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Good Shepherd Parish was founded in 1868 by Elizabeth Colt, a wealthy Victorian lady with a vision of a church where the owners, management and laborers at the Colt Armory could worship together. Its church was consecrated, the following year. In 1895, Mrs. Colt built a spacious, three-story parish house to be a community center for the parish and its neighborhood. When she died in 1905, she left a trust fund to help provide for the parish’s continuing maintenance and ministry.
The church was built in memorial to Colonel Samuel Colt and three of his children who died in infancy. The consecration was January 28, 1869. Its architect was Edward Tuckerman Potter of New York. The style was early English / Gothic with Portland freestone and Ohio sandstone.
'While there has been a church at the site of Holy Sepulchre for much longer, the current building dates from c.1450 when it was ‘newly re-edified or builded’ by Sir John Popham. The walls, porch and most of the tower all date from this rebuilding.
The interior is a polyglot of different styles and re-designs. The church was completely gutted in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and the interior had to be totally re-built. The legend is that Sir Christopher Wren was supposed to do the work, but the Church Wardens at the time got bored of waiting and organised it themselves! Since then the interior has been substantially changed a number of times: in 1712; in 1737; in 1790 in 1834; in 1878; in 1932; and 1955.
There are two significant chapels in the church, The Royal Fusiliers Chapel in the South-East of the church, The Musicians’ Chapel on the North side of the Nave.'
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These are some more shots of my Tour to Europe in Sept - Nov 2012. I has been a while since I last saw them.. great to be able to catch up on them at last!
This was my last day of the Cosmos Tour Oct 17, 2012 Spain. I took a morning trip to Toledo from Madrid.
One of the most outstanding features of the Cathedral is the Baroque altarpiece called El Transparente. Its name refers to the unique illumination provided by a large skylight cut very high up into the thick wall across the ambulatory behind the high altar, and another hole cut into the back of the altarpiece itself to allow shafts of sunlight to strike the tabernacle. This lower hole also allows persons in the ambulatory to see through the altarpiece to the tabernacle, so that they are seeing though its transparency, so to speak. The work was commissioned by Diego de Astorga y Céspedes, Archbishop of Toledo, who wished to mark the presence of the Holy Sacrament with a glorious monument. El Transparente is several storeys high and is extraordinarily well-executed with fantastic figures done in stucco, painting, bronze castings, and multiple colors of marble; it is a masterpiece of Baroque mixed media by Narciso Tomé and his four sons (two architects, one painter and one sculptor). The illumination is enhanced when the Mass is being said in the mornings and the sun shines from the east, shafts of sunlight from the appropriately oriented skylight striking the tabernacle through the hole in the back of the retable, giving the impression that the whole altar is rising to heaven. The fully Baroque display contrasts strongly with the predominant Gothic style of the cathedral. The cathedral is also illuminated through more than 750 stained glass windows from the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, the work of some of the greatest masters of the times.
Hartford, Connecticut
NRHP #75001925
Good Shepherd Parish was founded in 1868 by Elizabeth Colt, a wealthy Victorian lady with a vision of a church where the owners, management and laborers at the Colt Armory could worship together. Its church was consecrated, the following year. In 1895, Mrs. Colt built a spacious, three-story parish house to be a community center for the parish and its neighborhood. When she died in 1905, she left a trust fund to help provide for the parish’s continuing maintenance and ministry.
The church was built in memorial to Colonel Samuel Colt and three of his children who died in infancy. The consecration was January 28, 1869. Its architect was Edward Tuckerman Potter of New York. The style was early English / Gothic with Portland freestone and Ohio sandstone.
Cimetière de Montmartre
Christ lay in the bonds of death
Delivered for our sins,
He has risen again
And has brought us life ;
We must be joyful for this,
Praise God and be grateful to Him
and sing
Hallelujah !
PS : I could not find any good interpretation on youtube....
the best one : Cantüs Cölln and the Bach Collegium of Japon.
