#nc state

Two: Audio of John Donne’s Gunpowder Day Sermon as it would have sounded, with acoustics from 1622. Part of the North Carolina State's  Virtual Paul’s Cross Project.

“We know that large crowds showed up to hear Donne’s sermons, but it was unclear whether they could even hear what was being said. By using the models we created for this project, we learned that the courtyard space allowed sound to reverberate, amplifying the voice of the speaker.”

–Dr John Wall, professor of English at NC State