Hidden paintings discovered under plaster in 13th-century church in France. See them
Notably, a very faded painting of the crucifixion scene with Jesus on the cross was also uncovered, the image of his crown of ...
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Falling under the timeless spell of Rome’s oldest churches
Ignoring the humble dusky nave, she led me straight to the church’s crowning glory: the apse mosaic of the enthroned Christ, commonly considered Rome’s oldest Christian mosaic. “The faces ...
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The Nave
When Henry III died in 1272 his magnificent new Gothic Abbey was not complete and so it remained attached to the old Norman nave until building ... as lavish as in the eastern part of the church. So ...