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  • New evidence helps form digital reconstruction of most important medieval shrine [Thomas a Becket]

    07/11/2020 3:51:52 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 10 replies
    EurekAlert! ^ | July 6, 2020 | Taylor & Francis Group
    "Unfortunately," Dr John Jenkins, historical researcher on the reconstruction team, says, "there are no contemporary comparators for it; the closest are the shrine bases of St Edward the Confessor at Westminster and St Etheldreda at Ely, both of mid- to late-13th-century date. "So, therefore, our CGI reconstruction uses all currently available evidence including eye-witness accounts; theories from past historians for potential usage of the shrine; date of construction; materials used; specific features; accessibility and location with the church; similar examples elsewhere; as well as those who created it; to reconstruct how the shrine could have looked." Crucially, the team's design...