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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 829120" data-attributes="member: 53455"><p><strong>The nowhere church with the gorgeous stalls (2023)</strong></p><p></p><p>Sometimes, my work as a <em>pro bono</em> photographer for the Fondation pour la Sauvegarde de l’Art Français sends me to unlikely places to make unlikely discoveries. In that foundation, I belong to the “Patrons’ Club” <em>(Cercle des Mécènes),</em> which singles out every year a select number of particularly deserving projects to fund. In 2022, one of those projects concerned a parish church in a small village in the remotest part of Burgundy, the mountains of Morvan.</p><p></p><p>Therefore, just after New Year’s 2023, as we were driving back home from a family reunion near Fontainebleau, we got off the freeway that snakes its way through the Morvan to détour to the 74-inhabitant village of Bard-le-Régulier.</p><p></p><p>This very strange name is easily explainable for the “Bard” part: that comes from an ancient Gaulish word meaning fortified hill or mountain, and indeed there is one dominating the village, atop which some sort of fortification probably existed before the Romans came, although no trace of it has ever been found. The <em>le-Régulier</em> part is more difficult to explain: this word, “regular”, implies the existence of a regulation or rule that was followed in the village... and indeed, a priory of Augustinian canons was founded here by the count of Nevers in the 1100s. So, we know where the village that grew around the priory got its name: regular canons lived there.</p><p></p><p>The church was built soon after the foundation of the priory, but construction obviously lasted well into the 1200s, with also quite a few later architectural additions. While it is quite nice, the church itself is not that remarkable. What is, though, are the 30 wooden stalls from the 1300s, sculpted with skill, devotion and humor by an unknown artist, one of the very best group of stalls in all of Burgundy.</p><p></p><p>If you wish to have a look at the project page on the website of the Fondation pour la Sauvegarde de l’Art Français, it is here: <a href="https://www.sauvegardeartfrancais.fr/projets/bard-le-regulier/" target="_blank">https://www.sauvegardeartfrancais.fr/projets/bard-le-regulier/</a>.</p><p></p><p>Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor 19mm, ƒ/4 PC-E tilt-shift lens, manual focus, FTZ II adapter. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]415331[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 829120, member: 53455"] [B]The nowhere church with the gorgeous stalls (2023)[/B] Sometimes, my work as a [I]pro bono[/I] photographer for the Fondation pour la Sauvegarde de l’Art Français sends me to unlikely places to make unlikely discoveries. In that foundation, I belong to the “Patrons’ Club” [I](Cercle des Mécènes),[/I] which singles out every year a select number of particularly deserving projects to fund. In 2022, one of those projects concerned a parish church in a small village in the remotest part of Burgundy, the mountains of Morvan. Therefore, just after New Year’s 2023, as we were driving back home from a family reunion near Fontainebleau, we got off the freeway that snakes its way through the Morvan to détour to the 74-inhabitant village of Bard-le-Régulier. This very strange name is easily explainable for the “Bard” part: that comes from an ancient Gaulish word meaning fortified hill or mountain, and indeed there is one dominating the village, atop which some sort of fortification probably existed before the Romans came, although no trace of it has ever been found. The [I]le-Régulier[/I] part is more difficult to explain: this word, “regular”, implies the existence of a regulation or rule that was followed in the village... and indeed, a priory of Augustinian canons was founded here by the count of Nevers in the 1100s. So, we know where the village that grew around the priory got its name: regular canons lived there. The church was built soon after the foundation of the priory, but construction obviously lasted well into the 1200s, with also quite a few later architectural additions. While it is quite nice, the church itself is not that remarkable. What is, though, are the 30 wooden stalls from the 1300s, sculpted with skill, devotion and humor by an unknown artist, one of the very best group of stalls in all of Burgundy. If you wish to have a look at the project page on the website of the Fondation pour la Sauvegarde de l’Art Français, it is here: [URL]https://www.sauvegardeartfrancais.fr/projets/bard-le-regulier/[/URL]. Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor 19mm, ƒ/4 PC-E tilt-shift lens, manual focus, FTZ II adapter. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head. [ATTACH type="full"]415331[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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