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Esterházy Palace (Kärntner Straße)
Palais Esterházy
The Palais Esterházy at the Kärntner Straße is a palace in the first Viennese district Innere Stadt. It is the oldest building at the Kärntner Straße and is still owned by the Esterházy family.
History
There were originally at the present site of the Palais two different houses which were not until the beginning of the 15th Century merged. In 1684 this estate came into the possession of the Imperial Council Adam Anthony Grundemann of Falkenberg. Whose son finally commissioned the edification of today's palace. The palace remained until 1767 in the family possession of the Grundeman, in 1716 elevated into the rank of count. Then it came by purchase into the possession of Hofkammerrat (Court Chamber Counsellor) Franz Freiherr von Harrucker.
In the years 1777-1871, the palace belonged to the Counts Károly. At this time there was a redesign of the facade to the present form and the installation of a balcony under Josefa Countess Karoly. Other minor alterations were made in 1833. The entrance is located at the main front (side Anna alley) with the coat of arms cartouche of the Esterhazys. Originally the palace had a courtyard but which was later expanded to the upper floor. In 1871, the palace finally through the purchase of the property by Moritz Graf Esterházy from Alois Count Károly passed into the possession of the Esterházy family. The Count then the inside of the palace had remodelled. On 25 January 1968, this was almost completely destroyed by fire. After the repair and reconstruction works was finally opened the Cercle Casino Vienna in 1969. This was many times augmented and can still be found in the palace. From the former facilities in the Empire style only a few fragments are still present. The majority of the premises is now decorated with contemporary art.
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Participatory 3 Dimensional Mapping of Kwaebibirem municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Photo by Yvonne Baraza/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Pisciculture techniques during an enviromental awarness lesson at the ITAV technical school of Yangambi - DRC.
Photo by Axel Fassio/CIFOR
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The "Probarona Purnima" - known as the second largest Festival of Buddhist Community, marks the three month long seclusion of monks inside their monasteries for self-edification and atonement of their defilement.
In this festival, "Fanush" (which is actually balloons made of colored paper) are ignited with fire which flow through the sky - which symbolizes as lighting up the sky - throwing away the evil of darkness.
Le château de Chambord est un château français situé dans la commune de Chambord.
Construit au cœur du plus grand parc forestier clos d’Europe (environ 50 km2 ceint par un mur de 32 km de long), il s'agit du plus vaste des châteaux de la Loire. Il bénéficie d'un jardin d'agrément et d'un parc de chasse.
Le site a d'abord accueilli une motte féodale, ainsi que l'ancien château des comtes de Blois. L'origine du château actuel remonte au XVIe siècle et au règne du roi de France François Ier qui supervise son édification à partir de 1519.
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The royal Château de Chambord at Chambord is one of the most recognizable châteaux in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures. The building, which was never completed, was constructed by King Francis I of France.
Chambord is the largest château in the Loire Valley; it was built to serve as a hunting lodge for Francis I, who maintained his royal residences at the châteaux of Blois and Amboise.
Wallace fountains are public drinking fountains designed by Charles-Auguste Lebourg that appear in the form of small cast-iron sculptures scattered throughout the city of Paris, France, mainly along the most-frequented sidewalks. They are named after the Englishman Richard Wallace, who financed their construction. A great aesthetic success, they are recognized worldwide as one of the symbols of Paris.
(Source wikipedia)
Les fontaines Wallace sont des points d'eau potable publics qui se présentent sous la forme de petits édicules en fonte présents dans plusieurs villes dans le monde. C'est à Paris qu'elles furent implantées en premier et qu'on en trouve le plus grand nombre. Elles tiennent leur nom du philanthrope britannique Richard Wallace qui finança leur édification. D'une grande réussite esthétique, elles sont reconnues dans le monde entier comme un des symboles de Paris.
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Cooper Union Foundation Building designed by Frederick A. Peterson, and Astor Place Building, designed by Gwathmey Siegel and Associates, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Enviromental awarness lesson at the ITAV technical school of Yangambi - DRC.
Photo by Axel Fassio/CIFOR
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The front end of one of our local Wal-Mart's kiddie carts, for the edification of those of you who've read/heard me ranting about them. Seats two plus drinks. This particular model is based on the ice cream truck from GTA: Vice--- er, a pharmacy delivery van. Not that I've ever seen one of the latter.
Mathurin Zida a Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) scientist holds a information gathering session on climate change, Sibi village near Boromo, Burkina Faso.
