[gothic-l] Re: Gothology

[keth at ONLINE.NO]

Nikolai wrote:
>Yes, ...this has been a belief/interest of mine, aside from the other
>areas of study. I do believe that the Goths played into the Gothic
>architectural style, but it will be years before I can properly prove
>or disprove it (to my own satisfaction, that is).

There is a book about the architecture of the Langobards,
that you might care to take a look at. They built lots
of stone buildings in Italy, and are supposed to have created
their own style. The book has lots of photographs.
In particular attention is payed to the decorative patterns
used by the Langobards in architecture, especially the
kinds of wavy lines that surround frieses and such.

Keth


>Something that I have missed here (on this group), though, is what
>evidence there is to support the hypotheses of the Goths being
>Germanic in origin instead of Scandzan.

Gothic is supposed to form a third group, that is neither
"Scandinavian" nor "German". It doesn't have to be either
the one or the other. Once you accept the possibility
that there are two groups, there can equally well have been
three.

Keth



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