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There have been some trying times of late and on the whole I would have to say I'm proud in some regards as to how little we've bought into the narrative(s) of doom.
Trying times are on the way so continuing to be patient is good, as is understanding what is occurring.
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One of the capitals in the hypostyle hall at Esna with particularly bright paint, featuring Bes on the relief panel below the neck.
Esna: Late Period (3rd century BC to 3rd century CE)
These 2nd century AD white marble Corinthian capitals are part of the Temple of Trajan or Traianeum on Pergamon Akropolis, Turkey.
Most of the depictions of Hathor at Dendera were vandalized, but at least these capitals from collapsed buildings on display in a small blockfield are largely intact.
Dendera, sanctuary of Hathor: 1st century BC to 1st AD
Collection of Hellenistic capitals from the temple of Artemis Leukophyrene, in Magnesia on the Maeander.
Haymarket A4 No. 60031 Golden Plover climbing from Grantham on the up "Capitals Limited" on 22 August 1950. Photograph by A C Cawston.
Capitals restoration detail from church frontispiece of Fontevraud Royal Abbey (France).
They are doing pretty well, the result is pretty convincing.
Class 52 "Western" No. D1023 WESTERN FUSILIER enters Newport station with the "Capitals United Express" on Saturday 5th February 1977. This special train ran from Cardiff to London Paddington and back, going out via Hereford and Worcester and returning via Swindon and Gloucester. Is that you hanging from the first window of the leading carriage? I'm fascinated by the dilapidated buildings in the background, and assume that they don't look like this today, if they even still exist.
92214 with the 0930 Kidderminster to Bridgnorth on Sunday morning, accelerating away from a 10mph speed restriction at Severn Lodge.
These is an alphabet I made to be used as the first letters of each chapter.
I made it with Osmiroid calligraphy markers on watercolor paper.
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Game 4 - Round 2 of the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals
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Kodak Portra 400
St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy "is the most famous of the city's churches and one of the best known examples of Byzantine architecture. It lies at the eastern end of the Piazza San Marco, adjacent and connected to the Doge's Palace. Originally it was the chapel of the Doge, and has only been the city's cathedral since 1807, when it became the seat of the Patriarch of Venice, archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice, formerly at San Pietro di Castello. For its opulent design, gilded Byzantine mosaics, and its status as a symbol of Venetian wealth and power, from the 11th century on the building has been known by the nickname Chiesa d'Oro (Church of gold)"
"The first St Mark's was a temporary building in the Doge's Palace, constructed in 828, when Venetian merchants stole the supposed relics of Mark the Evangelist from Alexandria. This was replaced by a new church on its present site in 832; from the same century dates the first St Mark's Campanile (bell tower). The new church was burned in a rebellion in 976, rebuilt in 978 and again to form the basis of the present basilica since 1063. The basilica was consecrated in 1094, the same year in which the body of Saint Mark was supposedly rediscovered in a pillar by Vitale Faliero, doge at the time. The building also incorporates a low tower (now housing St Mark’s Treasure), believed by some to have been part of the original Doge's Palace. Within the first half of the 13th century the narthex and the new façade were constructed, most of the mosaics were completed and the domes were covered with higher wooden, lead-covered domes in order to blend in with the Gothic architecture of the redesigned Doge's Palace."
"While the basic structure of the building has been much altered, its decoration changed greatly over time. The succeeding centuries, especially the fourteenth, all contributed to its adornment, and seldom did a Venetian vessel return from the Orient without bringing a column, capitals, or friezes, taken from some ancient building, to add to the fabric of the basilica. Gradually, the exterior brickwork became covered with various marbles and carvings, some much older than the building itself (see Four Tetrarchs, below). The last interventions concerned Baptistery and St Isidor’s Chapel (1300s), the carvings on the upper profile of the facade and the Sacristy (1400s), the Zen Chapel (1500s). This cathedral is a prime example of Gothic architecture due to the fact of its appearance from a distance."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mark%27s_Basilica
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Detail of 12th-century capitals "vigorously carved" from the abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa, and now in Cloisters Museum, NYC.
Romanesque, 13th century, capitals in the west entrance to the church of Sta MarÃa de Llugás
Capiteles románicos, desde el siglo xiii, en la portera occidental de la iglesia de St marÃa de Llugás
Esboç d'un projecte per a cal·ligrafiar-lo sobre la paret. 1,60 m aprox. Capitals romanes amb pinzell.
A surprise awaits the visitor to Hoarwithy, for here is a church unlike any other in Herefordshire, or in the country for that matter. St Catherine's asserts its presence with a bell tower that might seem more at home in Tuscany than the rural Herefordshire countryside! The entire church is designed in a lavish Italian-inspired Neo-Romanesque and looks its best when bathed in the sunlight that most evokes the land that inspired it.
The present church is the result of the rebuilding of an existing chapel here in 1854 when William Poole was appointed vicar and J.P. Seddon subsequently appointed architect. Seddon's church is a remarkable vision complete with an apsed chancel and towering bell-tower and most memorable of all a covered 'cloister' colonnade wrapping itself around the south and west faces of the building to guide the visitor to the west entrance. There is a delight in detail here with carved capitals and mosaic floors that show no expense was spared on this project.
Inside the church the main nave is a large hall under an open wooden roof, (much of this part being a reworking of the previous chapel) whilst beyond the chancel is separated by three rounded arches with the mosaic-crowned apse beyond which is the most sumptuously adorned part of the building with intricate capitals and carved woodwork. There is some striking glass too, in fact my first ever visit here was back in 2000 as part of the team releading the windows in the west wall (subsequently this more recent visit was the first time I'd ever seen the church free of scaffolding!).
Hoarwithy church is a real gem, a delightful and little known oddity well worth seeking out. It is usually kept open and welcoming for visitors to enjoy, and on this occasion local artists were exhibiting here (rather good they were too, I was tempted so much I bought a couple of prints). For more on the church see below:-
www.visitherefordshirechurches.co.uk/st-catherines-hoarwi...