Photo by Ollivier Girard/CIFOR
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Le projet d'édifier une mosquée à la Réunion date du début des années 1890. Il est le fait de commerçants originaires du Gujarat arrivés dans l'île deux ou trois décennies auparavant en provenance notamment de Surat. Le 20 avril 1892, six d'entre eux (agissant au nom d'environ 120 autres) acquièrent un immeuble au 111, rue du Grand-Chemin, devenue depuis rue du Maréchal-Leclerc. Il servira de lieu de culte informel pendant dix ans. En 1897, le gouverneur Beauchamp autorise l'édification d'une mosquée à cette adresse. Financée par une caisse alimentée par une somme forfaitaire prélevée sur les bénéfices des commerçants impliqués, sa construction selon les plans d'un ingénieur indien dure sept ans. Inaugurée le 28 novembre 1905, soit 21 ans avant celle de Paris, sa façade principale fait 15 mètres de long et la salle de prière peut contenir 150 fidèles. En 1960, des travaux d'agrandissement sont entrepris après acquisition d'une parcelle mitoyenne. Le nouveau bâtiment, inauguré le 3 août 1962, est partiellement ravagé par un incendie probablement déclenché par un court-circuit à l'étage d'un local commercial voisin le 12 octobre 1974. La façade en bois brûle complètement. La communauté musulmane de Saint-Denis se mobilise à nouveau pour financer de nouveaux travaux. Doté d'une façade commerciale longue de 38 mètres de long, le nouveau bâtiment est livré en 1979. La photo ci-dessus le représente donc peu de temps après son ouverture.
The project to build a mosque in Reunion dates from the early 1890s. It is the work of traders from Gujarat who arrived on the island two or three decades ago from Surat. On April 20, 1892, six of them (acting on behalf of about 120 others) acquired a building at 111, rue du Grand-Chemin, which had since become rue du Maréchal-Leclerc. It will serve as an informal place of worship for ten years. In 1897, Governor Beauchamp authorized the construction of a mosque at this address. Funded by a fund fed by a lump sum levied on the profits of traders involved, its construction according to the plans of an Indian engineer lasts seven years. Inaugurated on November 28, 1905, 21 years before that of Paris, its main facade is 15 meters long and the prayer room can hold 150 people. In 1960, expansion works are undertaken after acquisition of a semi-detached plot. The new building, inaugurated on August 3, 1962, is partially ravaged by a fire probably triggered by a short circuit on the floor of a nearby commercial space on October 12, 1974. The wooden facade burns completely. The Muslim community of Saint-Denis is mobilizing again to finance new work. With a commercial facade of 38 meters long, the new building is delivered in 1979. The photo above represents it not much time after its opening.
[Photo prise avec un Nikon FG-20]
Metz, France - St Stephen's Cathedral
Saint-Étienne de Metz (French for "Saint-Stephen of Metz"), also known as Metz Cathedral, is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Metz, capital of Lorraine, France. Saint-Étienne de Metz is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz and the seat of the Bishop of Metz, currently Pierre Raffin.The cathedral treasury exhibits the millennium rich collection of the Bishopric of Metz, including paraments and items used for the Eucharist.
Saint-Stephen of Metz has one of the highest naves in the world. The cathedral is nicknamed the Good Lord's Lantern (French: la Lanterne du Bon Dieu), displaying the largest expanse of stained glass in the world with 6,496 m2 (69,920 sq ft). Those stained glass windows include works by Gothic and Renaissance master glass makers Hermann von Münster, Theobald of Lixheim, and Valentin Bousch and romantic Charles-Laurent Maréchal, tachist Roger Bissière, cubist Jacques Villon, and modernist Marc Chagall.
Built between 1220 and 1552, it is the product of the unification of two distinct churches. With its 42 metre high vaults, it is one of the highest Gothic edifices in Europe. With its 6,500 m² of stained glass windows, the nickname “God’s lantern” is well merited. There are windows from the 13th to the 20th centuries by Hermann de Münster, Thiebault de Lixheim, Valentin Bousch, Jacques Villon and Marc Chagall. These masterpieces of the art of fire and light form a veritable encyclopaedia of the art of stained glass.
Architecture
Saint-Stephen Cathedral is a Rayonnant Gothic edifice built with the local yellow Jaumont limestone. Like in French Gothic architecture, the building is compact, with slight projection of the transepts and subsidiary chapels. However, it displays singular, distinctive characteristics in both its ground plan and architecture compared to most of the other cathedrals. Because of topography of Moselle valley in Metz, the common west-east axis of the ground plan could not be applied and the church is oriented north-northeast. Moreover, unlike the French and German Gothic cathedrals having three portals surmounted by a rose window and two large towers, Saint-Stephen of Metz has a single porch at its western facade. One enters laterally in the edifice by another portal placed at the south-western side of the narthex, declining the usual alignment of the entrance with the choir.
