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The Tower of David (Hebrew: מגדל דוד, Migdal David, Arabic: برج داود, Burj Daud), also known as the Jerusalem Citadel, is an ancient citadel located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to western edge of the Old City of Jerusalem.
The citadel that stands today dates to the Mamluk and Ottoman periods. It was built on the site of an earlier ancient fortification of the Hasmonean, Herodian-era, Byzantine and Early Muslim periods, after being destroyed repeatedly during the last decades of Crusader presence in the Holy Land by Ayyubid and Mamluk rulers.[1] It contains important archaeological finds dating back over 2,000 years including a quarry dated to the First Temple period, and is a popular venue for benefit events, craft shows, concerts, and sound-and-light performances.( Wikipedia)
Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire – Stained Glass Museum
The Stained-Glass Museum is inside Ely Cathedral and is situated upstairs in a permanent gallery which unfortunately has no lift, only a staircase of 40 steps. It is not very big in size but what it lacks in volume, it delivers in quality.
It gives an insight into 800 years of glass making. It has over 120 panels of glass, quite breath taking. Also worth noting, the Museum has a few exhibitions in the year, items coming from their own archives.
A wreath is place over Mary's right arm annually by Roman firemen. She stands atop a 39-foot-tall Cipollino marble column of Corinthian order which was sculpted in ancient Rome for a statue of the goddess Minerva.
The base is adorned with large statues of four Old Testament
figures: King David — by Adam Tadolini, Isaiah the Prophet — by Salvatore Revelli, Ezekiel the Seer — by Carlo Chelli and
Patriarch Moses — by Ignazio Jacometti. Moses has horns [www.flickr.com/photos/122483654@N07/50958830287/in/photol...]
Leaves dance,
old folks dance,
Garth Brooks sang about “The Dance,”
Degas did the dance in blue,
toddlers dance to anything,
some dogs (like my beloved WolfCub) dance,
ballerinas dance,
cowboys dance,
has-been stars dance,
but no one dances like an artist.
For only with complete abandonment to the music of soul, can one truly feel the beat, and respond accordingly.
Some day, I shall meet the greatest dancer of all,
the greatest artist of all,
my hero, King David,
that flawed and yet noble man who danced before the Lord.
Now that must have been some dance!
“David, wearing a linen ephod, danced before the LORD with all his might, 15 while he and the entire house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouts and the sound of trumpets." (2Samuel 6:14,15)
Blessings to all my Flickr friends who celebrate Easter or Passover. May the G-d of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob bless you richly in this season. May you know the joy of dancing with abandon, before the Lord.
Blessings,
Sheree
(This was shot with the help of my 5-year old granddaughter holding up one of her ballerina ornaments against her bed netting. Thank you, Arwen! Love you.)
Pre-Raphaelite stained glass from the parish church of St Michael & All Angels, Waterford, Herts. here we see King David with his harp. This is the work of Edward Burne-Jones and dates from around 1872.
Looking west from the top of the old city walls. You can walk the entire wall completely around the old city. Offers great views and interesting historical sights. We actually walked to the Lions Gate then to the top of the Mount of Olives and back out the Jaffa Gate to our hotel. Long haul but had good food and cold drinks along the way. Nice people and friendly faces the whole day.
Medieval Page from a manuscript from 1495 at Museum Catharijneconvent in Utrecht, Netherlands. The museum is hosting a unique exhibition: Magical Miniatures with many illustrated, beautiful medieval manuscripts.
On this page the killing of the Duke of Burgundy, John the Fearless, on September 10, 1419.
More magical miniatures at:
Breviary from c. 1270-1280 with an initial showing King David.
Museum Catharijneconvent in Utrecht, Netherlands.
The museum is hosting a unique exhibition: Magical Miniatures with many illustrated, beautiful medieval manuscripts.
More magical miniatures at:
www.gevelstenenvanamsterdam.nl/nieuwe-batavierstraat-2_03
Gevelstenen van Amsterdam
Nieuwe Batavierstraat 2_03
D' KOONIG DAVID
Een gevelsteen met een staande koning David die harp speelt.
De steen is afkomstig van Uilenburgerstraat no. 67 en zat daar boven de toegang tot de zogenoemde Davidsgang.
Het eiland Uilenburg werd omstreeks 1595 aangelegd. Het nieuwe gebied kreeg als voornaamste bestemming scheepsbouw, ankersmederijen, teerkokerijen en andere, aan de scheepsbouw gerelateerde functies.
De middenstrook was voor woningbouw bestemd. De twee straten die hierdoor ontstonden waren de Uilenburgerstraat en de Batavierstraat. Toen de scheepsbouwactiviteiten naar elders in de stad verhuisden, werd de woonbebouwing op Uilenburg uitgebreid.
