[HN Gopher] Earl Odda's Chapel at Deerhurst
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       Earl Odda's Chapel at Deerhurst
        
       Author : Thevet
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2021-10-11 05:55 UTC (17 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (medievalart.co.uk)
        
       | lapetitejort wrote:
       | > Centuries of alternative use have resulted in the loss of any
       | internal decoration and none of the original plaster remains. We
       | must imagine that the heavy stone chancel arch (partly
       | reconstructed) was surrounded with a painted decorative scheme in
       | a palette of earth colours, somewhat like the schemes that
       | survive in early post-conquest churches such as Kempley in
       | Gloucestershire and Houghton-on-the Hill in Norfolk (illustrated
       | below).
       | 
       | Are there any medieval buildings that have been restored with
       | actual decorations? Or perhaps, are there recreations to present
       | a living medieval castle?
       | 
       | One of my favorite places to visit is a small building in the
       | middle of Colorado called Bent's Old Fort [0], maintained by the
       | National Park Service. It's a near 100% recreation of a fort that
       | had been reduced to the foundation. They painstakingly rebuilt
       | the fort based on historical records, going so far as to plant
       | cactuses on the wall as deterrent, and allowing a peacock to roam
       | around. The place really does feel alive, more-so than a room
       | with some plaques and a roped-off display of what a room might
       | have looked like. I've always wanted to visit a castle with the
       | same feel.
       | 
       | [0]: https://www.nps.gov/beol/index.htm
        
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