View allAll Photos Tagged benedict
Benedict Cumberbatch at the London premiere of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. BFI South Bank, Tuesday 13th September 2011
On this day in 543 or 547, the father of Western Monasticism, Saint Benedict died at the abbey of Monte Cassino. This embroidered depiction of the saint is from an altar frontal in Worcester College, Oxford which had been a Benedictine foundation before the Protestant Reformation.
Never noticed this gargoyle at Quayside in Cambridge before, until today because it was spewing forth :-)
I little bit of research (Wikipedia) at home reveals a quintessentially Cambridge story behind this. From Wikipedia....
"On 15 June 1580, Spinola sold a tenement and seven acres in the parish of St Botolph's Aldgate, London, to the Earl of Oxford, for £2,500. The land was called the Great Garden of Christchurch and had previously belonged to Magdalene College, Cambridge. Magdalene College, which considered that it had been cheated, pursued legal actions unsuccessfully, and more than four hundred years later in 1989, it avenged itself by erecting a gargoyle representing Spinola, designed by Peter Fluck and Roger Law, the creators of Spitting Image."
More about Benedict Spinola can be found here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Spinola
Next time I'm in a punt in this area, I'll get a close-up ;-)
"In his desire to please God alone, blessed Benedict abandoned home and patrimony and sought the religious life; he dwelt by himself, apart, in the presence of the all-seeing God of heaven. He left the world of men, knowingly ignorant of its ways, and wisely untrained in its wisdom; he dwelt by himself, apart, in the presence of the all-seeing God of heaven."
– Matins responsory for the feast of St Benedict, 11 July.
Medieval fresco of St Benedict from a chapel in San Domenico, Bologna. St Benedict is father of Western monks, and of the cenobitical life.
St. Benedict's medal inscription on the posts of the church reads:
Gospel side: Epistle
(Kau) side:
O ke kea hemolele kou malamalama. Aole o Satana kou alakai.
Crux sacra sit mihi lux. Ne draco sit mihi dux.
May the holy cross be my light. Let not the dragon be my guide.
Hele oe pela e Satana Uaokioe me kou mea pau wale.
Vade retro Satana. Sunt mala quae libas.
Get behind me, Satan. Evil are the things thou offers.
He poine kou mea ininini mai ai. Nau no e inu kou poino.
Numquam suade mihi vana. Ipse venema bibas.
Never suggest to me thy vanities. May you drink your own poison.
Benedict Cumberbatch at the London premiere of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. BFI South Bank, Tuesday 13th September 2011
i've wanted to check out flying pan blue for a long long time. last sunday, before the flickr meetup, bill and i got together for brunch at flying pan blue.
my favorite brunch is eggs benedict and had to check out theirs as well. not sure if their eggs benedict was as good as the one at suji's but it was different. first time to try eggs benedict on baguette.