The nave is supported by flying buttresses and culminates at 41.41 metres (135.9 ft) high, making one of the highest naves in the world. The height of the nave is contrasted by the relatively low height of the aisles with 14.3 metres (47 ft) high, reinforcing the sensation of tallness of the nave. This feature permitted the architects to create large, tall expanses of stained glass. Through its history, Saint-Stephen Cathedral was subjected to architectural and ornamental modifications with successive additions of Neoclassical and Neogothic elements.
Construction history
The edification of Saint-Stephen of Metz took place on an Ancient site from the 5th century consecrated to Saint Stephen protomartyr. According to Gregory of Tours, the shrine of Saint Stephen was the sole structure spared during the sack of 451 by Attila's Huns. The construction of the Gothic cathedral began in 1220 within the walls of an Ottonian basilica dating from the 10th century. The integration into the cathedral's ground plan of a Gothic chapel from the 12th century at the western end resulted in the absence of a main western portal; the south-western porch of the cathedral being the entrance of the former chapel. The work was completed around 1520 and the new cathedral was consecrated on 11 April 1552.
In 1755, French architect Jacques-François Blondel was awarded by the Royal Academy of Architecture to built a Neoclassical portal at the West end of the cathedral. He disengaged the cathedral's facade by razing an adjacent cloister and three attached churches and achieved the westwork in 1764.
In 1877, the Saint-Stephen of Metz was heavily damaged after a conflagration due to fireworks. After this incident, it was decided the refurbishment of the cathedral and its adornments within a Neogothic style. The western facade was completely rebuilt between 1898 and 1903; the Blondel's portal was demolished and a new Neogothic portal was added.
Enviromental awarness lesson at the ITAV technical school of Yangambi - DRC.
Photo by Axel Fassio/CIFOR
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Since I seem to do an awful lot of weddings and events for an amateur nature photographer, C— wants me to learn how to soften portraits for wedding photography. She gave me this one of her to test on.
I needed to practice using the fill flash before my brother's wedding so after Caitlin got her haircut, we decided to go behind the apartment and practice.
( Nikon D70 ) ƒ2.8, 1/80sec, iso 200, 200mm, VR, UV, SB800
DxO (blur, distortion, ca, vignette, color, noise), Adobe RAW (wb, exp), Photoshop (slim&trim, retouch, redeye), nik (color stylizer, dynamic skin softener, classical soft focus)
Issues: This area was actually in the shade and I had to use the color stylizer set to blue to make the subject pop from the greens behind her (and the flowers to pop too). Since this is the complement of base skin tone, I had to soften the skin. (Note, I am not a big fan of removing all blemishes, just reducing them). I still need to remove the cat hair on her shirt. Also, I screwed up the crop after the trim.I soft focused the entire image to create the "glow" C— was looking for but probably should have exaggerated it, just for my edification. I just can’t bring myself to do that.
Community members of Abomosu designing the 3-D map of Atiwa West District.
Photo by CIFOR-ICRAF
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Community members of Tumfa designing the legend for Tumfa area for the Atiwa West District’s 3-D map.
Photo by CIFOR-ICRAF
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"You All Spoken Here: Prepared for the edification and jollification of readers, writers, browsers, dialectigians, linguistics, folklorists, etc., and for visitors from foreign parts who need to parley-vous in cornpone country."
By Roy Wilder, Jr.
Penguin Books, 1984.
Thrift-store find--and a jim-dandy guidebook to talkin' like a good ol' boy or cracker-born gal!
Participatory 3 Dimensional Mapping of Kwaebibirem municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Photo by Yvonne Baraza/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Southwark Cathedral, London SE1.
Grade l listed.
Memorial to Rev Thomas Jones (d1762), 1770.
By William Tyler (1728-1801).
Participatory 3 Dimensional Mapping of Kwaebibirem municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
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Metz, France - St Stephen's Cathedral
Saint-Étienne de Metz (French for "Saint-Stephen of Metz"), also known as Metz Cathedral, is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Metz, capital of Lorraine, France. Saint-Étienne de Metz is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz and the seat of the Bishop of Metz, currently Pierre Raffin.The cathedral treasury exhibits the millennium rich collection of the Bishopric of Metz, including paraments and items used for the Eucharist.
Saint-Stephen of Metz has one of the highest naves in the world. The cathedral is nicknamed the Good Lord's Lantern (French: la Lanterne du Bon Dieu), displaying the largest expanse of stained glass in the world with 6,496 m2 (69,920 sq ft). Those stained glass windows include works by Gothic and Renaissance master glass makers Hermann von Münster, Theobald of Lixheim, and Valentin Bousch and romantic Charles-Laurent Maréchal, tachist Roger Bissière, cubist Jacques Villon, and modernist Marc Chagall.
