Photos, videos and docs of Martin M. Miles, with the keywords: "middle-ages"

Quedlinburg

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:05:16 +0000

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.. a coat full of names..

Quedlinburg

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:05:16 +0000

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.. a coat full of names..

Magdeburg - Cathedral

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:32:50 +0000

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The cathedral, officially called "Cathedral of Saints Catherine and Maurice", hosts the oldest known image depicting Saint Maurice as a Moor, carved around 1250. This statue of Saint Maurice is clearly younger, but as well, shows an armoured knight, who is obviously an ethnic African.

Here is the older statue of Saint Maurice:
www.flickr.com/photos/martin-m-miles/4329165066/

Magdeburg - Cathedral

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:08:43 +0000

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The construction of the "Cathedral of Saints Catherine and Maurice" started 1209. Two years ago, the church that had been on this place since 932, burnt down with most of the town on Good Friday . This
is one of the oldest churches in Germany, clearly influenced by the then new gothic style, developed in France. Otto I the Great and his wife Edith of England have their graves here (see below). The steeples (finished 1520) seen here from the cloister are about 100m in height. The cloister itself dates back to 1160, when it was used by the benedictine monks of the monastry "St. Maurice".

During the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) Magdeburg was raided and probably 20.000 inhabitants lost their lives. A small group of 4000 people survived the "Sack of Magdeburg" by seeking refuge in the cathedral. Begging on his knees before the conqueror the head priest saved them.

Here is the grave of the "royal couple":
www.flickr.com/photos/martin-m-miles/4328456651/

Magdeburg - Cathedral

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:42:49 +0000

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A baroque statue of a bishop to the right, a whalebone to the left. A curiosity in the Magdeburg Cathedral. I have no idea, what a whalebone "means" or what it stands for. It may be connected to Matthew 12:38-41

"For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall
the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."

There are a couple of churches, that display whalebones.

Cologne (Germany):
www.flickr.com/photos/roland-rossner/2786317321/

Herford (Germany):
www.flickr.com/photos/martin-m-miles/4765219389/

Gandersheim (Germany):
www.flickr.com/photos/martin-m-miles/5706420469/

Rieupeyroux (France):
www.flickr.com/photos/lionfranc37/5340136898/in/contacts/

Krakow (Poland)
www.flickr.com/photos/tanya780/2740547999/

Marmoutier - The Abbey

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:13:20 +0000

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Marmoutier, founded in the late 6th or 7th century by Saint Leobard was a community of Irish monks under the Rule of St. Columbanus. It was important Merovingian abbey in Alsace, that introduced the Regula Benedicti in 728. Monastic reformer Benedict of Aniane was abbot here, when (his friend) Louis the Pious (son of Charlemagne) was in power.

The westwork-facade seen here was built around 1140/50), it has a lot of carvings, of which some seem to be older.

Like thisone: A three-headed person presenting - three heads. The look of all six faces seems to be depressed. Maybe six very gifted acrobats, doing a phantastic stunt, but having forgotten, how to get out of the result again.

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Just found out, that Hans Haug and Robert Will in "Alsace romane" ( Éditions Zodiaque) see this as a three-headed devil. If they are right, that may be connected to the heathenly (slawic) god Triglav, who had three faces.

Marmoutier - The Abbey

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:26:10 +0000

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Marmoutier, founded in the late 6th or 7th century by Saint Leobard was
a community of Irish monks under the Rule of St. Columbanus. It was important Merovingian abbey in Alsace, that introduced the Regula Benedicti in 728. Monastic reformer Benedict of Aniane was abbot here, when (his friend) Louis the Pious was in power.

Here the different stages of construction are visible. The westwork-facade on the left was built around 1140/50). The gothic hall and the transsept were added between 1225 and 1300. The choir to the right, under renovation at the moment, was built 1761 to 1769. At that time it was planned, to replace the romanesque westwork with a baroque facade, but the French Revolution stopped that project.

Marmoutier - The Abbey

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:18:19 +0000

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Sélestat - Sainte-Foy

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:39:30 +0000

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Sélestat - Sainte-Foy

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:08:52 +0000

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The "Église Sainte-Foy de Sélestat" was built in only 10 years between 1170 and 1180, succeeding an earlier ("Holy Sepulcre")church from around 1085 built by Hildegard von Egisheim. Of this church only the rectangular crypt (and some cavings) remained. Hildegard´s grandson Frederick I Barbarossa funded the construction of the new church, that was the center of a benedictine monastry, depending from the abbey St. Foy in Conques.

