This is heartbreaking to watch. I was fortunate to tour the cathedral about 9 years ago. Truly beautiful. Full of priceless art and religious relics including pieces of the cross at Christ's crucifixion and part of his crown of thorns. [Reply]
My recommendation on "relics" is to read up on them before believing any one of their stories. Like, they were the magic elixir of the alchemists or the tonic of US 19th Century Medicine Shows.
Like literally every cathedral was buying relics to compete for pilgrimages. I'm way more concerned about the art than a piece of wood some road jester in 1500 was peddling for a huge profit. [Reply]
The most senior firefighter in Paris says it is unclear whether they will be able to keep it from spreading and causing more destruction.
“We are not sure we are capable of stopping the spreading” to Notre Dame’s second tower and belfry,” said Jean-Claude Gallet at the scene as his crews worked outside and inside the iconic cathedral. “If it collapses, you can imagine how important the damage will be.” [Reply]
Originally Posted by Kiimosabi:
My recommendation on "relics" is to read up on them before believing any one of their stories. Like, they were the magic elixir of the alchemists or the tonic of US 19th Century Medicine Shows.
Like literally every cathedral was buying relics to compete for pilgrimages. I'm way more concerned about the art than a piece of wood some road jester in 1500 was peddling for a huge profit.
I certainly can agree with you on your perspective. Having been to Notre Dame Cathedral, St Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museum, it seems that there are a tremendous number of these religious relics on display.
Some could be real, some as you say were sold by some road jester. It is still amazing to see the wealth in terms of priceless art and artifacts the Catholic church as amassed over the year. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RedRaider56:
I certainly can agree with you on your perspective. Having been to Notre Dame Cathedral, St Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museum, it seems that there are a tremendous number of these religious relics on display.
Some could be real, some as you say were sold by some road jester. It is still amazing to see the wealth in terms of priceless art and artifacts the Catholic church as amassed over the year.
Yeah, I question a lot of those claims. There's too much value in faking stuff, and it would have been easy to do over the past 2,000 years. [Reply]
Most often, the term "relics" refers to pieces of bone that are the remains of saints. The middle finger of St. Lebowski is considered to be one of the most highly prized.
Originally Posted by DaFace:
There's pretty much a big fire everywhere that isn't stone.
Well, that's not good. We pretty much know from that that the insides are gone. CNN is reporting that emergency crews are trying to save artwork at the back of the church.
The fire hoses are really concentrating on the south wing, based on what I'm seeing on the live cams. I'm not seeing concentration on the north tower and don't see as much smoke there as I did earlier, but maybe that's just the angle of the camera. [Reply]