Built between 1220 and 1552, it is the product of the unification of two distinct churches. With its 42 metre high vaults, it is one of the highest Gothic edifices in Europe. With its 6,500 m² of stained glass windows, the nickname “God’s lantern” is well merited. There are windows from the 13th to the 20th centuries by Hermann de Münster, Thiebault de Lixheim, Valentin Bousch, Jacques Villon and Marc Chagall. These masterpieces of the art of fire and light form a veritable encyclopaedia of the art of stained glass.
Architecture
Saint-Stephen Cathedral is a Rayonnant Gothic edifice built with the local yellow Jaumont limestone. Like in French Gothic architecture, the building is compact, with slight projection of the transepts and subsidiary chapels. However, it displays singular, distinctive characteristics in both its ground plan and architecture compared to most of the other cathedrals. Because of topography of Moselle valley in Metz, the common west-east axis of the ground plan could not be applied and the church is oriented north-northeast. Moreover, unlike the French and German Gothic cathedrals having three portals surmounted by a rose window and two large towers, Saint-Stephen of Metz has a single porch at its western facade. One enters laterally in the edifice by another portal placed at the south-western side of the narthex, declining the usual alignment of the entrance with the choir.
The nave is supported by flying buttresses and culminates at 41.41 metres (135.9 ft) high, making one of the highest naves in the world. The height of the nave is contrasted by the relatively low height of the aisles with 14.3 metres (47 ft) high, reinforcing the sensation of tallness of the nave. This feature permitted the architects to create large, tall expanses of stained glass. Through its history, Saint-Stephen Cathedral was subjected to architectural and ornamental modifications with successive additions of Neoclassical and Neogothic elements.
Construction history
The edification of Saint-Stephen of Metz took place on an Ancient site from the 5th century consecrated to Saint Stephen protomartyr. According to Gregory of Tours, the shrine of Saint Stephen was the sole structure spared during the sack of 451 by Attila's Huns. The construction of the Gothic cathedral began in 1220 within the walls of an Ottonian basilica dating from the 10th century. The integration into the cathedral's ground plan of a Gothic chapel from the 12th century at the western end resulted in the absence of a main western portal; the south-western porch of the cathedral being the entrance of the former chapel. The work was completed around 1520 and the new cathedral was consecrated on 11 April 1552.
In 1755, French architect Jacques-François Blondel was awarded by the Royal Academy of Architecture to built a Neoclassical portal at the West end of the cathedral. He disengaged the cathedral's facade by razing an adjacent cloister and three attached churches and achieved the westwork in 1764.
In 1877, the Saint-Stephen of Metz was heavily damaged after a conflagration due to fireworks. After this incident, it was decided the refurbishment of the cathedral and its adornments within a Neogothic style. The western facade was completely rebuilt between 1898 and 1903; the Blondel's portal was demolished and a new Neogothic portal was added.
Metz, France - St Stephen's Cathedral
Saint-Étienne de Metz (French for "Saint-Stephen of Metz"), also known as Metz Cathedral, is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Metz, capital of Lorraine, France. Saint-Étienne de Metz is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz and the seat of the Bishop of Metz, currently Pierre Raffin.The cathedral treasury exhibits the millennium rich collection of the Bishopric of Metz, including paraments and items used for the Eucharist.
Saint-Stephen of Metz has one of the highest naves in the world. The cathedral is nicknamed the Good Lord's Lantern (French: la Lanterne du Bon Dieu), displaying the largest expanse of stained glass in the world with 6,496 m2 (69,920 sq ft). Those stained glass windows include works by Gothic and Renaissance master glass makers Hermann von Münster, Theobald of Lixheim, and Valentin Bousch and romantic Charles-Laurent Maréchal, tachist Roger Bissière, cubist Jacques Villon, and modernist Marc Chagall.
Built between 1220 and 1552, it is the product of the unification of two distinct churches. With its 42 metre high vaults, it is one of the highest Gothic edifices in Europe. With its 6,500 m² of stained glass windows, the nickname “God’s lantern” is well merited. There are windows from the 13th to the 20th centuries by Hermann de Münster, Thiebault de Lixheim, Valentin Bousch, Jacques Villon and Marc Chagall. These masterpieces of the art of fire and light form a veritable encyclopaedia of the art of stained glass.
