Some of the architectural details to be seen on old buildings in the Loire Valley are not very easy to spot, and some people would not consider them important. But we take a different view.
As well as all the fine carving and fancy decoration, stone cutters and masons traditionally left individual marks on the stones they worked on. They were like a signature, put there to ensure the stone cutter got paid for each block he had cut. As you can imagine, there is a whole other history of the building that can be told by looking at masons' marks. We will also look at carpenters marks, witch marks and grafitti. They all have something fascinating to say.
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| Masons marks on our medieval barn. |
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