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Doors, Shutters and Windows from Overseas
This is a follow up of the Doors of Rome series posted a little while ago. Now, encompassing other Cities and Countries. Many more images to follow ……………..
White flowers in shaded late-afternoon light, with a kiss of magenta on their shy petals. A tiny pearl of light can be seen on the lower flower's petal, like a tear-drop made of diamond. A beautiful dream. (Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Gardens)
Marmorpalais (Marble House), Neuer Garten, Potsdam
"The Marble House is romantically situated on a terraced site directly on the lakeshore in the New Garden. King Frederick William II had the structure with its exterior accents of Silesian marble erected from 1787–93 as a summer residence. His architect Carl von Gontard thus created the first and only Prussian royal palace in the early Neoclassical style. The palace and garden served as a secluded retreat for the artistically inclined king, who had an enthusiasm for Rosicrucian ideas." (www.spsg.de/en/palaces-gardens/object/marble-house)
Gorgeous lines and shadows of a very large tropical leaf. I believe they call this an "Elephant Ear" leaf. I can see the resemblance. (Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum Gardens in San Jose, CA)
MASONRY
Women's Grand Lodge of Uruguay (Francmasonry)
Alchemical, Christian, Templar, Rosicrucian, and Masonic symbolisms
Architect Humberto Pittamiglio
The Castillo Pittamiglio is a building located in the city of Montevideo ( Uruguay ), more precisely Francisco Vidal Street, between September 21 and Rambla de Montevideo , at the Trouville point of the Punta Carretas neighborhood . The façade facing the promenade exhibits a replica of the Victory of Samothrace , representing "the victory of life", made by the Italian-Uruguayan sculptor Pedro Piccioli, which makes the building emblematic of the Montevideo coast.
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A gorgeous white lotus glories in the sunlight while a large golden fish rests hidden in the shadows amongst the lotus pads. (Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum)
Taken at the Egyptian Rosicrucian Museum, San Jose, California.
Khnumhotep (next image) was brought into the presence of Osiris by his son Horus, having become 'true of voice' or 'justified'.
This was a standard epithet applied to dead individuals in their texts.
Osiris is shown seated under a canopy, with his sisters Isis and Nephthys.
Osiris is the god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life, and vegetation in ancient Egyptian religion. He was classically depicted as a green-skinned deity with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive atef crown, and holding a symbolic crook and flail. He was one of the first to be associated with the mummy wrap.
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Collegehill House was once the Old Rosslyn Inn where many people stayed including those visitors and pilgrims to Rosslyn Chapel. The presence of seashells has some people linking this Chapel to The Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, this the sacred ways to the Santiago de Compostela cathedral in Spain to the shrine at the burial place of the Apostle St James. The place of Rosslyn and the family that built both the Castle and Chapel here are linked to Scottish Rite Masonry and are heralded as the Hereditary Grand Masters. The National Bard of Scotland Robert Burns’ stayed in the Old Rosslyn Inn with Alexander Naismith in 1787. Robert Burns wrote,
Epigram At Roslin Inn.
My blessings on ye, honest wife!
I ne’er was here before;
Ye’ve wealth o’ gear for spoon and knife-
Heart could not wish for more.
Heav’n keep you clear o’ sturt and strife,
Till far ayont fourscore,
And while I toddle on thro’ life,
I’ll ne’er gae by your door!
There are stories of Robert Burns’ inscribing on plate and though that one seems lost to history there is a whole industry of Burns’ memorabilia and there are plates galore both old and new showing Robert Burns’.
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Welcome to Rosslyn Chapel
Alexander Nasmyth drawing of Rosslyn Castle showing both the artist and Robert Burns.
The date added to the picture appears to be wrong and it is suggested, “perhaps done by Nasmyth’s son, James.” Once you think of the date being added the initials AN and RB seem out of place in the picture and you can wonder if link was needed to make the drawing more valuable with AN and RB being indicated as the figures included?
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Robert Burns at Rosslyn Castle (painted from a sketch by the artist's father, Alexander Nasmyth)
James Nasmyth (1808–1890)
Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture
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The shadowy statue of the Egyptian goddess, Sekhmet, at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, CA. The lighting in the gallery is superb for capturing the mood. It is a unique challenge, as there are no flash or tripods allowed, and the room has very low lighting.
I don't know what happened to this fellow's legs. Some short--midgets? dwarfs?-- people have particularly short legs, but I have never seen anyone like this.
2018: Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
A gorgeous crimson red feathered Cockscomb variety. This variety is often used in Africa for medicine and for eating. This plant is found in the beautiful gardens of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum and Gardens in San Jose, CA.
Akhenaten was a pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty. He is especially noted for abandoning the traditional Egyptian polytheism, and introducing monotheistic worship centered on the Egyptian creator god, Aten, represented by the sun. His Chief Royal Wife was Nefertiti and he is known to be the father of famous boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun.
Philosopher Pythagoras gazes upward toward the Cosmas, a term that he coined, which means "something beautiful to look at".
Pythagoras (ca. 570 - 490 BCE) deeply influenced astronomy, cosmology, mathematics, and philosophy especially the Rosicrucian Tradition.
A gorgeous blue curl of an Echeveria succulent plant. We believe this to be of the "Duchess of Nurnberg" variety. This plant is part of the beautifully landscaped gardens of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, labyrinth, and gardens in San Jose, CA.
Just got back from a Labor Day weekend trip, Mojave Desert & Yosemite National Park. Can't wait to show you the pictures. In the studio today, trying to catch up! Hope everyone had a safe holiday! :)
The pink lotus, in full glory enjoying the late afternoon sunlight. (Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Gardens in San Jose, CA)
Ancient Egyptian grain from the 5th Dynasty preserved by time and elements, offered on a stone platter; on display at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, CA. (Happy Macro Monday! :)
A large golden fish swims among the lotus and pads, and her smaller friends. She has been a resident on the grounds of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum and Gardens in San Jose, CA for many years. :)
A beautiful clay Ptolemaic water jar, adorned with a gold foil decorative garland around its neck. (Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, CA)
A beautiful example of an alabaster jar used by the ancient Egyptians for various cosmetics, perfumes, and oils. (Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum)
*Repost May 20, 2016 for write-up.
Chalet of Condessa D'Edla, Parques da Pena, Sintra. Portugal
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Hidden in the middle of the Moon Hill, the Chalet of Countess d'Edla in Sintra, has been one of the best kept secrets of Pena Park since its construction in the nineteenth century. After recovery, is open to the public.
The cottage was built by King Fernado II and his second wife Elise Hensler, Countess d'Edla, an opera singer Swiss-American, between 1869 and 1875, a plot of Pena Park.
With an unusual structure for Portugal, the cottage was inspired by the buildings of the Swiss mountains, but coated with domestic materials, such as cork, framing every window and exterior door. Also the facade is entirely in brick, but painted to imitate wood, similar to American homes. In the decoration of the Chalet of Countess d'Edla are several elements highlighted, but many attribute them esoteric meanings and associations to Rosicrucians...
Outside, 1.5 acres of parkland and gardens surround the building, with some rare examples where vegetation and colorful flowers brighten the landscape. Various sources and natural sights to the Pena Palace are secrets to discover along the various circuits in this park possible tour of leafy vegetation
A close-up detail of Pharaoh Amenhotep III (Rosicrucian Museum). My first study in museum photography. (San Jose, CA - Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum)
Grape Leaf
Rosicrucian Museum Gardens
San Jose, California
Vintage Lens, Olympus OM1 Zuiko 1:1.8 50mm
Thursday Monochrome - Donnerstagsmonochrom
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A relief depicting the Assyrian King Esarhaddon, famous for rebuilding Babylon after conquering Egypt around 671 B.C. (San Jose, CA - Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum)
A rare cylinder from ~ 604-605 B.C. One of only four of its kind in the world, this cylinder is inscribed by King Nebuchadnezzar II, ruler of Babylonia, and it was found in a temple wall. It commemorates the building of a temple to the sun-god Shamash, in the Biblical city of Ellasar (Lasar).
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Gardens
San Jose, CA
This is the actual mummified body of an Egyptian Noble man. This is the same as what is inside most of the sarcophagi found in the tombs, even today. (San Jose, CA - Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum)
A more detailed view of the Egyptian Goddess Sekhmet in very dark, mysterious lighting. The lighting the museum chose really set the mood for this display. (San Jose, CA - Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum)
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
San Jose
California
This mummy was found in Usermontu's coffin dates back to 600 B.C. X-rays showed that he has an iron splint surgically implanted in his leg.