Architecture
Saint-Stephen Cathedral is a Rayonnant Gothic edifice built with the local yellow Jaumont limestone. Like in French Gothic architecture, the building is compact, with slight projection of the transepts and subsidiary chapels. However, it displays singular, distinctive characteristics in both its ground plan and architecture compared to most of the other cathedrals. Because of topography of Moselle valley in Metz, the common west-east axis of the ground plan could not be applied and the church is oriented north-northeast. Moreover, unlike the French and German Gothic cathedrals having three portals surmounted by a rose window and two large towers, Saint-Stephen of Metz has a single porch at its western facade. One enters laterally in the edifice by another portal placed at the south-western side of the narthex, declining the usual alignment of the entrance with the choir.
The nave is supported by flying buttresses and culminates at 41.41 metres (135.9 ft) high, making one of the highest naves in the world. The height of the nave is contrasted by the relatively low height of the aisles with 14.3 metres (47 ft) high, reinforcing the sensation of tallness of the nave. This feature permitted the architects to create large, tall expanses of stained glass. Through its history, Saint-Stephen Cathedral was subjected to architectural and ornamental modifications with successive additions of Neoclassical and Neogothic elements.
Construction history
The edification of Saint-Stephen of Metz took place on an Ancient site from the 5th century consecrated to Saint Stephen protomartyr. According to Gregory of Tours, the shrine of Saint Stephen was the sole structure spared during the sack of 451 by Attila's Huns. The construction of the Gothic cathedral began in 1220 within the walls of an Ottonian basilica dating from the 10th century. The integration into the cathedral's ground plan of a Gothic chapel from the 12th century at the western end resulted in the absence of a main western portal; the south-western porch of the cathedral being the entrance of the former chapel. The work was completed around 1520 and the new cathedral was consecrated on 11 April 1552.
In 1755, French architect Jacques-François Blondel was awarded by the Royal Academy of Architecture to built a Neoclassical portal at the West end of the cathedral. He disengaged the cathedral's facade by razing an adjacent cloister and three attached churches and achieved the westwork in 1764.
In 1877, the Saint-Stephen of Metz was heavily damaged after a conflagration due to fireworks. After this incident, it was decided the refurbishment of the cathedral and its adornments within a Neogothic style. The western facade was completely rebuilt between 1898 and 1903; the Blondel's portal was demolished and a new Neogothic portal was added.
A class of MA students in forestry at the University of Kisangani. Democratic Republic of Congo.
Photo by Ollivier Girard/CIFOR
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GINKGO BILOBA
(Original von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Dieses Baums Blatt, der von Osten
Meinem Garten anvertraut,
Gibt geheimen Sinn zu kosten,
Wie's den Wissenden erbaut.
Ist es ein lebendig Wesen,
Das sich in sich selbst getrennt?
Sind es zwei, die sich erlesen,
Dass man sie als eines kennt?
Solche Fragen zu erwidern
Fand ich wohl den rechten Sinn:
Fühlst Du nicht an meinen Liedern,
____
GINKGO BILOBA
The leaf of this Eastern tree
Which has been entrusted to my garden
Offers a feast of secret significance,
For the edification of the initiate.
Is it one living thing
That has become divided within itself?
Are these two who have chosen each other,
So that we know them as one?
I think I have found the right answer
To these questions;
Do my songs not make you feel
That I am both one and twain?
Tonnerre (Yonne).
L'église saint-Pierre.
À l’origine il y avait une chapelle romane qui fut détruite en 1288 pour l’édification de fortifications.
À la fin du XV e siècle, construction de la tour ouest de l’église culminant à 230 m. Elle permet d’y loger un guetteur.
En 1556, l’incendie qui éclata dans Tonnerre toucha l’église et celle-ci a dû être en partie reconstruite.
De la fin du XVI e au milieu du XVII e siècle, l’église a de nouveau été remaniée : mise en œuvre du voûtement, construction de chapelles, ornement d’une façade Renaissance.
Tonnerre (Yonne).
The Church of St. Peter.
Initially there was a Romanesque chapel which was destroyed in 1288 for the construction of fortifications.
At the end of the fifteenth century, construction of the west tower of the highest church in 230. It allows you to accommodate a lookout.
In 1556, a fire that broke out in the church and Thunder touched it had to be partly rebuilt.
From the late sixteenth to mid-seventeenth century, the church was again rebuilt: implementation of vaulting, building chapels, ornament of a Renaissance facade.
“[1664, March] 12.—Saturday...This night I promised to goe to Roberts Rosbothome’s house and did with Thomas Smith with me and was all night and they lent me Mr Gees booke concerninge prayr he was minister at eccleston[. A]nd upon the
15 day, tusday, I was reading in his booke and in consideration of the mans person and gravitie I was posesd with sadness and composed these verses:
Renowned Gee thou now enjoyst glory
Yet thy name shall remain earths lasting story.