Fanny Hainchelin
née Dufour, le 9 juin 1852 - décédée à Nice le 27 janvier 1900
j'ai été frappée par la beauté de cette scène, les couleurs, l'étrangeté qui flotte au travers des grilles de la chapelle, l'intemporalité, le bleu de la robe et du voile de Marie, l'expression de l'enfant.
The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (Catalan pronunciation: [səˈɣɾaðə fəˈmiɫiə]; English: Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family), is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926). Although incomplete, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site,[5] and in November 2010 Pope Benedict XVI consecrated and proclaimed it a minor basilica,[6][7][8] as distinct from a cathedral which must be the seat of a bishop.
Construction of Sagrada Família had commenced in 1882 and Gaudí became involved in 1883,[5] taking over the project and transforming it with his architectural and engineering style, combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms. Gaudí devoted his last years to the project, and at the time of his death at age 73 in 1926 less than a quarter of the project was complete.[9] Sagrada Família's construction progressed slowly, as it relied on private donations and was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War, only to resume intermittent progress in the 1950s. Construction passed the midpoint in 2010 with some of the project's greatest challenges remaining[9] and an anticipated completion date of 2026, the centenary of Gaudí's death.
The basílica has a long history of dividing the citizens of Barcelona: over the initial possibility it might compete with Barcelona's cathedral, over Gaudí's design itself,[10] over the possibility that work after Gaudí's death disregarded his design,[10] and the recent proposal to build an underground tunnel of Spain's high-speed rail link to France which could disturb its stability.[11] Describing Sagrada Família, art critic Rainer Zerbst said, "It is probably impossible to find a church building anything like it in the entire history of art"[12] and Paul Goldberger called it, "The most extraordinary personal interpretation of Gothic architecture since the Middle Ages."[13]
Mid-18th-Century Reception Room
The richly painted and gilded wooden ceiling and panelled walls of this room – a reconstruction from a Macedonian mansion – recall a time when these crafts flourished in the region, as local merchants prospered under Ottoman rule.
The growth of the export trade between the cities of Macedonia and central European countries created a wealthy bourgeois class which came into contact with Western civilisation. Aware of their strength, and given the strict boundaries of the society in which they lived, they gave their houses a form and size that would allow them to enjoy their wealth in an illusion of freedom.
The mansions ('archontika') were basically three-storey houses. The ground-floor was given over to storage rooms, and the ancillary rooms were in the courtyard. On the middle floor were rooms for winter residence, as well as an interior wooden balcony, called 'iliakos'. The top floor, which was constructed of lighter materials and enlarged by the addition of 'sachnisia' (covered balconies), housed the reception rooms.
The houses had rich interior decoration, with wood-carved panelling, wall-paintings, and transom windows of stained glass. Such mansions are preserved mainly in the mountain towns of western Macedonia, like Kastoria, Siatista and Kozani, and date from the late 17th to the 19th century. [ www.macedonian-heritage.gr/HellenicMacedonia/en/B3.2.1.2....]
Location: Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
Date: January 2010
The Benaki Museum gives a panoramic view of Greek history from the Stone Age (7000 BC) to the 20th century, by way of Classical Greece and the eras of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires. Over 20,000 objects are laid out in chronological order in 36 rooms, showing the evolution of Greek painting, sculpture and handicrafts
Τοποθεσία: Μουσείο Μπενάκη, Αθήνα, Ελλάδα
Ημερομηνία: Ιανουάριο 2010
Αυτό το τεράστιο μουσείο δίνει μια πανοραμική θέα της ελληνικής ιστορίας από τη Νεολιθική εποχή (7000 π.Χ.) έως τον 20ο αιώνα, μέσω της Κλασική Ελλάδα και τη περιόδους της Βυζαντινής και της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας. Πάνω από 20.000 αντικείμενα που εκτίθενται με χρονολογική σειρά στα 36 δωμάτια, που δείχνουν την εξέλιξη της ελληνικής ζωγραφικής, γλυπτικής και χειροτεχνίας.
