Life of a church Photo

Photographer’s Note

Life of a church

About 1130 - The congregation of the Chair God hangs in load the parish of Cepoy and establishes a priory to with it. On the ruins of the preceding church, the monks hastened to build a conventual church to shelter them and be used as parish church. Its principal part: the bell-tower, the chorus and the two apsidal ones forming bedside, were finished in 1143. This part has been practically always places from there for 850 years. Between 1150 and 1180 - Construction of the nave to receive there the parishioners, the chorus being reserved with the monks. It is from there that each 17 January left, the procession going by the "way of the Monks" of the new priory to the old convent St Antoine with the "hollow street". In 1430 - The English destroy the nave of the church. In 1450 - The bell-tower does not have any more a roof, the church and the priory is dilapidated. In 1470 - The abbey of Chair-God undertakes the repairing of the church. The bell-tower is raised of a stage, the central nave is rebuilt and 2 small side aisles are assistant for him. 1562 - Wars of religion - the church is set fire to, the top of the bell-tower breaks down as well as the naves. 1600 - Rebuilding - initially the bell-tower but its height is limited; then the nave in 1625 and finally the large gate in 1627 1660 - Construction of the left side aisle vis-a-vis to the vault "St Jean - St Antoine" (later St Nicolas) - vault in which the duke of Orleans made transfer the furnace bridge from the vault St Jean of the House God. 1671 - A hurricane carries the roof of the church. 1675 - The helped inhabitants of Cepoy of the lord of the manor of the castle of Beauvoir, Jacques Herdsman of Mothe, undertake repairs and the modification of the chorus below the bell-tower. 1694 - The vault "St Jean-St Antoine" is débaptisée and becomes vault St Nicolas, owner of the marines, giving place to the crétion of a brotherhood of very prosperous St Nicolas. 1756 - The lightning falls on the chorus. Thanks to the inhabitants of Cepoy, the bell-tower is given in state immediately. During the revolution, the building is dedicated to the worship "To be supreme for it". June 21, 1795 the catholic worship is restored. 1894 - After one century when still storms and tornadoes follow one another causing damage more or less, the Masson Priest with the assistance of the parishioners undertakes a reorganization of the church by modifying somewhat certain interior aspects. With the the fifty last years course, new interior installations will be carried out by the priests in load of the parish, in particular the chorus and the vault of the Virgin.

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Zepi (22848) 2005-02-03 3:34

Encore une magnifique église !
La taille du bâtiment est réellement imposante !
J’aime ce cadrage qui nous permet de découvrir les moindres détails de l’édifice !
Beau travail !
Amicalement – Sébastien

tityop (6225) 2005-02-03 3:39

Bonjour Philippe,
Comme d'habitude encore une superbe photo. Le cadrage est parfait avec ce petit parterre qui nous met une petite touche de verdure dans la composition, c'est tres bien fait!
Bien amicalement Thierry

Mrgud (0) 2005-02-03 3:40

Great work Philipe! You have realy good eye for architecture type of shots! TFS! :))

bantonbuju (48340) 2005-02-03 3:45

bonjours philippe, a very nice, quiet and classical composition; most elegant photo; bravo!

PixelTerror (86032) 2005-02-03 3:50

Bonjour Philippe,
Un beau "classique" bien cadre, qui nous montre de bons gros murs bien costauds. La note est excellente et tres complete !
Bonne journee,
jean-Yves

fmg (4) 2005-02-03 4:02

Good balanced composition, with colors light and sky as standard monument photo. The didatic note as useful as the shot...

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-02-03 4:02

Nature, avec son enduit un peu passé, c'est de la photo réalité. DOF ok, POV ok, et la petite tache verte devant illumine.
J'aime bien
Jean Michel
Merci pour la note

chefcop (275) 2005-02-03 4:29

Nicely composed picture, the exposure is perfect too. Like the sky. It is a very picturesque church, thanks for sharing.

Peter

orme (6746) 2005-02-03 4:40

A perfectly framed shot, Philippe. I like how the clouds 'almost' totally border the shape of the church. Nice contrast between the bright sky and the grey colours of the church. Good point of view. Well done.

anakin (2775) 2005-02-03 4:49

Perfect angle ,lovely place. You did a good photo, the sky is really good.
well done

Fakir (0) 2005-02-03 5:49

Classic French view - empty church. Well done...

mumek (17464) 2005-02-03 5:50

Another masterpiece from your gallery. Very beautiful composition with excellent details and light.Very, very informative note. Congratulations Phillipe!
ziggy

loupiot (3909) 2005-02-03 5:58

Bonjour Philippe,
Encore une bien belle église! Cet édifice à une allure assez massive. Un bon cadrage comme d'habitude. Bravo pour la photo et pour l'excellente note qui l'accompagne.

hugolef (4909) 2005-02-03 6:26

Hello Philippe,
et une 'Papagolfade'(c) de plus dans ton escarcelle.
Dire que l'on passe à côté de nombreuses églises, sans se douter qu'elles ont bravé le temps, et qu'elles ont été les témoins de nos vies ...
Bon POV et DOF, belles couleurs.
Amicalement, Hugues.

