and then in 2010. I can't remember going there in the first decade of the 21st century except alone or with my mother and niece. Walt and I did go there once in 2002, when we were staying in Paris on the rue Mayet, and again in 2006 to see Marie-Jacques et Francis. Oh, it just occurred to me that we went to Rouen in 2001 on the way from Paris to Vouvray. We didn't take a shortcut.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-30562252050147371242021-10-31T11:20:44.132+01:002021-10-31T11:20:44.132+01:00Was it on some other day when we (I) took photos o...Was it on some other day when we (I) took photos of the cathedral. We’ve been several times in Rouen together. But, in 2010, I remember taking photos of the outside of St.-Maclou.<br />Now that my house is sold, I don’t know where exactly my digital archives are and I can’t check.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-81321540516876029312021-10-31T10:24:50.576+01:002021-10-31T10:24:50.576+01:00I do have and have found photos you took on that J...I do have and have found photos you took on that July 2010 trip. I don't see any of Saint-Maclou in Rouen or of me at Saint-Ouen, however.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-22379772038072530212021-10-31T09:51:48.020+01:002021-10-31T09:51:48.020+01:00I haven't found any photos of yours from that ...I haven't found any photos of yours from that day. I wonder what happened. You know, I don't remember going inside St-Maclou. I don't remember ever going inside St-Maclou.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-91963659718511101622021-10-31T09:46:16.978+01:002021-10-31T09:46:16.978+01:00I remember taking a photo of you with Saint-Ouen i...I remember taking a photo of you with Saint-Ouen in the background. Do you have it?chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-51380588055244941182021-10-31T09:08:54.646+01:002021-10-31T09:08:54.646+01:00So, Lumix it was for the stained-glass windows and...So, Lumix it was for the stained-glass windows and the interior. The long-view of Saint-Ouen is great. Did I take photos of same in 2010? I remember Saint-Maclou.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-15726373215215277942021-10-31T09:00:15.683+01:002021-10-31T09:00:15.683+01:00Hopefully!Hopefully!chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-10603279246190862942021-10-31T08:54:22.246+01:002021-10-31T08:54:22.246+01:00I found this in the Wikipedia’s Pentagram page:
Ch...I found this in the Wikipedia’s Pentagram page:<br />Christians once commonly used the pentagram to represent the five wounds of Jesus. <br />And also :<br />The North rose of Amiens cathedral (built in the 13th century) exhibits a pentagram-based motif. Some sources interpret the unusual downward-pointing star as symbolizing the Holy Spirit descending on people.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-91234719353302534802021-10-31T08:51:43.539+01:002021-10-31T08:51:43.539+01:00I took the six photos of the interior and stained ...I took the six photos of the interior and stained glass in 2010 with my old Lumix ZS1 camera, which I still have and use once in a while. The long view of the church from the corniche is one I took with the old Canon Pro90 IS camera, which I donated to Emmaüs a few years ago.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-37570457441284926812021-10-31T08:35:00.447+01:002021-10-31T08:35:00.447+01:00My mistake, on the rose it is a pentagram and not ...My mistake, on the rose it is a pentagram and not an hexagram (star of David). I’ll try to find the signification of the pentagram, if any. Sorry about this.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-79253298884389878742021-10-31T08:32:11.675+01:002021-10-31T08:32:11.675+01:00Glorious photos, and very special to have the Henr...Glorious photos, and very special to have the Henry James quote too. There can be such comfort in knowing that we share some of the same experiences with those from the past, and that generations to come may see the same.Kiwihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08175970854511498140noreply@blogger.com