tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post3909374828086751887..comments2024-03-28T08:30:15.957+01:00Comments on Invisible Paris: The Rue Maitre AlbertAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-84347087383714263212010-02-05T21:30:23.935+01:002010-02-05T21:30:23.935+01:00HHiP: Those magazines sound fascinating. I really ...HHiP: Those magazines sound fascinating. I really need to start getting hold of some old magazines, maps and guide books!<br /><br />An elephant fountain at the Bastille? I guess that would have been a white one..Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-11722607583598586642010-02-05T19:39:54.279+01:002010-02-05T19:39:54.279+01:00Today at Drouot I won a lot of L'illustration ...Today at Drouot I won a lot of L'illustration issues from the 1920s and 1930s. I just found an article in a 1938 issue called "Les Rues Menacées." Photographed is the Rue Maître-Albert with this caption: "Quartier Saint-Jacques. Autrefois rue Perdue. Son nom lui vient du dominicain Albert-le-Grand qui enseignait au XIIIe siècle sur la place Maubert." Just as Peter House Hunting in Parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07605254577592517115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-51764321858500747322010-02-04T21:41:31.651+01:002010-02-04T21:41:31.651+01:00Badaude: I fully expected the restaurant to make s...Badaude: I fully expected the restaurant to make some reference to the story, particularly with the chosen name 'L'Atelier', but <a href="http://www.ateliermaitrealbert.com/" rel="nofollow">no mention is made of it at all</a>. There is a rather strange message though that could make us think of the burnings at the Place Maubert - "Come discover the fire in our beautiful fireplaceAdamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-74156986596310934752010-02-04T20:21:58.598+01:002010-02-04T20:21:58.598+01:00Completely fascinating. I wondered about the origi...Completely fascinating. I wondered about the origin of the name when I ate at the Guy Savoy restaurant (one of the best dinners I had in Paris last year). Wonder whether I was eating in Albert's ex-lab...Badaudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11992931113750971552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-73996990240270849852010-02-04T09:56:52.609+01:002010-02-04T09:56:52.609+01:00HHiP: This website has very complete descriptions ...HHiP: <a href="http://www.paris-pittoresque.com/rues/index.htm" rel="nofollow">This website</a> has very complete descriptions of many streets, but doesn't cover all of them. Wikipedia is always a good resource too (<a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_voies_de_Paris" rel="nofollow">full list of street names here</a>), but as usual make sure you double check the information given Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-9195282815832556102010-02-03T11:48:48.948+01:002010-02-03T11:48:48.948+01:00Whether truth or myth, the story is fascinating, f...Whether truth or myth, the story is fascinating, from Albert to the poor printers.<br />You're a highly skilled mythogeographer.<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-76607943933984013602010-02-03T10:39:33.147+01:002010-02-03T10:39:33.147+01:00Mythogeographical … a nice term. I guess many stre...Mythogeographical … a nice term. I guess many streets in Paris could be concerned by this kind of exploration, which you do so well ! Impressed! I firmly believe that Maubert must be explained by Magister Albertus. This was obviously where he gave his lectures.PeterParishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-20296522071026552502010-02-03T01:38:57.917+01:002010-02-03T01:38:57.917+01:00Strange, as if the poor printers were paying for A...Strange, as if the poor printers were paying for Albertus' delving into the unhallowed.ArtSparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-56033902695398584952010-02-03T01:24:05.725+01:002010-02-03T01:24:05.725+01:00Fascinating! Do you have any suggestions for book...Fascinating! Do you have any suggestions for books (in French or in English) that talk about the origins of Parisian street names like you do in this post? Thanks!House Hunting in Parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07605254577592517115noreply@blogger.com