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Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 08:39:01 +0000

Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 21:51:19 +0000

Notre-Dame de Surgères was erected in the center of a large castle in the 12th century. The fortification, founded in the 9th century as a motte, when the area was raided by the Vikings, then guarded the border of the historical province of Aunis once.

When the church was built a small town had developed around the defence already. Later a small priory and a "hopital" existed, as this was a halt on the Via Turonensis. The pilgrims had a lot to gape here, the facade is stunning 23 meters wide.

Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II of England in 1152, so the area changed hands and was ruled by the House of Plantagenet. During the Hundred Years' War Surgères experienced a long period of decline. Louis XI´s troops conquered the town in 1472 and the fortifications got destructed. During that time Notre Dame lost the tower and large parts of the nave, but not the facade!

There are more than 100 capitals and corbels all over the facade, a kind of a medieval encyclopedia. I had even found a dromedar and a couple of elephants. The elephants seen here were totally new for me, as I had always concentrated on the facade. These couple is on the southern side of the nave - and very weathered.

Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 19:24:44 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Notre-Dame de Surgères was erected in the center of a large castle in the 12th century. The fortification, founded in the 9th century as a motte, when the area was raided by the Vikings, then guarded the border of the historical province of Aunis once.

When the church was built a small town had developed around the defence already. Later a small priory and a "hopital" existed, as this was a halt on the Via Turonensis. The pilgrims had a lot to gape here, the facade is stunning 23 meters wide.

Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II of England in 1152, so the area changed hands and was ruled by the House of Plantagenet. During the Hundred Years' War Surgères experienced a long period of decline. Louis XI´s troops conquered the town in 1472 and the fortifications got destructed. During that time Notre Dame lost the tower and large parts of the nave, but not the facade!

There are more than 100 capitals and corbels all over the facade, a kind of a medieval encyclopedia. A nice example of "profane music", that was often frowned upon. The musician plays a rebec, while in the backdrop a very flexible dancer performs.

Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:30:28 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Notre-Dame de Surgères was erected in the center of a large castle in the 12th century. The fortification, founded in the 9th century as a motte, when the area was raided by the Vikings, then guarded the border of the historical province of Aunis once.

When the church was built a small town had developed around the defence already. Later a small priory and a "hopital" existed, as this was a halt on the Via Turonensis. The pilgrims had a lot to gape here, the facade is stunning 23 meters wide.

Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II of England in 1152, so the area changed hands and was ruled by the House of Plantagenet. During the Hundred Years' War Surgères experienced a long period of decline. Louis XI´s troops conquered the town in 1472 and the fortifications got destructed. During that time Notre Dame lost the tower and large parts of the nave, but not the facade!

There are more than 100 capitals and corbels all over the facade, a kind of a medieval encyclopedia. A very well dressed, nicely combed mermaid. She looke a bit unhappy.

Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 13:41:26 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Notre-Dame de Surgères was erected in the center of a large castle in the 12th century. The fortification, founded in the 9th century as a motte, when the area was raided by the Vikings, then guarded the border of the historical province of Aunis once.

When the church was built a small town had developed around the defence already. Later a small priory and a "hopital" existed, as this was a halt on the Via Turonensis. The pilgrims had a lot to gape here, the facade is stunning 23 meters wide.

Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II of England in 1152, so the area changed hands and was ruled by the House of Plantagenet. During the Hundred Years' War Surgères experienced a long period of decline. Louis XI´s troops conquered the town in 1472 and the fortifications got destructed. During that time Notre Dame lost the tower and large parts of the nave, but not the facade!

There are more than 100 capitals and corbels all over the facade. There seems to be a medieval encyclopedia. Here are two birds, nibbling from a flower, probably a variation of the very common icon "birds drinking from a chalice".

Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 13:22:05 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Notre-Dame de Surgères was erected in the center of a large castle in the 12th century. The fortification, founded in the 9th century as a motte, when the area was raided by the Vikings, then guarded the border of the historical province of Aunis once.

When the church was built a small town had developed around the defence already. Later a small priory and a "hopital" existed, as this was a halt on the Via Turonensis. The pilgrims had a lot to gape here, the facade is stunning 23 meters wide.

Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II of England in 1152, so the area changed hands and was ruled by the House of Plantagenet. During the Hundred Years' War Surgères experienced a long period of decline. Louis XI´s troops conquered the town in 1472 and the fortifications got destructed. During that time Notre Dame lost the tower and large parts of the nave, but not the facade!

There are more than 100 capitals and corbels all over the facade. There seems to be a medieval encyclopedia. The musician seems to dance, the flowing cape gives a kind of rythm.

Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 12:00:32 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Notre-Dame de Surgères was erected in the center of a large castle in the 12th century. The fortification, founded in the 9th century as a motte, when the area was raided by the Vikings, then guarded the border of the historical province of Aunis once.

When the church was built a small town had developed around the defence already. Later a small priory and a "hopital" existed, as this was a halt on the Via Turonensis. The pilgrims had a lot to gape here, the facade is stunning 23 meters wide.

Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II of England in 1152, so the area changed hands and was ruled by the House of Plantagenet. During the Hundred Years' War Surgères experienced a long period of decline. Louis XI´s troops conquered the town in 1472 and the fortifications got destructed. During that time Notre Dame lost the tower and large parts of the nave, but not the facade!

There are more than 100 capitals and corbels all over the facade. There seems to be a medieval encyclopedia. This person is harvesting and may be connected to a "Labour of the Months"-cyclus.

Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:34:26 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Notre-Dame de Surgères was erected in the center of a large castle in the 12th century. The fortification, founded in the 9th century as a motte, when the area was raided by the Vikings, then guarded the border of the historical province of Aunis once.

When the church was built a small town had developed around the defence already. Later a small priory and a "hopital" existed, as this was a halt on the Via Turonensis. The pilgrims had a lot to gape here, the facade is stunning 23 meters wide.

Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II of England in 1152, so the area changed hands and was ruled by the House of Plantagenet. During the Hundred Years' War Surgères experienced a long period of decline. Louis XI´s troops conquered the town in 1472 and the fortifications got destructed. During that time Notre Dame lost the tower and large parts of the nave, but not the facade!

There are more than 100 capitals and corbels all over the facade. There seems to be a medieval encyclopedia. This person is harvesting and may be connected to a "Labour of the Months"-cyclus.

Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 06:41:41 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Notre-Dame de Surgères was erected in the center of a large castle in the 12th century. The fortification, founded in the 9th century as a motte, when the area was raided by the Vikings, then guarded the border of the historical province of Aunis once.

When the church was built a small town had developed around the defence already. Later a small priory and a "hopital" existed, as this was a halt on the Via Turonensis. The pilgrims had a lot to gape here, the facade is stunning 23 meters wide.

Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II of England in 1152, so the area changed hands and was ruled by the House of Plantagenet. During the Hundred Years' War Surgères experienced a long period of decline. Louis XI´s troops conquered the town in 1472 and the fortifications got destructed. During that time Notre Dame lost the tower and large parts of the nave, but not the facade!

Six blind arches once flanked the door, five arches above them. There are more than 100 capitals and corbels all over the facade. This seems to be a medieval encyclopedia.

Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sun, 28 Oct 2018 21:15:08 +0000

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Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:27:49 +0000

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Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 12:55:53 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Notre-Dame de Surgères was erected in the center of a large castle in the 12th century. The fortification, founded in the 9th century as a motte, when the area was raided by the Vikings, then guarded the border of the historical province of Aunis once.

When the church was built a small town had developed around the defence already. Later a small priory and a "hopital" existed, as this was a halt on the Via Turonensis. The pilgrims had a lot to gape here, the facade is stunning 23 meters wide.

Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II of England in 1152, so the area changed hands and was ruled by the House of Plantagenet. During the Hundred Years' War Surgères experienced a long period of decline. Louis XI´s troops conquered the town in 1472 and the fortifications got destructed. During that time Notre Dame lost the tower and large parts of the nave, but not the facade!

The choir has some Romanesque capitals, here is one of them. Christ, holding the bible, flanked by two guardians. The guard to the left (archangel St. Michael?) is just spearing a dragon´s head. Hopefully he has noticed that the dragon´s head is ready to attack.

Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 12:20:11 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Notre-Dame de Surgères was erected in the center of a large castle in the 12th century. The fortification, founded in the 9th century as a motte, when the area was raided by the Vikings, then guarded the border of the historical province of Aunis once.

When the church was built a small town had developed around the defence already. Later a small priory and a "hopital" existed, as this was a halt on the Via Turonensis. The pilgrims had a lot to gape here, the facade is stunning 23 meters wide.

Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II of England in 1152, so the area changed hands and was ruled by the House of Plantagenet. During the Hundred Years' War Surgères experienced a long period of decline. Louis XI´s troops conquered the town in 1472 and the fortifications got destructed. During that time Notre Dame lost the tower and large parts of the nave, but not the facade!

It probably lost the vaulting over the nave as well, as the nice wooden roof seen now, is pretty recent. The choir still has some Romanesque capitals.

Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 11:27:23 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Notre-Dame de Surgères was erected in the center of a large castle in the 12th century. The fortification, founded in the 9th century as a motte, when the area was raided by the Vikings, then guarded the border of the historical province of Aunis once.

When the church was built a small town had developed around the defence already. Later a small priory and a "hopital" existed, as this was a halt on the Via Turonensis. The pilgrims had a lot to gape here, the facade is stunning 23 meters wide.

Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II of England in 1152, so the area changed hands and was ruled by the House of Plantagenet. During the Hundred Years' War Surgères experienced a long period of decline. Louis XI´s troops conquered the town in 1472 and the fortifications got destructed. During that time Notre Dame lost the tower and large parts of the nave, but not the facade!

Six blind arches once flanked the door, five arches above them on "the second floor". There are more than 100 capitals and corbels all over the facade. This seems to be a medieval encyclopedia.

Over the centuries, many visitors left graffiti on the facade, early pilgrims and late vandals. Seen here are two sailing ships, so there may have been seamen too. And couples in love..

Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 10:24:44 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Notre-Dame de Surgères was erected in the center of a large castle in the 12th century. The fortification, founded in the 9th century as a motte, when the area was raided by the Vikings, then guarded the border of the historical province of Aunis once.

When the church was built a small town had developed around the defence already. Later a small priory and a "hopital" existed, as this was a halt on the Via Turonensis. The pilgrims had a lot to gape here, the facade is stunning 23 meters wide.

Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II of England in 1152, so the area changed hands and was ruled by the House of Plantagenet. During the Hundred Years' War Surgères experienced a long period of decline. Louis XI´s troops conquered the town in 1472 and the fortifications got destructed. During that time Notre Dame lost the tower and large parts of the nave, but not the facade!

Six blind arches once flanked the door, five arches above them on "the second floor". There are more than 100 capitals and corbels all over the facade. This seems to be a medieval encyclopedia.

Tevye the milkman was the "Fiddler on the Roof" in Anatevka, here is a less famous "Fiddler under the roof" in Surgères.

Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 08:47:53 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Notre-Dame de Surgères was erected in the center of a large castle in the 12th century. The fortification, founded in the 9th century as a motte, when the area was raided by the Vikings, then guarded the border of the historical province of Aunis once.

When the church was built a small town had developed around the defence already. Later a small priory and a "hopital" existed, as this was a halt on the Via Turonensis. The pilgrims had a lot to gape here, the facade is stunning 23 meters wide.

Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II of England in 1152, so the area changed hands and was ruled by the House of Plantagenet. During the Hundred Years' War Surgères experienced a long period of decline. Louis XI´s troops conquered the town in 1472 and the fortifications got destructed. During that time Notre Dame lost the tower and large parts of the nave, but not the facade!

Six blind arches once flanked the door, five arches above them on "the second floor". There are more than 100 capitals and corbels all over the facade. This seems to be a medieval encyclopedia.

A scene in the doctor´s room.

At least on the first sight, the patient (dog or wolf) is on the left, while the doctor is sitting relaxed on a chair to the right. The doctor just said "Say Aaah" as he want to make sure, the patient´s tonsils are ok.

But the doctor does not use a wooden tongue depresser. I see the handle of a knife in his hand! The guy is killing the creature!

Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:36:12 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Notre-Dame de Surgères was erected in the center of a large castle in the 12th century. The fortification, founded in the 9th century as a motte, when the area was raided by the Vikings, then guarded the border of the historical province of Aunis once.

When the church was built a small town had developed around the defence already. Later a small priory and a "hopital" existed, as this was a halt on the Via Turonensis. The pilgrims had a lot to gape here, the facade is stunning 23 meters wide.

Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II of England in 1152, so the area changed hands and was ruled by the House of Plantagenet. During the Hundred Years' War Surgères experienced a long period of decline. Louis XI´s troops conquered the town in 1472 and the fortifications got destructed. During that time Notre Dame lost the tower and large parts of the nave, but not the facade!

Six blind arches once flanked the door, five arches above them on "the second floor". There are more than 100 capitals and corbels all over the facade. This seems to be a medieval encyclopedia.

The luxuria has lost her head. All frustrated vandals over the centuries were provoked by luxuriae, symbolizing sinful lust.

Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:16:25 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Notre-Dame de Surgères was erected in the center of a large castle in the 12th century. The fortification, founded in the 9th century as a motte, when the area was raided by the Vikings, then guarded the border of the historical province of Aunis once.

When the church was built a small town had developed around the defence already. Later a small priory and a "hopital" existed, as this was a halt on the Via Turonensis. The pilgrims had a lot to gape here, the facade is stunning 23 meters wide.

Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II of England in 1152, so the area changed hands and was ruled by the House of Plantagenet. During the Hundred Years' War Surgères experienced a long period of decline. Louis XI´s troops conquered the town in 1472 and the fortifications got destructed. During that time Notre Dame lost the tower and large parts of the nave, but not the facade!

Six blind arches once flanked the door, five arches above them on "the second floor". There are more than 100 capitals and corbels all over the facade. This seems to be a medieval encyclopedia.

Two very acrobatic atlases (left a devil?) flank an owl and an eagle. The two birds seem to have had an argument and now ignore each other.

Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:50:38 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Notre-Dame de Surgères was erected in the center of a large castle in the 12th century. The fortification, founded in the 9th century as a motte, when the area was raided by the Vikings, then guarded the border of the historical province of Aunis once.

When the church was built a small town had developed around the defence already. Later a small priory and a "hopital" existed, as this was a halt on the Via Turonensis. The pilgrims had a lot to gape here, the facade is stunning 23 meters wide.

Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II of England in 1152, so the area changed hands and was ruled by the House of Plantagenet. During the Hundred Years' War Surgères experienced a long period of decline. Louis XI´s troops conquered the town in 1472 and the fortifications got destructed. During that time Notre Dame lost the tower and large parts of the nave, but not the facade!

Six blind arches once flanked the door, five arches above them on "the second floor". There are more than 100 capitals and corbels all over the facade. This seems to be a medieval encyclopedia.

The ape, just seen n the previous upload, is a very gifted, but (judging from his facial expression) not really happy harpist.

Surgères - Notre-Dame

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:25:29 +0000

Martin M. Miles has posted:

Notre-Dame de Surgères was erected in the center of a large castle in the 12th century. The fortification, founded in the 9th century as a motte, when the area was raided by the Vikings, then guarded the border of the historical province of Aunis once.

When the church was built a small town had developed around the defence already. Later a small priory and a "hopital" existed, as this was a halt on the Via Turonensis. The pilgrims had a lot to gape here, the facade is stunning 23 meters wide.

Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II of England in 1152, so the area changed hands and was ruled by the House of Plantagenet. During the Hundred Years' War Surgères experienced a long period of decline. Louis XI´s troops conquered the town in 1472 and the fortifications got destructed. During that time Notre Dame lost the tower and large parts of the nave, but not the facade!

Six blind arches once flanked the door, five arches above them on "the second floor". There are more than 100 capitals and corbels all over the facade. This seems to be a medieval encyclopedia.

The monkey in the center looks a little unhappy between a peacock with a very long neck and a the winged lion. The lion probably does not stand for Marc, the evangelist, but for a mythical chimera (Typhon, Squinx).