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A church silver altar frontal panel of 'The Five Holy Wounds'
Estimate: PHP 200,000 - 220,000
Mid 19th century
Pampanga
Repoussé silver set in a contemporary kamagong frame
66 x 80.5 cm (26 x 31 1/2 in)
Provenance:
Private collection, Manila
A church devotional panel of a massive sheet of repoussé and chased silver depicting the Five Holy Wounds. Also known as the Five Sacred Wounds or the Five Precious Wounds, this devotional panel depicts the five piercing wounds that Jesus Christ suffered during His crucifixion. The wounds have been the focus of particular devotions, especially in the late Middle Ages, and have often been reflected in church music and art. The Rococo design suggests a European source, perhaps a wood lock print, but the execution suggests Chinese silver workmanship with swags and medallions, featuring Chinese lotus buds, acanthus, and fig leaves.
Lot 159 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on 18 March 2023. Please see www.salcedoauctions.com for more information.
Well, it seems my second picture didn't upload for some reason, so here it is again!
I first took this picture as I sat outside, watching the sunset, because I thought the cloud rather reminded me of the Battlestar Galactica (NERD ALERT, right?). Then, as I watched it head out to sea, I thought more about the hydrologic cycle, how water had evaporated somewhere nearby (or far away), condensed in the cooler air of the high altitudes and formed the cloud I watched. Would it continue out to sea and gather more moisture? Dissipate? Or, perhaps, get drawn into a frontal clash and turn into a system that would rain water back down into the ocean?
I recently read Issac's Storm by Erik Larson (great historical narrative by an amazing author!) which, among other things, talked about some early beliefs in weather, like shooting cannons into the sky to either bring about or repeal storms. Hogwash as we know now, of course. But what if we actually *were* able to harness some part of the water cycle - prevent some of that moisture from emptying in the seas and redirect it to drought stricken areas? Maybe even dissipate cloud cover in our gloomier NorthEastern/Western states? Initiate small storms in the dry plains?
Este frontal procede de la iglesia parroquial de Farrera, Pallars Sobirà, Cataluña. Está pintado al temple sobre tabla y datado en el siglo XIII. Pertenece al Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Fotografiada en la exposición Los pilares de Europa, en Caixa Forum Madrid.
Obverse: Head of Athena to right, in crested Corinthian helmet on which is a serpent. Hair loose. Reverse: Nike in frontal pose, holding a wreath in right hand, and a standard in left hand. At left: monogram; at right: inscription in Greek (see media screen for monogram and Greek inscription)
Provenance
Cat. Sotheby, Montagu, 1896, pl. x, 779 (ex du Chastel Collection). By date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1897: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 25,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 97.285-97.442 and 97.1104)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Greek, Early Hellenistic Period, 311–305 B.C.
Mint
Alexandria (Egypt), Macedonia (Kingdom)
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0663.
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 8.57 gm.
Accession Number
97.412
Medium or Technique
Gold
This is probably a species of the genus Nomada. They belong to the cuckoo bees, meaning they are not building hives. They rather live parasitic in hives of other hymenopteran species. About 25 % of the european bees are cuckoo bees.
Hierbei handelt es sich vermutlich um eine Art der Gattung Nomada. Siehe gehören zu den Kuckucks-Bienen, welche parasitisch in Stöcken anderer Bienenarten leben. Ca. 25 % der heimischen Arten sind Kuckucks-Bienen.
out of my series ANIMALS
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The weather changed very quickly this morning as the sunshine gave way to a big low pressure system moving up from the south. It made for some cool pictures, too bad the sun is gone again though.
A 4 frame panorama shot through a welding glass ND filter. Stitched together in Hugin.
Each frame shot at ISO 100 f/9.0 31.0 seconds
The primary weapon of the HS-P is a 30mm quad rail autocannon that is uniquely designed to fit the size and shape of this ship. The entire cannon assembly is the heaviest component of the HS-P and takes up the entire frontal bottom of the ship. A specialised group of engineers from Harbinger Systems was assigned to work on this weapon in order to ensure that since this was the primary weapon of the HS-P, it better damn well be able to do whatever job needed to be done. The engineers were very much inspired by the long retired GAU-8 Avenger that was used by the A-10s of yore. However, a gatling setup would not have allowed the incorporation of electromagnetic components that were essential to the railgun design. In addition, rail tech allowed the 30mm rounds to be much lighter than even caseless ammunition since there was no longer the need for propellants. The quad rail autocannons are designed to be effective against ships and structures that are much larger than the HS-P.
The quad autocannons also have a secondary fire mode that is often used after all the 30mm rounds have been expended but there have been pilots that are known to switch to this mode as a matter of preference or strategy. The quad autocannons are also capable of firing devastating ion beams. This mode draws upon the main energy source of the HS-P and is theoretically unlimited as long as the power core of the ship is not completely depleted. The only drawback of this mode is that upon activation, the internal mechanism of the cannons needs 30 seconds to adjust and the rear thrusters will thereafter lose 80% of their maximum power. This is a result of the massive amounts of energy that need to be diverted to power the anti-matter generator housed within the cannon assembly. Another similar 30 seconds need to be given for the cannons to switch back to rail gun mode and even then, power to the rear thrusters is raised back up to 50% but require another full minute before they can be fully restored to maximum functionality and power.