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 |    Not for the faint of art. |
| Short one today, to balance out yesterday's. From Atlas Obscura: John Calvin's Chair  Cathédrale de Saint-Pierre Geneva, Switzerland A plain wooden seat that once belonged to one of the most prominent figures of the Protestant Reformation. In the Cathédrale de Saint-Pierre in Geneva, Switzerland, a high-backed wooden chair sits in a place of honor. It’s roped off so that nobody can sit in the seat, where the French preacher John Calvin sat more than 500 years ago. At least they're not claiming it's made of wood from the True Cross. From the pulpit at St. Pierre Cathedral, he preached about the importance of religious scriptures and the concept of predestination, which held that certain people were set on a path for salvation from the very beginning of their lives. Which apparently involved a lot of sitting. The chair of Calvin is a plain-looking wooden chair with a trapezoidal base and narrow backrest. I just wanna know one thing: Did it have room for Hobbes, too? |
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