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St. John's, the Anglican chapel in Markyate, Hertfordshire. This is a layperson's attempt (made by children I would guess) at representing or 'translating' the notion of "Water of Life", traditionally a reference to the Holy Spirit, in a visual language that connects past and present.
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Irlanda - Kilkenny - Castillo
ENGLISH:
Kilkenny Castle was built in 1195 to control a fording-point of the River Nore and the junction of several routeways. It was a symbol of Norman occupation and in its original thirteenth-century condition it would have formed an important element of the defences of the town with four large circular corner towers and a massive ditch, part of which can still be seen today on the Parade.
It has been an important site since Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, commonly known as Strongbow constructed the first castle, probably a wooden structure, in the 12th century. The Anglo-Normans had established a castle in 1173, possibly on the site of an earlier residence of the Mac Giolla Phádraig kings of Osraighe. Kilkenny formed part of the lordship of Leinster, which was granted to Strongbow. Strongbow’s daughter and heiress, Isabel married William Marshall in 1189. The Earl Marshall owned large estates in Ireland, England, Wales and France and managed them effectively. He appointed Geoffrey fitz Robert as seneschal of Leinster and so began a major phase of development in Kilkenny, including the construction of Kilkenny Castle and the agreement of rents and privileges with burgesses or citizens of the borough. The first stone castle on the site, was completed in 1213. This was a square-shaped castle with towers at each corner; three of these original four towers survive to this day
The property was transferred to the people of Kilkenny in 1967 and the castle and grounds are now managed by the Office of Public Works. The gardens and parkland adjoining the castle are open to the public. The Parade Tower is a conference venue. Awards and conferring ceremonies of the graduates of "Kilkenny Campus" of National University of Ireland, Maynooth have been held there since 2002.
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ESPAÑOL:
El Castillo de Kilkenny está situado en la localidad homónima del Condado irlandés de Kilkenny. Esta fue la residencia de la familia Butler, antes llamada FitzWalter. Pasó a manos del Estado y fue abierto al público.
Parte de la Galería de Arte Nacional se encuentra en el lugar. En el lado que da hacia la ciudad hay jardines ornantales. Este castillo es uno de los lugares más visitados por los turistas en Irlanda.
La fundación del castillo se remonta hacia el año 1190 perteneciendo a la familia Butler desde el siglo XIV hasta 1920, fecha en que Martin Breyer lo adquirió. Las principales estancias son la biblioteca, el comedor, la habitación china y la Longa Gallery.
El castillo actual está localizado sobre un terreno elevado en la ribera del Río Nore. Esta situación estratégica fue en dónde estaba situado el castillo de los monarcas locales, la familia O'Carroll (840), O´Dunphys y Fitzpatricks, antes de la invasión normanda de Irlanda.
Richard de Clare, segundo conde de Pembroke (conocido como Strongbow) construyó la primera torre normanda en este lugar en 1172. Veinte años más tarde su yerno, William Marshal conde de Pembroke, puso la primera piedra del castillo en el mismo lugar en que estaban situadas las torres, de las cuales se conservan tres en la actualidad.
La familia Butler llegó a Irlanda con la invasión normanda, cambiando su nombre por el de Walter en 185. El castillo pasó a manos de Sir Gilbert de Bohun quien heredó el castillo y el condado de manos de su madre en 1270. En el año 1300 fue expulsado por Eduardo I de Inglaterra pero se reinstaló en 1303, conservándolo hasta su muerte en 1381.
Fish symbol. Saarijärvi, Meltaus. Rovaniemi, Finland.
Samanistinen kalariimu tunnetaan useista alkuperäiskulttuureissa muodon hieman vaihdellessa. Kala oli muinais-suomalaiselle shamaanille voimakas apuhenki matkoilla toisiin todellisuuksiin. Symboli on myös ikivanha maaäidin tunnus. Akka on saamelaisessa mytologiassa voimallinen jumalatar.
The Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye, surrounded by dramatic clouds and misty outlines, a symbol of the wild beauty of Scotland.
The placing of miniature conical figures molded of clay and used as offerings, placed in shrines and or stupas.
Tsa-tsa are clay impressions made with a metal mould containing the hollowed, reversed image of a deity or sacred symbol. The stamped images are dried in the sun and in some cases fired into hardness.
In the course of a thorough restoration, on April 19, 1991, the reliquary, which was kept in a leather case, was recovered from a sealed cavity in the head of the crucified Christ. It had been there for a good 600 years, nobody knew about his Existence.
The five by four centimeter silver figure in the form of a butterfly contains a cross relic and shows one executed in enamel technique on the front
Crucifixion scene with Mary and John under the cross of Jesus.
The valuable enamel work was probably made in France in the early 14th century (possibly Paris, probably around 1310/1320).
The butterfly, this image of transformation, miracle, resurrection, in the back of the head of the Crucified. Symbolism speaks without words; the butterfly reliquary can be seen in the original in the Regensburg Cathedral Treasure.