In thought of thee ah I can sitt and weepe
That thou by death shouldst now be laid asleepe.
How lovely was thy life joyfull thy death;
Angels received thy soul att latest breath.
Ile say no more, but weepe, yet joy to see
Myself in happiness with blessed Gee.
Gee now in joy trium[p]hs, his sorrows past,
And he that place enjoyes that aye shall last.
Therefore, blest Gee, this once Ile bid farewell,
Hopeing ere longe to be there where thou dost dwell.
sic cantat Rogerus Lowe.
His name was Edward Gee minister of Eccleston Church[. H]e dyed about or in the year 1660 or 1659 or thereabouts but the church of God sustained great losse in his death and Mr Herles of Winwicke and Mr Johnsons of Hallsall who all flourished and dyed about this time foresaid in so much as it was the lamentation of Mr. Coleborne att Leigh exercises in his prayr that we now wanted our Herles our Gees and our Johnsons. This was upon the 25 decembr 1660. Old Mr. Woods joined with hime.”
[From “Diary of Roger Lowe of Ashton-in-Makerfield”, Wigan Archives ref. D/DZ A58]
The parentage of Edward Gee (1613-27 May 1660) is disputed, but he is thought to have been the son of the John (or George) Gee who served as curate of Newton-le-Willows from c.1617. Educated at Newton and subsequently at Oxford where he graduated BA in 1630 and was awarded the degree of MA in 1636, Gee junior followed his father into the ministry. In 1646 he was elected to membership of the 6th (Preston) classis of the Lancashire presbytery and obtained the living of Eccleston, near Chorley. A “strict and unyielding Presbyterian”, Gee did not shrink from voicing his strong religious and political opinions both from the pulpit and in a series of books and pamphlets published during the Commonwealth period. Disenchanted with the republic from c.1651, he was briefly detained by the authorities on suspicion of encouraging invasion and insurrection. The book to which Lowe refers - “A Treatise of Prayer and of Divine Providence as relating to it, With an Application of the General Doctrine Thereof Unto the Present Time, and State of Things in the Land, So Far as Prayer is Concerned in Them. Written for the Instruction, Admonition, and Comfort of Those that Give Themselves Unto Prayer, and Stand in Need of it in the Said Respects. By Edward Gee, Minister of the Gospel at Eccleston in Lancashire” - first appeared in 1653.*
Gee's contemporaries Charles Herle (c.1597-1659) and Thomas Johnson (?-1660) were, respectively, Rectors of Winwick (from 1626) and Halsall (in practice from 1645, presented formally in 1654).
Charles Herle's convictions led him to side with the Parliamentary and Presbyterian factions during the turbulent 1640s; he engaged in a public dispute with Charles I's chaplain and future Bishop of Chester Henry Ferne over the respective claims of King and Parliament and championed the Presbyterian cause as a member of the Westminster Assembly's grand committee.
Thomas Johnson was installed at Halsall following the ejection of Rector Peter Travers, the latter having been deemed “disaffected to the parliament and the proceedings thereof”. With Edward Gee, Thomas Johnson put his name to “A Solemn Exhortation made and published to the several Churches of Christ within this Province of Lancaster , for the excitation of all persons therein to the practise of their duties, requisite to the effectual carrying on of church-discipline; and in it the edification of our churches, and the reformation of religion”, issued by the Provincial Synod at Preston on 7 February 1649.** Thomas Johnson's formal presentation to the Halsall rectory on 14 August 1654 was certified by, amongst others, Edward Gee and Charles Herle.
Lowe's ability to rehearse sentiments expressed at the Christmas Day service at Leigh in1660 suggests that he had to hand a written record, now lost, of sermons etc. heard by him before 1663.
*A transcript is at name.umdl.umich.edu/A85887.0001.001. A second edition was published posthumously in 1666.
**Transcript at name.umdl.umich.edu/A93467.0001.001.
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Left - “The Reverend Mr Herle \ Rector of Winwick”, artist unknown, photographed at St Oswald's Church, Winwick on 9 September 2023.
Right – Edward Gee's “The Divine Right and Originall of Civil Magistrates from God, Illustrated and Vindicated...”, published in 1658.
A most special pronouncement for a most special "holiday".
Phezzie is watching you.
(Made entirely in Adobe Illustrator CS5.)
Participatory 3 Dimensional Mapping of Kwaebibirem municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
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Le château de Chambord est un château français situé dans la commune de Chambord.
