Observations upon the mammals of Alsace (3) Virgin of maps & train schedules

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Comment by De Villo Sloan on September 8, 2011 at 11:27am

He's not awake. He will have to use something that means Treaty.

Comment by Marie Wintzer on September 8, 2011 at 11:24am

A great poem there DW.

I first didn't know what you meant with "le traitement de l'Alsace". Because traitement = treatment (treaty = traité), so I was wondering which kind of "treatment" you were going to inflict on Alsace :-)) Google Translate comes up with funny things. I don't know which one I prefer, Google T or Cheryl's spell chick on vacation.

Comment by De Villo Sloan on September 8, 2011 at 12:02am

Mes fleurs de cerisier cher, vous êtes la Vierge de cartes etdes horaires de trains. Vous êtes aimé de tous dans votre village. Ce n'est pas à votre destin. Vous allez à la gare pouraller dans le monde.

Comment by De Villo Sloan on September 7, 2011 at 11:53pm

Marie, I had meant to thank you for the medieval manuscript from Alsace, as we are looking at a very surreal history of those times in Alsace. Somehow, Dw has placed you as living in that time period.

 

Comment by De Villo Sloan on September 6, 2011 at 7:22pm

Classpo? Yes, can you imagine me admiring French academic painting?

Comment by cheryl penn on September 6, 2011 at 3:36pm

Sorry to interrupt you two - but I DID want to say that this is really a beautiful image. the horizontals and verticals make it so classical.  And you know what officials say - STAY BEHIND THE YELLOW LINE!

Comment by De Villo Sloan on September 6, 2011 at 3:20pm

Oh yes, it's not like research wasn't done.

Comment by Marie Wintzer on September 6, 2011 at 1:37pm

I DOES look like an illuminated manuscript! :-o

 

Here is some typical alsacian medieval art:

The parties they had in those days!

Comment by De Villo Sloan on September 6, 2011 at 3:56am

Cerisier ma chère, je fais le prochain chapitre de mon épopée d'Alsace. Le titre est «le traitement de l'Alsace."

Comment by De Villo Sloan on September 6, 2011 at 1:09am

I think the virgin is spectacular. Some of the 19th century academic painters are pretty amazing. I always wanted to find a pic of Petrarch's Laura, associated with the sonnet where he first sees her in church wearing a veil. This isn't Laura, but it's the way I imagine she should look.

 

OK - with the lower part, DW decided he wanted to make it look medieval. So those are supposed to be pages from an illuminated book - kind of moronic since it's just a piece of masking tape. And train stations didn't look like that in, say, the 13th century. Yes, the four quarters of the page are supposed to be a cross.

 

I gather this is the section of "Alsace" that explores its medieval history.

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