2010 January 11, Benaki Museum Athens (25)
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Good Shepherd Parish was founded in 1868 by Elizabeth Colt, a wealthy Victorian lady with a vision of a church where the owners, management and laborers at the Colt Armory could worship together. Its church was consecrated, the following year. In 1895, Mrs. Colt built a spacious, three-story parish house to be a community center for the parish and its neighborhood. When she died in 1905, she left a trust fund to help provide for the parish’s continuing maintenance and ministry.
The church was built in memorial to Colonel Samuel Colt and three of his children who died in infancy. The consecration was January 28, 1869. Its architect was Edward Tuckerman Potter of New York. The style was early English / Gothic with Portland freestone and Ohio sandstone.
The Tannery Boutique Retail and Arts Emporium December 7, 2013 Christchurch New Zealand.
www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/business/6570190/Victorian-shop...
These are some more shots of my Tour to Europe in Sept - Nov 2012. I has been a while since I last saw them.. great to be able to catch up on them at last!
This was my last day of the Cosmos Tour Oct 17, 2012 Spain. I took a morning trip to Toledo from Madrid.
One of the most outstanding features of the Cathedral is the Baroque altarpiece called El Transparente. Its name refers to the unique illumination provided by a large skylight cut very high up into the thick wall across the ambulatory behind the high altar, and another hole cut into the back of the altarpiece itself to allow shafts of sunlight to strike the tabernacle. This lower hole also allows persons in the ambulatory to see through the altarpiece to the tabernacle, so that they are seeing though its transparency, so to speak. The work was commissioned by Diego de Astorga y Céspedes, Archbishop of Toledo, who wished to mark the presence of the Holy Sacrament with a glorious monument. El Transparente is several storeys high and is extraordinarily well-executed with fantastic figures done in stucco, painting, bronze castings, and multiple colors of marble; it is a masterpiece of Baroque mixed media by Narciso Tomé and his four sons (two architects, one painter and one sculptor). The illumination is enhanced when the Mass is being said in the mornings and the sun shines from the east, shafts of sunlight from the appropriately oriented skylight striking the tabernacle through the hole in the back of the retable, giving the impression that the whole altar is rising to heaven. The fully Baroque display contrasts strongly with the predominant Gothic style of the cathedral. The cathedral is also illuminated through more than 750 stained glass windows from the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, the work of some of the greatest masters of the times.
NRHP #75001925
Good Shepherd Parish was founded in 1868 by Elizabeth Colt, a wealthy Victorian lady with a vision of a church where the owners, management and laborers at the Colt Armory could worship together. Its church was consecrated, the following year. In 1895, Mrs. Colt built a spacious, three-story parish house to be a community center for the parish and its neighborhood. When she died in 1905, she left a trust fund to help provide for the parish’s continuing maintenance and ministry.
The church was built in memorial to Colonel Samuel Colt and three of his children who died in infancy. The consecration was January 28, 1869. Its architect was Edward Tuckerman Potter of New York. The style was early English / Gothic with Portland freestone and Ohio sandstone.
Stain Glass window Inside the Visitor Information Centre, Mt Cook Village on my day trip away with a girl friend to Aoraki / Mount Cook. Demeber 27, 2011 New Zealand.
Mount Cook Village is located near New Zealand's highest mountain, 12 kilometres south of Aoraki/Mount Cook's summit.
Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand, reaching 3,754 metres (12,316 ft) It lies in the Southern Alps, the mountain range which runs the length of the South Island. A popular tourist destination, it is also a favourite challenge for mountain climbers. Aoraki / Mount Cook consists of three summits lying slightly south and east of the main divide, the Low Peak, Middle Peak and High Peak, with the Tasman Glacier to the east and the Hooker Glacier to the west.
