
The Church Cut into the Ground
How I imagined a church carved down into the rock, and what I borrowed from real stonework.

November 4, 2026 · 6 min
What I learned from handling a painted manuscript, and what a scribe’s day was like.
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A research letter every Monday: a source, a map, a decision and a page I threw away.

How I imagined a church carved down into the rock, and what I borrowed from real stonework.

A desk by a window, a clay pot of coffee and three hours before the world wakes.