[Magdalen] Fire at Notre Dame de Paris.

[Scott Knitter]

Roses to the medieval architects and builders. The roof can burn right off
but the vaulting remains (needs extensive fixing, though, yes). I was
amazed at the first photos from inside...lots of water, yes, but altars,
altar cross, acres of chairs still in place mostly. Maybe the first things
are to reroof, certify soundness, then make the cathedral usable although
in a rough, minimalist state, and notably without the organs. Well, there
are the windows to deal with...no small project, but one can imagine
rebuilding in some form.

On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 2:12 PM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> Notre Dame also survived Napoleon, who had his coronation there
> andfamously snatched the crown from the Pope who was there for that
> event,to crown himself.  In contrast to England's Westminster Abbey
> thatserves as the coronation church as well as the location for the royal
> tombsFrance divides functions with coronations at Reims Cathedral and
> royaltombs at Saint Denis Abbey.
> In a message dated 4/15/2019 2:59:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> michaudme at gmail.com writes:
>
> The Cathedral survived the Revolution (although very damaged) and will be
> saved again.
> -M
>


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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA