Judy sent me a detail shot and more info. It's pretty interesting! She says:
"Just wanted to give you a follow-up on the church door. The heads represent the 6 bishops of Ljubljana overlooking the body of Christ. The shiny knob is the result of thousands of hands entering the church and "rubbing it shiny". I'm sending a different view to show it a little better. "
Interesting, indeed. You should be able to click the photo and see it larger.
Now I'm going to reveal the practical part of myself. Perhaps it's because I live in Texas where any standing water = mosquitos. Mosquitos that could carry West Nile virus which no one wants. I look at the large vessel in the lower right (an amphora if I'm not mistaken) and the bishops' miters (hats) and I wonder if they were designed in such a way as to not collect water. I can't help myself – I'm spending at least as much time wondering about the water as I am about the story that is being depicted. Does anyone else ever wonder about this sort of thing?
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Now that’s a door!! It’s amazing the detail that used to be put in every day objects. Now doors are mostly just plain and ugly. I didn’t even begin to think about the holding water thing, but now I’m intrigued!
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Yes…all the time. Try being a hospital lab microbiologist and enjoying a picnic or a potluck…or a swim at a public pool. Yuck. Also, living in Hawaii for twenty years made me dislike fabric folding embellishments–after you’ve seen a cockroach living in one of those folds, you just don’t feel the same way about your quilt!
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I laughed at that last line Becky!
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Oddly enough, I had thought it looked as though there were eight hornets’ nests on that door!
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I am in Texas and was told by my daughter it would be VERY worth while to go through my yard and make sure there was no water standing ANYWHERE…. last year there was no water and this year we are running around because there are way too many mosquitoes. Always something… back to doors …..
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