Aoraki is the name of a person in the traditions of the Ngāi Tahu iwi; an early name for the South Island is Te Waka o Aoraki (Aoraki's Canoe). In the past many believed it meant "Cloud Piercer", a romantic rendering of the name's components: ao (world, daytime, cloud, etc.) and raki or rangi (day, sky, weather, etc.). Historically, the Māori name has been spelt Aorangi, using the standard Māori form.
According to Māori legend, Aoraki was a young boy who, along with his three brothers, were the sons of Rakinui, the Sky Father. On their voyage around the Papatuanuku, the Earth Mother, their canoe became stranded on a reef and tilted. Aoraki and his brothers climbed onto the top side of their canoe. However, the south wind froze them and turned them to stone. Their canoe became the Te Waka o Aoraki, the South Island. Aoraki, the tallest, became the highest peak, and his brothers created the Kā Tiritiri o te Moana, the Southern Alps.
The Ngāi Tahu, the main iwi (tribe) of New Zealand's southern region, consider Aoraki as the most sacred of the ancestors that they had descended from. Aoraki brings the iwi with its sense of community and purpose, and remains the physical form of Aoraki and the link between the worlds of the supernatural and nature.
The Church of the Holy Rude is the second oldest building in Stirling after the castle. Founded in 1129 during the reign of David I (1124 - 1153) as the parish church of Stirling.
Robert II, during his reign (1371-1390), founded an altar to the Holy Rude and thereafter the Church of Stirling became known as the Parish Church of The Holy Rude of the Burgh of Stirling. "Holy Rude" means Holy Cross, giving it the same origin as Holyrood in Edinburgh. David I's church was destroyed with much of Stirling by a catastrophic fire in March 1405. Shortly afterwards a grant was made by the Lord Chamberlain of Scotland to have a new church built. The Nave, South Aisle with rounded Scots pillars, Gothic arches and original oak-timbered roof and the Tower were completed about 1414.
Tradition says that King James IV may have helped masons build the later eastern end during the early 16th century. In 1567 the infant King James VI was crowned here, by which time the church was a reformed place of worship. Bullet marks on the tower may date from a siege of Stirling Castle by Cromwell's troops in 1651.
Because of its close links with the castle, the church always had the support and patronage of the Stuart kings, especially in the 15th, 16th and early 17th centuries, and is the only church in the United Kingdom other than Westminster Abbey to have held a coronation and still be a living church today.
One of the many stained-glass windows of the church installed in 1927 by the Von Gretchen Art Glass Co.
My W/F seems to have stopped
working down stairs with my cell phone so I may not be able to see you shots for a while. Do hope it starts up again soon! Because of my operation I need to have my leg up as much as possible, which I can't do on the PC!
Inside Notre-Dame Cathedral day 11 of our Cosmos tour, October 10, 2012 Paris, France. Taken form the Coach.
Notre-Dame de Paris French for "Our Lady of Paris"), also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral or simply Notre-Dame, is a historic Roman Rite Catholic Marian cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is widely considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and among the largest and most well-known church buildings in the world. The naturalism of its sculptures and stained glass are in contrast with earlier Romanesque architecture.
As the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Paris, Notre-Dame is the parish that contains the cathedra, or official chair, of the archbishop of Paris, currently Archbishop André Vingt-Trois. The cathedral treasury is notable for its reliquary which houses some of Catholicism's most important first-class relics including the purported Crown of Thorns, a fragment of the True Cross, and one of the Holy Nails.
In the 1790s, Notre-Dame suffered desecration during the radical phase of the French Revolution when much of its religious imagery was damaged or destroyed. An extensive restoration supervised by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc removed remaining decoration, returning the cathedral to its original Gothic state.
Notre-Dame de Paris was among the first buildings in the world to use the flying buttress (arched exterior supports). The building was not originally designed to include the flying buttresses around the choir and nave but after the construction began, the thinner walls (popularized in the Gothic style) grew ever higher and stress fractures began to occur as the walls pushed outward. In response, the cathedral's architects built supports around the outside walls, and later additions continued the pattern.
