Re: GESO (5) - Cordoba Mosque-Cathedral

2019-11-01 Thread Rick Womer
Sorry about the slow reply. Work is intense these days. I’ve tried both Safari and Firefox, and get right to the page. Rick > On Oct 18, 2019, at 9:12 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Rick - I'm gettting PAGE NOT FOUND > ann > > On 10/15/2019 7:15 PM, Rick Womer wrote: >> In Cordoba, Spain,

Re: GESO (5) - Cordoba Mosque-Cathedral

2019-10-18 Thread ann sanfedele
Rick - I'm gettting PAGE NOT FOUND ann On 10/15/2019 7:15 PM, Rick Womer wrote: In Cordoba, Spain, construction of the Great Mosque began in 784, and continued for 200 years. When the Christians took over in 1236, they began building chapels in the sahn (courtyard), and turned the minaret

Re: GESO (5) - Cordoba Mosque-Cathedral

2019-10-17 Thread mike wilson
> On 17 October 2019 at 20:22 jtainter wrote: > > Thanks. I've always been interested in the white-and-red masonry, which is > similar to Byzantine masonry of that period. What I found utterly bizarre about St Basil's in Moscow is that the red and white masonry there is painted stucco.

Re: GESO (5) - Cordoba Mosque-Cathedral

2019-10-17 Thread jtainter
"I know that construction began in 784 and continued for 200 years or so. I don’t know what was built when, but this was the first of the prayer galleries. There is another on the other side of the cathedral, which is very similar but somehow much less impressive." Thanks. I've always been

Re: GESO (5) - Cordoba Mosque-Cathedral

2019-10-16 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Dan! Rick > On Oct 16, 2019, at 9:42 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Great illustrations of one of the most impressive structures I have ever > visited. > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > * > > > > On Wed, Oct 16,

Re: GESO (5) - Cordoba Mosque-Cathedral

2019-10-16 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Joe. I know that construction began in 784 and continued for 200 years or so. I don’t know what was built when, but this was the first of the prayer galleries. There is another on the other side of the cathedral, which is very similar but somehow much less impressive. Rick > On Oct

Re: GESO (5) - Cordoba Mosque-Cathedral

2019-10-16 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Great illustrations of one of the most impressive structures I have ever visited. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 6:36 AM jtainter wrote: > These are wonderful. I look forward to seeing more. > > Do you

Re: GESO (5) - Cordoba Mosque-Cathedral

2019-10-16 Thread jtainter
These are wonderful. I look forward to seeing more. Do you know the construction date on the arcade in the first photo? Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and

GESO (5) - Cordoba Mosque-Cathedral

2019-10-15 Thread Rick Womer
In Cordoba, Spain, construction of the Great Mosque began in 784, and continued for 200 years. When the Christians took over in 1236, they began building chapels in the sahn (courtyard), and turned the minaret into a bell tower. In the 1500s the sahn was converted into the nave of a cathedral.