#ecclesiastical architecture

At Tumacácori.

how does this differ across cultures and what can we learn from what has gone before?

how do we bring together knowledge to protect our buildings in the future?

“On mounting to the top of a rather dark and dirty stair, Wimsey and his companion were agreeably surprised to discover a freshly-painted green door with the name ‘Miss O. Kohn’ neatly written upon a white card and attached to the panel by drawing-pins. The brass knocker, representing the Lincoln Imp, was highly polished.”

--Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase, Chapter XXIX: The Evidence of the Mannequin.

Row 1: The Lincoln Imp in Lincoln Cathedral. (x)

Rows 2 & 3: Various Lincoln Imp brass door knockers. (x, x, x, x) In the late nineteenth century, James Ward Usher, a Lincoln businessman, acquired an exclusive license for reproducing the Imp’s likeness on everything from tie clips to spoons to brooches, all of which were immensely popular. (x, x)