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Bronze statue of Constantine the Great in front of San Lorenzo Maggiore basilica in Milan. The monument commemorates Constantine for his important Edict of Milan, which granted religious tolerance throughout the Roman Empire.
Dutch postcard by Uitg. Takken, Utrecht, no. AX 4700. Photo: Hafbo.
Craggy-faced Eddie Constantine (1917 - 1993) was an American actor and singer who spent his career as a tough guy in European films. He became famous for a series of French B movies in which he played Private Eye Lemmy Caution, based on the hero of the detective novels by Peter Cheyney.
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【York, England】 Bronce statue of the Roman emperor Constantine holds a large sword and greets visitors to the York minster.
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Well loaded A2B Dart T311 SMV waits for oncoming traffic at Constantine whilst operating the 0955 171 from Newquay to Padstow on 16 September 2015.
From left to right:
- Dennis Trident Alexander ALX400 21 Y458NHK
- Dennis Lance East Lancs EL2000 162 L162ADX "Doris"
- DAF DB250 East Lancs Lowlander 54 PF04WML
Another visit to my favourite York statue.
Statue in York commemorating the proclamation of Constantine I (The Great) to Roman emperor in York (then Eboracum) in AD 306.
L’écorce
Oh mon vieil ami parle moi encore
Guide mes pensées comme autrefois
Que renaissent tes feuilles rouge et or
Pour que je m’enracine dans ta loi
Oh mon vieil ami je m’accroche à tes branches
J’implore ta sagesse et ta pitié sans honte
Pour moi l’heure n’est plus à la revanche
Ta sève nourricière d’une jouvence j’affronte
La caresse dure de l’écorce
Sonne le temps du divorce...
Stained glass window to St Helen.
The window depicts St. Helen [Wikipedia], the mother of Emperor Constantine, who discovered and brought to Rome the remains of Christ's cross. The Latin inscription reads "Ave O Crux. Spes Unica." That is: Hail O Cross, our only hope."
Inscription: "From her loving husband & children to the memory of Ellen Coughlin RIP". Ellen Coughlin is my daughters' (Helen's and Laura's) great-great-great grandmother. Ellen Coughlin (née O'Brien) was born Ardfield, County Cork, Munster, Ireland, on 11/04/1845.
It is highly probable that Andrew Coughlin and Ellen O'Brien, with their respective families, emigrated from Ireland at the time of the Great Famine (Ireland) [Wikipedia] (otherwise known as the Irish Potato Famine), as did a great many others during that tragedy.
The gravestone of Ellen Coughlin (née O'Brien) is to be found in Cathays Cemeter, Cardiff (Cardiff - Cathays Cemetery 003 - my photo on Flickr)
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Could there be any correspondence between the name Coughlin and the name Cú Chulainn [Wikipedia]? I first came across this mythological character from ancient Irish Celtic tradition whilst watching the TV documentary Ireland's Treasures Uncovered [BBC iPlayer, presented by Dr Alice Robert] in February 2016. One of the artefacts discussed in this documentary [38 minutes from start time] is the Book of the Dun Cow (Lebor na hUidre [Wikipedia]). This book dates from the 12th century, and is written in the Irish language. It is the earliest book written entirely in Irish. Although written by monks in the 12th century, its stories, this inherited lore, are not Christian, but instead the stories related within in it are pre-Christian, or pagan. The epic of Táin Bó Cúailnge [Wikipedia] tells the story of Cú Chulainn, the most important character in the book.
If there is any bearing from this ancient Irish mythology on the origins of the name Coughlin, then this is most intriguing.
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St Helena ...
* Helena (empress) - Wikipedia
* St. Peter's Basilica (The Nave) - Wikipedia
Did we manage to see the shrine to St Helena whilst we were in Rome in 2009? Yes, we did, but without comprehending what we were looking at (see: Rome_193 [my photo on Flickr])
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Television documentary that speaks of the Great Irish Famine or the Potato Famine: Great Irish Journeys with Martha Kearney [pronounced Carney] - [BBC iPlayer]
* The television programme referred to above visits the site of a mass burial of 10,000 people at Skibbereen, County Cork. These people died as a result of the famine that struck Ireland in the 1840s.
* Mention is made of artist, Mr. James Mahoney, of Cork, who produced drawings of the famine for the The Illustrated London News. A web page showing some of these drawing can be found at: Sketches in the West of Ireland - [Blog: Views of the Famine]
* Terri Kearney (it would seem everyone has this name in Ireland) is interviewed in the TV programme, and speaks of the famine, and its effect on the community of Skibbereen. Terri has produced a book on the subject: Skibbereen - The Famine Story [Skibbereen Heritage Centre - Online Shop]
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Tweet (14/09/2022):-
'Today is Holy Rood Day, celebrating the re-discovery of the wood of the True Cross by St Helena, and also Devil's Nutting Day when the devil goes in search of nuts in woodland areas - which should be avoided on this day and may smell of brimstone...
Holy Rood Day also celebrates the recovery of the True Cross from the Persians by the Emperor Heraclius in 629' - @DrFrancisYounge - [Dr Francis Young]
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Tweet (02/12/2022):-
'I love this map of population change from 1840 to 2021.