Construit au cœur du plus grand parc forestier clos d’Europe (environ 50 km2 ceint par un mur de 32 km de long), il s'agit du plus vaste des châteaux de la Loire. Il bénéficie d'un jardin d'agrément et d'un parc de chasse.
Le site a d'abord accueilli une motte féodale, ainsi que l'ancien château des comtes de Blois. L'origine du château actuel remonte au XVIe siècle et au règne du roi de France François Ier qui supervise son édification à partir de 1519.
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The royal Château de Chambord at Chambord is one of the most recognizable châteaux in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures. The building, which was never completed, was constructed by King Francis I of France.
Chambord is the largest château in the Loire Valley; it was built to serve as a hunting lodge for Francis I, who maintained his royal residences at the châteaux of Blois and Amboise.
Denny Onesimus Bakkara, a Riak Bumi staff member, gives instructions on coloring sketches. The event was to promote orangutan awareness through art (drawing, songs etc), West Kalimantan, Indonesia, May, 2010.
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Monterey, California (Feb 2, 2015) -Students from Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey visit the Monterey Farmer's Market. (Photo © Jessica Riehl, 2015)
Participatory 3 Dimensional Mapping of Kwaebibirem municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
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Le cimetière chinois de Nolette est un cimetière situé le territoire de la commune française de Noyelles-sur-Mer où sont inhumés les travailleurs civils chinois employés par l'armée britannique pendant la Première Guerre mondiale.
Il s'agit du plus grand cimetière chinois de France et d'Europe
Pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, Noyelles abrita une importante base arrière britannique dont un grand camp de coolies (travailleurs immigrés chinois). Ils furent recrutés par l'armée britannique entre 1917 et 1919 dans le cadre du corps de travailleurs chinois (en anglais, Chinese Labour Corps), pour des tâches de manutention à l'arrière du front mais certains connaitront les zones de combat.
Ils représentent l'une des premières immigrations chinoises en France. Ils avaient l'interdiction de se mêler à la population civile du lieu. Certains resteront en France après la Grande Guerre.
Chinois en France
L'entrée du cimetière chinois de Nolette.
Ils étaient affectés à des tâches pénibles et dangereuses comme le terrassement de tranchées, le ramassage des soldats morts sur le champ de bataille, le déminage des terrains reconquis, la blanchisserie, les services de santé auprès des malades, en particulier ceux atteints de la grippe espagnole...
En 1921, le gouvernement britannique décida l'édification du cimetière chinois à Nolette. Le Major Truelove est chargé de sa réalisation sous l'autorité d'Edwin Lutyens.
Depuis 2002, le cimetière de Nolette est le lieu de célébration de la Fête de Qing Ming (Fête des Morts chinoise) en France organisée par le Conseil pour l'intégration des communautés d'origine chinoise en France.
On trouve dans le département de la Somme des tombes de coolies dans les cimetières d'Abbeville, Albert, Daours, Gézaincourt, Tincourt-Boucly et Villers-Carbonnel.
Propriété de l'État français et gérée par la Commonwealth War Graves Commission, la nécropole située près du hameau de Nolette dans la commune de Noyelles-sur-Mer a été inaugurée en 1921 par le Préfet de la Somme. 849 travailleurs chinois sont inhumés à Noyelles-sur-Mer. La plupart travaillait au camp chinois de l'armée britannique situé sur la commune entre 1917 et 1919.
Tombe de Yang Shiyue 楊十月 originaire du Shandong, mort le 12 janvier 19191.
Beaucoup sont morts d'une épidémie de choléra qui a sévi dans le camp, de la grippe espagnole en 1918-1919 ou de la tuberculose, voire tués dans les zones de combat.
Le site est caractérisée par le portail d'entrée, les inscriptions sur les tombes et les essences d'arbres (pins, cèdres...) qu'on ne rencontre pas dans les autres cimetières du Commonwealth ainsi que par l'absence de croix du Sacrifice et de pierre du Souvenir.
Les tombes de ce cimetière sont constituées de 849 stèles en marbre blanc, avec sur chacune d'elle gravée une inscription en anglais « Faithful unto Death » ou « Though dead he still liveth » ou encore « A good reputation endures for ever » ainsi que des idéogrammes chinois et parfois, très rarement, le nom en anglais ou le matricule du défunt.
Le porche monumental et le mur de l'entrée tiennent lieu de mémorial pour la quarantaine de Chinois morts sur terre ou sur mer sans tombes connues.
