Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Sunday 21 August 2022

Guédelon and the restoration of Notre Dame


In my post How to build your own medieval castle about the building as a piece of experimental archaeological research the castle at Guédelon in France I mentioned that the expertise acquired on this new castle was now being applied to the reconstruction of the roof of the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.

A friend has now sent me the link to an article in The Guardian about these specific skills and their deployment in Paris which can be seen at ‘They said it was impossible’: how medieval carpenters are rebuilding Notre Dame


Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)