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