dkeus31 (25984) 2005-02-03 6:36

Bon cadrage et belle église romane.
Dommage l'horrible montre sur le clocher...

danyy (68040) 2005-02-03 7:40

Bonjour Philippe,
Les églises sont souvent de jolis sujets à photographier, souvent ressemblante mais toujours différentes, bien entretenues.
Difficile de photographier un batiment dont certaines faces sont ombragées et d'autres sous le soleil.
Ici, la balance est bien effectuée.
Daniel.

alvaraalto (5227) 2005-02-03 7:40

Good shot! You can she that this old churches has a history of age. My attention was especially caught by the front façade. The gate with the Gothic, pointed arch and the window with the Roman, round arch window above.

CrissX (1093) 2005-02-03 8:26

Hi Philippe,
I see you are "man of church".Almost all your picture is architecture style and many includes church and castles.This one is beautifull, well placed church in photo.Clear and sharp, excelent colors.Very interesting notes and useful.

Steft (5962) 2005-02-03 12:04

You like churches, don't you? It's a nice picture of a beautiful church. I like the simple lines and the grey colours. Good sharpness, good composition.

carper (64130) 2005-02-03 12:07

lovely shot Philippe,
The church master, no doubt, very good composing shot, very good lines in it, good depth, good composition, very good job

jrj (34779) 2005-02-03 13:29

Another simple still well working compo of this church Philippe. Interesting placement of the clock there.

elihesamian (26091) 2005-02-03 13:41

1130 !!!
great shot,great note,very well done,and whata lovely sky you had in that day,Philippe,very nicely captured and witha fine POV you composed the all elements very nice,excellent work in your church serie.
nicely done.
Yours
M

nwoehnl (118) 2005-02-03 14:34

Bonsoir Philippe. You found yet another beautiful old church for us to enjoy - in addition to the usual pleasure of studying the architectural and textural details, my eyes are particularly drawn to this small clock on the tower. Nice framing and a lucky topping with the fluffy clouds. Very interesting historical notes, too.

MvS (4163) 2005-02-03 14:35

Philippe,
Very nice and sharp pictuer of this church.The note is very informative to say the least.
Is it a clock on the tower? - It looks a bit out of place...
Well done!
MvS

Tue (25608) 2005-02-03 17:48

Nice little church! Good lines and shadows. Well done!

maphoto (8076) 2005-02-03 19:43

Belle architecture encore une fois bien présentée, excellent lumière et ciel charmant, merci pour la note, bon travail.

singuanti (15240) 2005-02-03 22:09

I think you chose the perfect angle for this shot. We can see almost the entire church as well flowerbed. The note is fascinating too. Great shot!

ChrisJ (69588) 2005-02-04 3:40

Salut Philippe

I like the sidelighting from the south east & the superb blue sky & fluffy white clouds. The garden adds a splash of color (red). An informative accompanying note. Tres bon!

Jean-Luc (5488) 2005-02-04 6:19

Un beau cadrage dont je suis jaloux car toutes les églises que j'aimerais photographier sont soit entourées d'horribles véhicules soit plongées actuellement dans une grisaille attristante.
Merci pour ce beau travail et ce partage !
PS - Comme toujours note intéressante..

saintclaude (1398) 2005-02-04 14:19

De nouveau une vue remarquable de composition et de maîtrise des éléments, car malgré la lumière forte venant de la droite, la gauche du bâtiment reste lumineuse et détaillée, alors que le reste de l'église n'est pas surexposé. Magnifique, bravo! Claude

premels (2400) 2005-02-05 9:33

Quelle documentation !
J'aime bien l'aspect trapu du batiment et ses murs presqu'aveugles. Il doit faire sombre à l'intérieur.
Le cadran sur le clocher n'a sans doute pas 850 ans mais il a vécu quand même.
Belle lumière spécialement sur le porche. La porte semble intéressante ne vaut-elle pas une photo ?

Xalkida (11740) 2005-02-05 17:17

Excellent POV and sky for this interesting and old church! Very nice work!

Georges (11183) 2005-02-06 7:37

Pour ma part cette image devait être pas facile a faire surtout au niveaux des lumières et le résultat est superbe.
J'aime plus particulièrement l'angle choisi qui va parfaitement avec ce cadrage.
Je trouve aussi une forte compression est cela enlève un peut de netteté c'est dommage.
Bravo Philippe une bien belle prise

joseelias (367) 2005-02-19 15:06

What a stunning story this church has! Very nice POV. This diagonal vision from the lower part of the church create a strong and even dramatic composition by making it very imposing. Maybe I would like to have some more space at the left and top but nothing too serious. Great light and colors. You got lucky with that sky! :-)

pierrefonds (25953) 2007-10-22 4:40

Bonjour Philippe,

Une bonne prise de vue de cet église, la photo a une bonne composition, netteté et de belles couleurs. Bonne journée.

Pierre