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The Enigma of Medieval Acoustic Jars

02.22.2018

The "abbey of the angels" (abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Anges), built in the sixteenth century on the coast of western France, contains within its walls an exceptional collection of acoustic jars. What were they for? A team of archaeologists, acousticians, historians and musicologists have been trying to understand the technical and symbolic functions of this ingenious device.

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Original title:
The mysterious acoustic pots
Production year:
2018
Length:
7 min 58
Director:
Claude Delhaye
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CNRS Images
Speaker(s) :
Bénédicte PALAZZO-BERTHOLON
Jean-Christophe VALIERE
Mathieu DUPONT
David FIALA

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acoustic jar [6]
Church [7]
sung prayer [8]
Heritage [9]
Abbey of Angels [10]
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