Posted on 05/14/2014 7:49:44 PM PDT by windcliff
Wall murals portraying Crusader knights and symbols of medieval military orders have been rediscovered in a Jerusalem hospital thanks to a burst water pipe and a storeroom reorganization.
These paintings were the works of a French count, Comte Marie Paul Amédée de Piellat, who believed himself to be a descendant of Crusaders. The count was a frequent visitor to Jerusalem and had the Saint-Louis Hospice built between 1879 and 1896, naming it after St. Louis IX, a king of France and leader of the Seventh Crusade between A.D. 1248 and 1254.
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Burst Water Pipe Reveals Century-Old Crusader Murals in Jerusalem .
LiveScience.com By By Stephanie Pappas, Senior Writer 7 hours ago
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Burst Water Pipe Reveals Century-Old Crusader Murals in Jerusalem . View photo
Rediscovered late-1800s paintings in a storeroom in Saint-Louis Hospice, a Jerusalem hospital built by … .
Wall murals portraying Crusader knights and symbols of medieval military orders have been rediscovered in a Jerusalem hospital thanks to a burst water pipe and a storeroom reorganization.
These paintings were the works of a French count, Comte Marie Paul Amédée de Piellat, who believed himself to be a descendant of Crusaders. The count was a frequent visitor to Jerusalem and had the Saint-Louis Hospice built between 1879 and 1896, naming it after St. Louis IX, a king of France and leader of the Seventh Crusade between A.D. 1248 and 1254.
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I’m glad they found it before the muzzies could destroy it.
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Just wow! With the age and history of Jerusalem, this is a relative recent find as great as it is!
BTTT!
Is yon knight bearing sinister the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch?
On a quest to explode Saracens we can only hope!
Did the Crusaders have children? The Knights Templars were chaste, I believe.
Can he be fired posthumously for cultural insensitivity?
No. They were warrior monks who vows of poverty, chastity and obedience at a time when oaths were taken very seriously. (Unlike today)
Templars who violated their order’s rules could be walled up to die.
The Palis have driven out most of the Holy Land’s Christians. The vast majority still there live in Israel.
Wow. They put so much effort and talent into painting but sure failed in their choice of lighting.
They sure were, first they were chaste out of the Middle East by the Saracens, then they were chaste right onto the stake by the Papal authorities.
40 percent of Lebanese are Christian, but it’s not a huge country either.
Good to read!
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