If M is a finite complemented modular lattice with n atoms and D is a bounded distributive lattice, then the Priestley power M [D] is shown to be isomorphic to the poset of normal elements of Dn, thus solving a problem of E. T. Schmidt from 1974. It is shown that there exist a finite modular lattice A not having M4 as a sublattice and a finite modular lattice B such that A⊗B is not semimodular,...