The Benedictine monastery in the Paslestinian village of Abu Ghosh is home to a late Romanesque/early Gothic-style church built by the Hospitaliers in 1140. We recorded impulse resonses and did 3D scans on August 3 2021.
IR recording - sine sweep and balloon pop
Church interior
3D scan (Leica BLK 360)
Aug 6, excerpts from Vespers (recorded with permission of the monks and nuns of St. Mary
vocal improvisation - concluding vespers
homophonic singing (from Vespers) - Benedictine monks and nuns
chant - vespers
Fresco by Byzantine artist (3rd quarter of the 12th century)
Note the cool halo occlusion
Muslim iconoclasm