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Stained glass window by the William Morris Company in memory of all Hook Norton men who fell in the Great War 1914-1918 - Church of St Peter, Hook Norton Oxfordshire
part of CJCH prize in Jan Palach Square (30th May 2013) feat. video works by Kaja Cxzy Andersen, Jiří Maha, Martyn Reynolds & Amitai Romm
Pumpkin Porter with apple strudel and vanilla ice cream (ice cream specially imported), served family-style.
A different beer was served with dessert - Red Hook Pumpkin Porter ale, 5.8% ABV (brewed with pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and maple syrup). It was OK but I think I would have preferred a nice thick chocolatey stout.
Early c1100 Norman bucket font of oolitic limestone, designed for total immersion , stands on a more recent base. It has a lead lining, and a recent fixed wooden surround on the upper surface
Round the upper part of the bowl, within a border, is a beaded wavy line (snakes ?) with foliage at intervals on either side and a half lozenge underneath. Round the lower part, within a border, is a series of roundels with circular medallions.
The figures show Adam and Eve (ADAM and EVA inscribed on their chests in mixed Roman and Lombardic capitals) , the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and signs of the Zodiac (Sagittarius (SAGITARIVS) , Aquarius & Aries)
Adam has a spade in his right hand and a rake held up in his left hand. Eve, who has plaited hair, holds an apple in her right hand and a fig leaf in her left.
Sagittarius (SAGITARIVS) the archer portrayed as a centaur, with the body, hind legs and tail of a horse and human torso, is turned away from Aquarius, but the upper, human part is looking back and holds a bow with a short arrow, which he is about to discharge. This combination suggests Sagittarius as the champion of all that is right and good, driving away the evil influence as represented by the flood which would destroy the world, released by Aquarius (the water carrier) who has a hooked stick over his shoulder with 2 water-bags hanging from it, and carries an axe in front of him., The destructive character of the water of the flood is thus contrasted with the regenerative power of the water of baptism.
Aries is typical of the lamb of God which takes away the sins of the world. He is standing on a flat pedestal and below this is a tree with foliage extending on either side from the top of the trunk, suggesting the tree of life. The remaining figure is Serpens, represented as a two headed serpent, with one head biting the other. This is a symbol o f the powers of evil which war against one another and bring about their own destruction. (or possibly the symbol of eternity)
- Church of St Peter, Hook Norton Oxfordshire
Commissioned Devastator Transformer combiner set. Please visit www.frenzyrumble.com for more information about commissioned action figures!
A double sided "hook" at a vendors meat stall in a small market in the Qiaodong district of Chaozhou
St Peter's church in Hook Norton is a fine medieval building, Norman in origin (traces remain visible in the chancel) but in appearance belonging mostly to the later Middle Ages with a spacious late 14th century nave and a stately pinnacled Perpendicular west tower from c1500.
The interior is flooded with light, thanks to minimal use of stained glass and white-rendered walls, though we are reminded how different the original effect would have been by the fragmentary 15th century mural over the chancel arch where a pair of angels and male saints (very rustic work) can be seen against a red ground, no doubt originally supporting figures formerly flanking the carved crucifixion group of of the lost rood screen.
The stained glass in the east window is Victorian and nothing special, but that in the south aisle is a far more inspiring piece, a late work by the studio of Morris & Co serving as a WWI memorial.
The most important artefact in the church however is the 11th century font, a cylindrical drum carved with figures in relief, coarse in quality but fascinating in subject, with a group of Adam & Eve with the Tree of Knowledge, followed by several rather pagan-looking figures from the zodiac.
A regional brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England. Founded in 1849, this brewing plant in the Cotswolds is a traditional Victorian 'tower' brewery in which all the stages of the brewing process flow from floor to floor - mashing at the top, boiling in the middle, fermentation and racking at the bottom. Until 2006, the brewing process was powered by steam.
When you work and life on a working barge in Rotterdam, you need a system for taking your car with you.
Commissioned Devastator Transformer combiner set. Please visit www.frenzyrumble.com for more information about commissioned action figures!
Commissioned Devastator Transformer combiner set. Please visit www.frenzyrumble.com for more information about commissioned action figures!