The world has six times more people now than it did in 1840. Most countries also have a lot more people. Ireland is an exception - it actually had more people in 1840.' - @conradhackett - [Conrad Hackett]
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Tweet (14/09/2022):-
'Today is the Feast of the Cross or Holy Rood Day. Here is depicted the tradition of the finding of the True Cross in the presence of St Helena.
Cod. Bodmer 127; Passionale; 12th century; monastery of Weissenau, Germany; f.53v
(< a href="https://t.co/LhMZ6CVBhU">e-codices.ch/en/list/one/fm…)' - @red_loeb - [Ennius]
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Bronze statue of Constantine the Great in the city where he was declared emperor of Rome in 306 CE.
The statue, one-and-a-third life size, is by Philip Jackson and was unveiled in 1998. It was commissioned by the York Civic Trust.
York Minster, York, Yorkshire
I love the double headland from this angle particularly where the hazy conditions had made the furthest headland appear much more distant. The closest headland separates Constantine Bay from Booby’s Bay and the furthest is Trevose Head where we were headed to next to photograph the lighthouse.
My Lillycat's Constantine is here and she is amazing! she came in a lovely box and with wonderful Rachelle's gift - artbook which is fantastic! I adore this girl, she is piece of art and superb quality.
Constantine's accessories are remarkable. All the ones that look metal are. There are 10 of those bullets, which fit nicely into the chambers of his gun. Three loose cigarettes fit into the cigarette pack. Two tiny scarabs can be found inside the working matchbox. The metal lighter can open and close, and the ignition wheel actually spins. The pages inside the bible are all printed. The detailing on it all is exquisite.
The Arch of Constantine (Italian: Arco di Costantino) is a triumphal arch in Rome, situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill. It was erected by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312. Dedicated in 315, it is the latest of the existing triumphal arches in Rome, and the only one to make extensive use of spolia, re-using several major reliefs from 2nd century imperial monuments, which give a striking and famous stylistic contrast to the sculpture newly created for the arch.
The arch spans the Via Triumphalis, the way taken by the emperors when they entered the city in triumph. This route started at the Campus Martius, led through the Circus Maximus and around the Palatine Hill; immediately after the Arch of Constantine, the procession would turn left at the Meta Sudans and march along the Via Sacra to the Forum Romanum and on to the Capitoline Hill, passing both the Arches of Titus and Septimius Severus.
Statue of Constantine the Great outside York Minster. Constantine was proclaimed emperor in the city in 306.
The Arch of Constantine dates to 315 and was commissioned by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius. The roundels and the relief panels were taken from other extisting monuments and placed on the arch.
Early Christian ivory casket from Samagher near Pola (Istria)
possibly showing members of the Byzantine royal family of emperor Constantine
on Side D [circa 440 CE] –
Venice, Archaeologiocal Museum
photo by courtesy of restituzione.com
This Reliquary (height 18,5 cm, length 20,5 cm, width 16,01), which was discovered in Samagher (Pula, Croatia) in 1906 under the altar of the Church of St. Hermagoras, is in carved ivory with corner reinforcements and silver accessories. Probably of Roman craftsmanship, it is of exceptional value for the history of early Christian art, the history of the Church and the history of the Roman Empire because of the refined decoration in relief on the lid and on all four sides. In particular, the interpretation of critics is unanimous in their belief that the iconographic motifs on the cover and on the front side were inspired by the mosaics, no longer preserved, in the apse of the Constantinian Basilica of St. Peter, known only from Renaissance drawings; the presbytery of the ancient Basilica of St. Peter is depicted on the back with the so called Memoria Petri, the monument erected by Constantine over the tomb of Peter, as it was until the end of the sixth century. Various hypotheses have been put forward regarding the characters depicted, for example Constantine and Helen visiting the Basilica of St. Peter in 326 on the back, Galla Placidia with the small Valentinian on the left, Valentinian and his wife Licinia Eudoxia and perhaps her daughter Eudocia in 449 -440 on the right; Galla Placidia as the main protagonist of the story, perhaps on a pilgrimage to fulfill a vow for the coronation of his son as emperor Valentinian. The capsella is datable to the middle of the fifth century AD owing to the typological and stylistic features of male and female figures and the iconographic motif of the "empty throne" which appears for the first time on the mosaic at the top of the arch of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore datable to after 431 AD (Council of Ephesus).
capsella di Samagher, avorio e argento, 440 d.c., Museo Archeologico di Venezia
Literature:
Davide Longhi: La Capsella Eburnea di Samagher: Iconografia e Committenza; Ravenna 2006
ISBN-13: 9788875674687
Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from 306 to 337 CE. Realizing that the Roman Empire was too large for one man to adequately rule, Emperor Diocletian (284-305 CE) split the empire into two, creating a tetrachy or rule of four. While he ruled the east from Nicomedia as an “augustus” with Galerius as his “caesar,” Maximian and Constantius the Pale ruled the west. It was the son of Constantius, Constantine, who would one day rise to defeat all challengers to the throne and reunite the split empire, moving the capital away from Old Rome and build a new eastern capital, a capital that one day would bear his name, Constantinople.