SC - hypoglycaemia
Serian
serian at uswest.net
Wed Jun 21 10:22:14 PDT 2000
Hello the List!
Stefan wrote some of these comments (I think), and I forgot to check whose
the others were. Sorry.
>You need flames, but...
>Not necessarily in the same place.
>
No, but this is a krak all by itself on the top of a hill, under siege for
18 months. Still, they may have made charcoal outside the building, that is
true. I wonder if the Brother Armourer (or whatever they called him) did
it?
>A very common occupation throughout period and right up to the
>beginning of the 20th century is Charcoaler.
Wahoo! Brother Charcoaler, right up there with all the important people
like Brother Vinter!
>The use of charcoal for fuel would have eliminated all sparking,
>popping and uncontrolled burning, and allowed a shorter chimney
>stack, just as was posited earlier.
Agreed. I'm just not sure it was possible in this instance. I'd hate to be
Brother Wood-gatherer...
The chimney was unusually short, to my eye. I would guess, from memory, at
about 9 feet. Please note that this is not an accurate measurement at this
stage.
When my mother-in-law arrives in 3 weeks, we're planning to inflict all the
Crusader edifices on her, or as many as possible, including a visit to a
Crusader church where one can still attend a Latin Mass. I will measure the
chimney of the Belvoir kitchen at that stage (I can see the park ranger's
face now) and take as many pictures as I can. If you have any requests for
pictures, let me know now.
Cairistiona
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