A man fighting a giant lion, carved from reddish sandstone. To get the very most space for the carvings, the carver placed the two figures diagonally, so creating a very vivid scene. Actually this theme ("man fighting lion") can be found twice outside the church.

Thanks to Paula G.M. I now know, that this carving shows Samson, opening the lion´s mouth.

Sélestat - Sainte-Foy

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:52:18 +0000

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The "Église Sainte-Foy de Sélestat" was built in only 10 years between 1170 and 1180, succeeding an earlier ("Holy Sepulcre")church from around 1085 built by Hildegard von Egisheim. Of this church only the rectangular crypt (and some cavings) remained. Hildegard?s grandson Frederick I Barbarossa funded the construction of the new church, that was the center of a benedictine monastry, depending from the abbey St. Foy in Conques.

A giant beast (lion? bear?) carrying or retrieving a ram. This carving may originate from the older church at this place. A ram does stand sometimes for Thor, pagan god in the Germanic mythology, as he uses a cart, drawn by rams.

Koenigslutter

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:26:41 +0000

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A hunting dog, biting the hare into the neck..

Koenigslutter

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:24:43 +0000

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The Lion-Portail of the "Kaiserdom", founded by 1135 by Lothar III (" Holy Roman Emperor") , who was born in the nearby village of Suepplingburg. His tomb and thatone of his wife Richenza are here. The carvings were done by masters from the Lombardy.

Koenigslutter

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:25:58 +0000

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The apsis showing the hunting scenes.

Osnabrueck - St. Johann

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:37:09 +0000

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The westwork (façade) of the former collegiate church St. Johann (Baptist). The foundation stone was layed 1256. Though consecrated 1292, it is doubted, that the church was finished at that time, it took probably a decade or two longer than that. St. Johann is one of the oldest large gothic hall churches in Germany - and so may be connected to the cathedral and the Bartholomew Chapel in Paderborn, only 100kms southeast. The westwork is still clearly romanesque. It had no portal originally, the rosewindow was added wthin the first half of the 20th century.

Osnabrueck - Cathedral St. Peter

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:20:12 +0000

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The bishop´s see was founded by Charlemagne around 780. The first church here, was destroyed by the Normans about 100 years later. After a great fire, that burnt down most of the town around 1100, the cathedral was built over a long period, so it is a mix of late- romanesque and gothic style.

The old cloister, next to the cathedral St. Peter, houses the graveyard today.

Osnabrueck - Cathedral St. Peter

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:33:39 +0000

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The bishop´s see was founded by Charlemagne around 780. The first church here, was destroyed by the Normans. After a great fire, that burnt down most of the town around 1100, the cathedral was built over a long period, so it is a mix of late romanesque and gothic style. Clearly romanesque are the left tower of the westwork, the left wall and the crossing tower. The right tower was similar to the left upto 1502, when it had to be enlarged, as the new ordered bells where just too heavy for the old tower. During WWII Osnabrueck got heavily bombed and the cathedral burnt down, It was rebuilt in the 1950s. In the foreground is the statue of a lion. This is the copy of the original (today in a museum), given to the town by Henry the Lion (1129–1195). It is dubbed "Loewenpudel" (Lion-Poodle), as it really looks like a mixture of these two creatures.

Osnabrueck - Town Hall

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:32:31 +0000

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1648 a peace treaty was signed in this town hall, a second one was signed in neighboring Muenster. Both forming the "Peace of Westphalia", that ended the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) in the Holy Roman Empire, and the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) between Spain and the Netherlands. The treaties ended as well diplomatic conference, that lasted five years. Muenster housed the catholic parties, Osnabrueck the protestant parties. This "pax universalis" gave orientation to european history upto the french revolution. The building on the right was the public weigh house, built 1532. In the sky on the very right is a gargoyle of the lutherian St. Mary church (used be the swedish delegation during the peace-conference). Like the town hall, the weigh house and most other houses around the market it was bombed and burnt down during WWII. The whole area was rebuilt in the 1950s.

Ottmarsheim

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:08:03 +0000

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The former abbey-church "Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul" was built in the 11th. century. The octogon is similar (but much smaller) to the Palatine Chapel Charlemagne had built in Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) 300 years before.

Hunawihr - St. Jaques le Majeur

nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:48:23 +0000

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A small church has been on that hill in Hunawihr since the 10th century. The church and the graveyard got surrounded by a strong wall later. The church of today was built 15th/16th century as a fortfified structure. In 1537 the parish accepted protestantism, but obviously not the whole population of Hunawihr changed. Since 1687 the church is "co-used" by protestants - and catholics.