París (France)
La Torre Eiffel, símbolo de París y todo un orgullo para los parisinos.
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I found these red Poppies, the traditional symbol for remembrance of WWI as a small mural on the end of a padmount transformer in the ANZAC Memorial park in Sandgate, Brisbane last week.
So it is fitting for them to take their place in the three Remembrance Day shots for today, 11 November 2022.
I also remember my best mate Noel whose birthday it is today and who I met on the first day of High School in 1968. Noel sadly left us in 2011. Gone too soon. We cried a bit but had some wonderful laughs together over the years. You never replace the loss of a best mate, they forever own a piece of your heart.
The Bull has been and continues to be a strong symbol and a living icon in our lives. Those that know them revere them for their fertile nature. They will graze and ruminate and add fertility to the ground they adorn. One bull can sire a heard and not many bulls see great age as only the chosen are kept and they need to fulfil a purpose. King for the day and King for the year have not as many days and years as others and yet who would be the bull not chosen? I would if that is my choice, many though want to be Top Dog and Chief Bull.
This magnificent Bull in Bo’ness had me thinking of Pictish Art and their Symbol Stones. Their animal symbols survive to this day where their language is now none existent. The wonderfully evocative decorated stones are found at Pictish Sites with the striking lines flowing and curling like waves of energy form both the outlines and internal structure of the subjects. At Burghead in Moray several Bull symbols were found leading some to believe that the Bull was a symbol venerated here, maybe a marker not unlike those later used in Heraldry to tell a story of identity that is linked to landscape and to those who control it. The notion of totems as good luck and potent identifying markers of person and of people, of individual and of tribe to set a motif of identity within this material world and an icon within all spiritual realms too.
This particular carved stone is displayed in London in The British Museum and thought so highly of that a replica cast is held in Edinburgh at The National Museums Scotland. This Bull is also incorporated into the current Logo for The Moray Society Elgin Museum. There is a cast in The Elgin Museum amongst other Pictish Symbol Stones. The symbol stones from Burghead are numbered 1-6 and this one is catalogued as,
Burghead 5, Moray, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: 0.53m, W 0.53m, D 0.08m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NJ c 109 691
Present location: British Museum, London (1861.10-24.1) (cast in Elgin Museum)
Evidence for discovery: one of many bull carvings said to have been found during quarrying of the wall of the upper citadel to find building stones from around 1800 onwards, of which six have survived (Macdonald 1862). This stone was found sometime before 1809, when it was exhibited at a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and it was in private hands in London for many years before being presented to the British Museum.
Present condition: good.
Description
The triangular shape of this slab may indicate the preferred form for these bull stones from Burghead. One broad face is incised with the most ferocious image of a bull to have survived, pacing angrily towards the right with his head lowered far down and his tail swishing across his rump.
Date: seventh century.
This is a cast of a stone found at Burghead in Moray. It is one of a number of stones carved with bull symbols, found in and around the site of the Pictish fortress at Burghead. They date from between 500 and 800.
Like the other stones, the bull is naturalistically depicted, with scrolls defining the joints where the limbs meet the body.
The large fort at Burghead was a major Pictish settlement. A number of carvings have been found there, many depicting bulls. Various theories have been put forward to explain their significance, including religious, territorial emblems or clan totems.
“Interpretation of the stones' original role has varied. Some scholars have suggested they were displayed on the fort's ramparts as symbols of power; others have seen them as having a votive role in a frieze as part of a pagan fertility cult; while others argue they were standing stones lining a processional route through the ramparts, a role suggested by their likely original kite-shaped form.”
Noble, Gordon (2019). “Fortified settlement in northern Pictland,” Noble, Gordon; Evans, Nicholas, The King in the North: The Pictish Realms of Fortriu and Ce, Birlinn, Edinburgh. Quote p.54, ISBN 178027551X. 1788851935, 9781788851930
The British Museum, reference below, records,
Exhibition history
Exhibited:
2001-2002 12 Dec-28 Feb, Leeds, Henry Moore Institute, The Unidentified Museum Object
1998 18 Apr-12 Jul, Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Celtic Art
Camore, reference below, records.
Exhibited at the Society of Antiquaries in London in 1809.
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At the moment of poo you are able to see the lifted tail in shadow and hear the cycle of living and giving without poo visuals.]
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Elgin Museum Carved Stone Collection
Burghead 5, cast of syMbol stone with bull (ELGNM 1892.1)
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Burghead Bulls
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Burghead Bull (cast)
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The Burghead Bull
On display (G41) (G41)
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The Burghead Bull Canmore
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Noble, Gordon and Evans, Nicholas, The King in the North, The Pictish Realms of Fortriu and Ce, Birlinn, Edinburgh, 2019.
detta är vår symbol för vår stad Göteborg lejonet med svärdet och kronan och skölden med tre kronor i
This is our symbol of our city Gothenburg lion with the sword and the crown and the shield with three crowns in
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