Des statues de lions offerts par la République populaire de Chine sont situées, non loin de la nécropole, à l'entrée de la rue qui mène au cimetière de Nolette
Metz, France - St Stephen's Cathedral
Saint-Étienne de Metz (French for "Saint-Stephen of Metz"), also known as Metz Cathedral, is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Metz, capital of Lorraine, France. Saint-Étienne de Metz is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz and the seat of the Bishop of Metz, currently Pierre Raffin.The cathedral treasury exhibits the millennium rich collection of the Bishopric of Metz, including paraments and items used for the Eucharist.
Saint-Stephen of Metz has one of the highest naves in the world. The cathedral is nicknamed the Good Lord's Lantern (French: la Lanterne du Bon Dieu), displaying the largest expanse of stained glass in the world with 6,496 m2 (69,920 sq ft). Those stained glass windows include works by Gothic and Renaissance master glass makers Hermann von Münster, Theobald of Lixheim, and Valentin Bousch and romantic Charles-Laurent Maréchal, tachist Roger Bissière, cubist Jacques Villon, and modernist Marc Chagall.
Built between 1220 and 1552, it is the product of the unification of two distinct churches. With its 42 metre high vaults, it is one of the highest Gothic edifices in Europe. With its 6,500 m² of stained glass windows, the nickname “God’s lantern” is well merited. There are windows from the 13th to the 20th centuries by Hermann de Münster, Thiebault de Lixheim, Valentin Bousch, Jacques Villon and Marc Chagall. These masterpieces of the art of fire and light form a veritable encyclopaedia of the art of stained glass.
Architecture
Saint-Stephen Cathedral is a Rayonnant Gothic edifice built with the local yellow Jaumont limestone. Like in French Gothic architecture, the building is compact, with slight projection of the transepts and subsidiary chapels. However, it displays singular, distinctive characteristics in both its ground plan and architecture compared to most of the other cathedrals. Because of topography of Moselle valley in Metz, the common west-east axis of the ground plan could not be applied and the church is oriented north-northeast. Moreover, unlike the French and German Gothic cathedrals having three portals surmounted by a rose window and two large towers, Saint-Stephen of Metz has a single porch at its western facade. One enters laterally in the edifice by another portal placed at the south-western side of the narthex, declining the usual alignment of the entrance with the choir.
The nave is supported by flying buttresses and culminates at 41.41 metres (135.9 ft) high, making one of the highest naves in the world. The height of the nave is contrasted by the relatively low height of the aisles with 14.3 metres (47 ft) high, reinforcing the sensation of tallness of the nave. This feature permitted the architects to create large, tall expanses of stained glass. Through its history, Saint-Stephen Cathedral was subjected to architectural and ornamental modifications with successive additions of Neoclassical and Neogothic elements.
Construction history
The edification of Saint-Stephen of Metz took place on an Ancient site from the 5th century consecrated to Saint Stephen protomartyr. According to Gregory of Tours, the shrine of Saint Stephen was the sole structure spared during the sack of 451 by Attila's Huns. The construction of the Gothic cathedral began in 1220 within the walls of an Ottonian basilica dating from the 10th century. The integration into the cathedral's ground plan of a Gothic chapel from the 12th century at the western end resulted in the absence of a main western portal; the south-western porch of the cathedral being the entrance of the former chapel. The work was completed around 1520 and the new cathedral was consecrated on 11 April 1552.
In 1755, French architect Jacques-François Blondel was awarded by the Royal Academy of Architecture to built a Neoclassical portal at the West end of the cathedral. He disengaged the cathedral's facade by razing an adjacent cloister and three attached churches and achieved the westwork in 1764.
In 1877, the Saint-Stephen of Metz was heavily damaged after a conflagration due to fireworks. After this incident, it was decided the refurbishment of the cathedral and its adornments within a Neogothic style. The western facade was completely rebuilt between 1898 and 1903; the Blondel's portal was demolished and a new Neogothic portal was added.
For everyone's edification: coating your plates evenly is not easy. See what happens when you don't?
Contact print of 4x5 velvia transparency
Eglise Saint Vincent - Saint Remy de Provence - Bouches du Rhône (France).
L'existence de l'église paroissiale de la ville est attestée dès 1122. L'édifice roman fut prolongé d'un vaste choeur gothique à l'occasion de l'édification de l'église en collégiale par le pape Jean XXII, en 1331. Le bâtiment fut reconstruit en 1821, le clocher datant du XVIème siècle fut conservé.
The existence of the parochial church of the city is attested from 1122. The Romanic building was prolonged by a vast Gothic chorus on the occasion of the construction of the church in collegiate church by pope Jean XXII, in 1331. The building was reconstructed in 1821, the bell tower dating the XVIth century was preserved.
Mathurin Zida a Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) scientist holds a information gathering session on climate change, Sibi village near Boromo, Burkina Faso.
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