La fleur de lis, emblème de la couronne française aux fleurs nénuphares, est encore le riche motif jaune sur ces magnifiques carreaux médiévaux incrustés ou encastistiques rouges mais battus sur le pavé de la cathédrale gothique notre-Dame de Laon, malgré des siècles d'usure. D'autres exemples à proximité affichent différents dispositifs héraldiques ou symboles chrétiens. La cathédrale de Laon, construite dans le style gothique français aux 12th et au début des 13th siècles, a remplacé une ancienne église romane sur le même site perché à Aisne, hauts-de-France, qui a été en grande partie détruite par un incendie en avril 1112.

• Contributeur: Terence Kerr / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: 2EA2HH2
• Taille du fichier: 28,7 MB (2,4 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 3872 x 2592 px | 32,8 x 21,9 cm | 12,9 x 8,6 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 31 août 2007
• Lieu: Laon, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France.

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Laon, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France: the fleur-de-lis, the lily flower emblem of French royalty, features as the rich yellow motif on these battered but beautiful orange-red medieval inlaid or encaustic tiles in the pavement of the Gothic Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon - despite centuries of wear, tear and the passage of thousands of feet. Other nearby examples display different heraldic devices or Christian symbols Inlaid or encaustic tiles are glazed clay tiles, historically fired in wood burning kilns, bearing simple inlaid patterns such as heraldic motifs picked out in contrasting clay, typically white or yellow on a red ground. Vitrification occurs in the glaze during the firing process, resulting in a hard, glasslike finish, but little vitrification occurs within the body of the clay. As a result, the glaze is substantially harder and more durable than the clay beneath. Although the tiles are very durable, the surface does wear away gradually over time, exposing the softer clay beneath and accelerating deterioration. Original encaustic tiles made by medieval craftsmen survive in many ancient cathedrals and churches in the United Kingdom, France and other European countries. In the UK, the 19th Century reign of Queen Victoria saw a revival of the craft, with decorative Minton encaustic tiles made in Staffordshire either replacing worn original tiles in parish churches or used for decorative flooring in many Victorian homes. The French Gothic Laon Cathedral, built in the 12th and early 13th centuries, replaced an earlier Romanesque church on the same hilltop site that was largely destroyed by fire in April 1112. Laon lost its status as a bishopric during the 1789 French Revolution, but although the building now functions only as a parish church, it is still universally known as Laon Cathedral. D0453.A5401

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