[MR] Dover Castle restoration article

[Garth G. Groff]

Lord Barcsi and friends,

Yes, few remaining castles look like they actually did in the middle 
ages. Many, especially the great royal castles, were plastered and 
whitewashed inside and sometimes outside as well. Here is an example of 
a whitewashed interior in the Tower of London: 
http://www.toweroflondontour.com/bloodytw.html . By the Renaissance, 
many had richly paneled interiors. I was amazed to see a computer 
reconstruction of the Tower's Chapel of St. John. It looks like this 
today: http://www.toweroflondontour.com/stjohn.html , but in the middle 
ages, it was entirely plastered and painted, IIRC with alternating bands 
of red and white on the pillars, and the odd numbered stones of the 
arches picked out in bright blue.

If you want to take the virtual entire tour of the tower, go here: 
http://www.toweroflondontour.com/ , but be prepared for surprisingly 
loud medieval music on some pages.

Should any of you plan to visit England, you MUST see the Tower. Plan 
for most of day there. If you haven't done the Tower and Stonehenge, you 
really haven't been to England.

Kind regards,

Mungo Napier, Shire of Isenfir Unofficial Librarian
(mka Garth Groff, Cataloging Dept., UVA Libraries)