Many small individually crafted statues were placed around the outside to serve as column supports and water spouts. Among these are the famous gargoyles, designed for water run-off, and chimeras. The statues were originally colored as was most of the exterior. The paint has worn off, but the grey stone was once covered with vivid colors. The cathedral was essentially complete by 1345. The cathedral has a narrow climb of 387 steps at the top of several spiral staircases; along the climb it is possible to view its most famous bell and its gargoyles in close quarters, as well as having a spectacular view across Paris when reaching the top. The design of St. Peter's Cathedral in Adelaide, Australia was inspired by Notre-Dame de Paris.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame_de_Paris
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YWdKw49MUw&t=1s
"Dóminus Iésus, póstquam cœnávit cum discípulis súis, lávit pédes eórum, et áit íllis : Scítis, quid fécerim vóbis égo, Dóminus et Magíster ? Exémplum dédi vóbis, ut et vos íta faciátis".
« Le Seigneur Jésus, après la cène avec ses disciples, leur lava les pieds et leur dit : Savez-vous ce que je viens de faire, moi qui suis votre Seigneur et votre Maître ? Je vous ai donné l’exemple, afin que vous fassiez de même. »
Former Sunday School Entrance.
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Good Shepherd Parish was founded in 1868 by Elizabeth Colt, a wealthy Victorian lady with a vision of a church where the owners, management and laborers at the Colt Armory could worship together. Its church was consecrated, the following year. In 1895, Mrs. Colt built a spacious, three-story parish house to be a community center for the parish and its neighborhood. When she died in 1905, she left a trust fund to help provide for the parish’s continuing maintenance and ministry.
The church was built in memorial to Colonel Samuel Colt and three of his children who died in infancy. The consecration was January 28, 1869. Its architect was Edward Tuckerman Potter of New York. The style was early English / Gothic with Portland freestone and Ohio sandstone.
Inside St Peter's Cathedral Adelaide, September 5, 2013 Australia.
St Peter's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It is the seat of the archbishop of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide.[1] The cathedral is situated on approximately one acre (4,000 m²) of land at the corner of Pennington Terrace and King William Road in the suburb of North Adelaide.
The south face has similar features to the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, including an ornate rose window above the main entrance which depicts stories of South Australia and the Bible.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Cathedral,_Adelaide
Chapel of the Souls in Purgatory in the Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France - The Pièta is by Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clésinger from 1868, the frescos on each side are by François Joseph Heim from 1845 and the stained glass is by Lucien Léopold Lobin from 1869.
My travels around the UK by car for three weeks with my son. June/July 2019 England.
Day Eleven .. Visit to the Liverpool Cathedral before making our way to the Lakes District.
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral is Britain's biggest Cathedral, and took 74 years to build from the foundation stone being laid in 1904. Sir John Betjeman called it 'one of the great buildings of the world.' The Cathedral has a full programme of events and hosts many conferences, large-scale gala dinners and functions.
Liverpool Cathedral has its own specialist constabulary to keep watch on an all-year 24-hour basis. The Liverpool Cathedral Constables together with the York Minster Police and several other cathedrals' constable units are members of the Cathedral Constables' Association.
Liverpool Cathedral also features on a page of the latest design of the British passport.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Cathedral
My travels around the UK by car for three weeks with my son. June/July 2019 England.
Day Eleven .. Visit to the Liverpool Cathedral before making our way to the Lakes District.
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral is Britain's biggest Cathedral, and took 74 years to build from the foundation stone being laid in 1904. Sir John Betjeman called it 'one of the great buildings of the world.' The Cathedral has a full programme of events and hosts many conferences, large-scale gala dinners and functions.
Liverpool Cathedral has its own specialist constabulary to keep watch on an all-year 24-hour basis. The Liverpool Cathedral Constables together with the York Minster Police and several other cathedrals' constable units are members of the Cathedral Constables' Association.
