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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 829910" data-attributes="member: 53455">The Cistercian abbey of Léoncel (2023)Bell towers on Cistercian churches are supposed to be quite humble and squat. No proud spires there, just pure functionality: the sole purpose is to make the bells heard to recall the monks working outside for Mass.Here in Léoncel, I find the bell tower maybe just a tad too tall and I wonder if, by the end of the 12th century, or even the beginning of the 13th, the stringency of Robert and Bernard’s Rule had not been already a bit relaxed, allowing human nature to peek out again and try to get back on top...&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />Such as it is, this photo is all about the underbelly of that bell tower. It is interesting architecturally as it shows quite well how architects conceived, and masons executed, the transition between a square and a roundish shape (in this case, an octagon) using a device called “squinches” (trompes in French), which you can see in each corner.Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor 19mm, ƒ/4 PC-E tilt-shift lens, manual focus, FTZ II adapter. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head.[ATTACH=full]416082[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 829910, member: 53455"] [B]The Cistercian abbey of Léoncel (2023)[/B] Bell towers on Cistercian churches are supposed to be quite humble and squat. No proud spires there, just pure functionality: the sole purpose is to make the bells heard to recall the monks working outside for Mass. Here in Léoncel, I find the bell tower maybe just a tad too tall and I wonder if, by the end of the 12th century, or even the beginning of the 13th, the stringency of Robert and Bernard’s Rule had not been already a bit relaxed, allowing human nature to peek out again and try to get back on top... :rolleyes: Such as it is, this photo is all about the underbelly of that bell tower. It is interesting architecturally as it shows quite well how architects conceived, and masons executed, the transition between a square and a roundish shape (in this case, an octagon) using a device called “squinches” ([I]trompes[/I] in French), which you can see in each corner. 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"]416082[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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