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This is the front of a Photo Album which was probably made by Cecil Sharp following his visit to Winster on 4 July 1908.
This particular album is incomplete. There is another similiar Album in Winster Morris Dancers Set which was complete when these images were made (November 2008). The complete Album contains a display of six photographs (each 3" x 2") which have been mounted and glued down to expose the photograph. All of the photographs are reproduced in this Set.
The photograph on the back of the two covers is identical. It seems reasonable to infer that Sharp had a number of these Albums made up and that he may have sent them to various people in Winster.
Two of the images from the Album pages have been reproduced in this Set to illustrate the double page layout.
Sharp (or his assistant) took many photographs during his visit and many examples are included in this Set..
Sharp's visit has been well documented elsewhere but not on this site.
Some of his photographs have been published (before 1992) as modern postcards by the English Folk Dance & Song Society. Examples of some of these postcards are also included in this Set.
This image is reproduced by kind permission on Roland Corfield.
Edward Sharp started making confectionery in the 1880s. The Macaw was introduced in 1915 with the slogan "Sharp's Toffee Speaks for Itself". The Super-Kreem line was introduced in 1919. Sharp's became the world's largest toffee manufacturer. They were taken over by Trebor in 1961.
Tenor sax, piano, double bass and drums, this jazz ensemble has a warm, singing tone and a to-die-for rhythm section that comes to the Drill Hall on 05.11.11
This Sharp Shinned Hawk was sitting on the fence with a mixed flock of 30 or so small birds constantly sounding the alarm. I am not sure if he ever got one.
This is part of a series of images I took of my Musashi 1060 steel series katana. This sword has a real clay temper line (hamon).
This creates a differentially
hardened blade that has a 'soft' and thus resilient spine, along with a hard cutting edge that can be made very sharp, and will hold its edge. This is the way that
katanas have traditionally been made, and what makes them so impressive.
Shot with a Lumix G85 against a black velvet backdrop.
Normally in this type of photography the black backdrop is 'invisible' as a solid color, but in this series that is not the case, and I think that adds a lot to these images.
- Josh
Sgt. 1st Class Ebens Jeremie, JMTC victim advocate, speaks with soldiers about the Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) Program during a SHARP information drive at the Grafenwoehr Post Exchange, April 15. The U.S. Army in Europe uses Sexual Assault Awareness Month observances to increase awareness and promote action in the fight to eradicate sexual harassment and sexual assault in the Army.
The sun inched around on to these and I only just had enough time to dash off and get my camera before the edges had all melted.
Just playing... Quite like the sharp lines... wish i could figure out how to keep the middle bits clear... tis a fussy plugin!
I meant to hit the privacy button on this shot and add more images to make a set. Thank you for your comments. The next set on my stream will be the last one I post for about a month. I am going on a trip to the south and mid-west US.
Happy birdng everyone.
I finally got another camera - a gently used D300s - so I'm back in business. And what better way to break in a new camera than to take a trip to Cape May. Fall migration was in full swing, with raptors and songbirds a plenty. Sharp-shinned Hawks (aka Sharpies) zipped overhead in every direction. liked how the sun shined through the feathers.
- www.kevin-palmer.com - Even though it was a warm day, the cold air by Clear Creek kept the intricate ice formations and frost crystals from melting.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel (Dutch: Basiliek van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Scherpenheuvel, French: Basilique de Notre Dame de Montaigu) is a Roman Catholic parish church and minor basilica in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Belgium. The church was consecrated in 1627 and raised to the status of a minor basilica in 1922. It is reputedly the most frequently visited shrine of pilgrimage in Belgium. While the cult on the Scherpenheuvel (or Sharp Hill) is older, its present architectural layout and its enduring importance are due to the patronage of the Archdukes Albert and Isabella and the Counter-Reformation.
For many years the Marian cult on the Scherpenheuvel centered on a small statue of the Virgin Mary that hung in an oak tree on top of the hill. According to the foundation legend a shepherd noticed that the image had fallen to the ground and decided to take it home. When he had lifted it, he discovered he was unable to move. As the herd did not return in the evening, his master got worried and went to look for the shepherd. Only by restoring the statue to its original place in the oak tree could the master release the shepherd, thereby discovering the spiritual importance of the site. The veracity of this story is impossible to ascertain. It is however clear that the inhabitants of the nearby town of Zichem would frequent the site in the second half of the sixteenth century whenever a member of the family suffered from illness. They would traditionally walk round the tree three times while praying.
Zichem was part of the barony of Diest, a possession of the House of Orange-Nassau. In the course of the Dutch Revolt the barony changed hands several times. While occupied by forces of the United Provinces between 1580 and 1583, the statue was removed in an act of iconoclasm. After the town was retaken by Alexander Farnese, the parishioners of Zichem restored the cult in 1587. It was later claimed that they did so after discovering the original statue and returning it to the tree. From then on the cult of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel began to expand. Soldiers and almoners of the Army of Flanders that were stationed in nearby Diest or Zichem helped to spread its reputation.
After an official enquiry, Mathias Hovius, Archbishop of Mechelen, approved the cult of Scherpenheuvel in 1604. The approval was accompanied by the publication of a collection of miracles ascribed to the intercession of the Virgin of Scherpenheuvel in Dutch, French and Spanish. An English translation followed in 1606. Philip Numan, who had authored the collection, produced two more editions (1605 and 1606) as well as three more collections (1613–1614, 1617 and 1617–1618) in short succession. Latin versions were published by the famous humanists Justus Lipsius (1605) and Erycius Puteanus (1622). Lesser authors would produce continuations up to 1706. According to these publications, close to 700 miracles were credited to the intercession of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel in the course of the seventeenth century. The Latin collections in particular caused a lot of controversy among theologians, with Calvinist authors ridiculing the whole idea of miraculous intercession by saints.
Meanwhile, it had been decided in 1602 to remove the statue from the oak tree and house it in a small wooden chapel nearby. Within the year the chapel proved too small and was replaced by a modest stone edifice. Its foundation stone was laid on 13 July 1603 by Count Frederik van den Bergh on behalf of the Archdukes Albert and Isabella. From that point on the Archdukes showed great interest in the development of the shrine. Attributing the recent relief of the besieged town of 's-Hertogenbosch to the intercession of the Virgin, Albert and Isabella made their first pilgrimage to Scherpenheuvel on 20 November 1603. It would soon become a yearly pilgrimage that took place in May or June and lasted the nine days of a novena.
Under the patronage of the Archdukes, the emerging shrine was raised to the status of a town in 1605 and of an independent parish in 1610. Their support helped to ensure the grant of a papal indulgence on 16 September 1606, the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. In the previous summer the stone chapel was surrounded by a closed garden or Hortus Conclusus in the shape of a heptagon. Shortly after reaching a cease-fire with the United Provinces, Albert and Isabella announced on 28 April 1607 that they would build a vast church and surround it with a planned and fortified town. The foundation stone of the third and present church was laid by them in person on 2 July 1609, the feast of the Visitation.
With the bell tower left unfinished, the church was dedicated by Archbishop Jacobus Boonen in June 1627. In order to ensure that a sufficient number of priests would be available to meet the needs of the ever growing number of pilgrims, the shrine was handed over to the Oratorians. They built a convent behind the church and connected the two buildings with a long corridor. The Oratorians took care of the sanctuary until the French Republic annexed the Austrian Netherlands and dissolved all monasteries. The church then returned to the status of a parish church.