Liverpool Cathedral also features on a page of the latest design of the British passport.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Cathedral
Ypres, Belgium. Opened in March 1929 as a permanent memorial to the dead but also as a meeting place for visiting relatives.
These are photos taken on my trip to Europe and the UK with a girl friend in October to November 2012. My camera I had then wasn't good with low light so some of these shots are not great but I have put them as my memories of the trip.
We arrived in late morning in Bath by train from London. Spent one night here and most of the next day.
Bath Abbey is a parish church of the Church of England and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, it was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country. The medieval abbey church served as a sometime cathedral of a bishop. After long contention between churchmen in Bath and Wells the seat of the Diocese of Bath and Wells was later consolidated at Wells Cathedral. The Benedictine community was dissolved in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_Abbey
Detail of the Memorial Hall window showing the center panel depicting the nineteenth-century version of the Seal of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The ceiling stained-glass was installed in 1899 and was made by the firm of Ford and Brooks, one of Boston’s leading stained-glass studios at the time.
Most of the Cathedral’s stained-glass collection was made in Munich, Germany. The windows show intense colors that decorate the interior and let in a considerable amount of light. The Cathedral of the Holy Cross has the finest examples of enamel painting on glass in the United States.
NRHP #75001925
Good Shepherd Parish was founded in 1868 by Elizabeth Colt, a wealthy Victorian lady with a vision of a church where the owners, management and laborers at the Colt Armory could worship together. Its church was consecrated, the following year. In 1895, Mrs. Colt built a spacious, three-story parish house to be a community center for the parish and its neighborhood. When she died in 1905, she left a trust fund to help provide for the parish’s continuing maintenance and ministry.
The church was built in memorial to Colonel Samuel Colt and three of his children who died in infancy. The consecration was January 28, 1869. Its architect was Edward Tuckerman Potter of New York. The style was early English / Gothic with Portland freestone and Ohio sandstone.
Front Stain glass window's in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell day two of our trip away to Auckalnd and Northland and the sun may shine! March 2012, New Zealand.
Shane Cotton, Robert Ellis, and Nigel Brown together with English artist John Baker designed the outstanding stained glass windows.
Holy Trinity Cathedral is situated in Parnell, a residential suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
The first Anglican place of worship in Auckland was "Old" St Paul's, at the bottom of Princes Street, but Parnell residents tired of walking about 3 km (1.9 mi) over paddocks to reach their church. The first church serving the district was dedicated to St Barnabas. Completed in 1849 it was situated near the bottom of Parnell on land which was later demolished and used for reclamation work. This small church of St Barnabas slowly fell into disuse following completion of "Old" St Mary's church in 1860, and was eventually shifted to Mount Eden, where it still forms part of the Parish Church. With the building of the original St Mary's Church, Bishop Selwyn established the Parish of St Mary.
"Old" St Mary's stood near the site of the present cathedral, but proved to be too small, badly ventilated and uncomfortable. The establishment of New Zealand's dioceses, and Auckland's fast growing population, meant that a larger church was required. "Old" St Mary's Church was demolished and in 1886 work started on land opposite to build a new Cathedral Church of St Mary. This wooden Gothic Revival church was designed by the prominent New Zealand architect Benjamin Mountfort and completed in 1897. The building served as the Cathedral Church and principal Anglican church of Auckland until 1973 when the Chancel of Holy Trinity Cathedral, for which the foundation stone was laid in 1957, came into use. In 1982 St Mary's Church was moved across Parnell Road to its present site beside the Cathedral.
(From Wikipedia)
Most of the Cathedral’s stained-glass collection was made in Munich, Germany. The Saint Brigid Window. The windows show intense colors that decorate the interior and let in a considerable amount of light. The Cathedral of the Holy Cross has the finest examples of enamel painting on glass in the United States. Memorial Window: Reverend William Hallen