In het begin van de 20ste eeuw was de buurt zodanig verpauperd dat tot totale sanering werd besloten. In 1927 werden de laatste krotten gesloopt en van de twee smalle straten één brede gemaakt: de huidige Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat.
De gevelsteen is in 2010 gerestaureerd en gepolychromeerd.
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Gable stones of Amsterdam
Nieuwe Batavierstraat 2_03
D' KOONIG DAVID
A gable stone with a standing King David playing the harp.
The stone comes from Uilenburgerstraat no. 67 and was placed above the entrance to the so-called Davidsgang.
The island of Uilenburg was constructed around 1595. The new area was mainly intended for shipbuilding, anchor smithies, tar boilers and other ship-related functions.
The middle strip was intended for housing. The two streets created by this were the Uilenburgerstraat and the Batavierstraat. When the shipbuilding activities moved elsewhere in the city, the residential buildings on Uilenburg expanded.
By the beginning of the 20th century, the neighbourhood had become so impoverished that it was decided to clean it up completely. In 1927, the last slums were demolished and the two narrow streets were turned into one wide street: the current Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat.
The plaque was restored and polychromed in 2010.
If you look closely at stained glass, you can see all sorts of themes: religion, flowers, art and music. When considering the theme of music, in ecclesiastical stained glass, Saint Cecilia, the Roman martyr venerated in Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican churches became the patron of music and musicians, it being written that, as the musicians played at her wedding, Cecilia "sang in her heart to the Lord". She is portrayed playing the flute, the violin, the harp, the harpsichord and most commonly the organ or simply singing. Saint David is portrayed playing the kinnor (also known as a lyre). According to the Book of Samuel, an “evil spirit from the Lord” plagued King Saul, making him agitated and fearful of persecution. Because music was thought to have a therapeutic effect, the king summoned the hero and warrior David, who was renowned for his skill with the lyre. In Victorian times, the muse of music became a common classical figure portrayed, sometimes male, but more often female since it was considered a feminine pastime. During the Arts and Crafts Movement, grand houses and mansions were often built with a “welcome window”. Such windows were often sited on the staircase to greet guests in anticipation of a hospitable visit to the home. They usually featured at least one or two heralds trumpeting welcome in the scene.
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a weekly challenge called “Snap Happy”. A different theme chosen by a member of the group each week, and the image is to be posted on the Monday of the week.
This week the theme, “music” was chosen by Di, PhotosbyDi.
I thought a collage of some of the examples of musically themed windows I have photographed in Churches and private houses over the years might be suitable.
Far right and far left: Detail of the “Cliveden” welcome window designed by John William Brown in 1887, manufactured by James Powel and Sons, Whitefriars Glass Works.
Middle top left: Detail of the Saint Cecelia window of St John’s Church of England, Heidelberg, manufactured by Brooks Robinson and Company.
Middle top centre: Detail of the Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School (formerly “Earlsbrae Hall”), Moonee Ponds, muse of music window, painter and manufacturer unknown.
Middle top right: Detail of the Saint Cecelia window of Our Lady of Victories Basilica, Camberwell, manufactured by John Hardman Glass Studios in Birmingham in 1924.
Middle bottom left: Detail of the Saint David window of Saint Stephen’s Church of England, Richmond, manufactured by Brooks Robinson and Company.
Middle bottom centre: Detail of the Saint Cecelia window of Saint Stephen’s Church of England, Richmond, manufactured by William Montgomery.
Middle bottom right: Detail of the Saint David window of Our Lady of Victories Basilica Camberwell, manufactured by John Hardman Glass Studios in Birmingham in 1924.
Dubbed “Cliveden”, after the famous country estate of the Astor family in Buckinghamshire, the palatial Italian Renaissance style house designed by William Wardell built for director of the Colonial Bank Sir William Clarke, became Melbourne\'s largest residence. Built on the corner of Clarendon Street and Wellington Parade in East Melbourne, no expense was spared in either the construction or the embellishment of the building; oak panelling was shipped from England, stained glass from Italy and a team of craftsman arrived from Florence to work on the fittings. There were twenty-eight bedrooms, five bathrooms, seventeen individual servants quarters and three oversize marble fireplaces in the dining room alone. The entire dwelling cost the then staggering sum of £182,000.00. pounds. It afforded beautiful views across the Fitzroy Gardens and across the Yarra River to Government House. The Clarke family moved into “Cliveden” in 1888 and the house soon became the centre of Melbourne\'s elite social scene. It was bequeathed to Sir William’s wife Janet upon his death in 1897 and when she died in 1909, “Cliveden” was sold to the Baillieu family for only £44,000.00. They converted them into forty-eight luxury apartments (a novelty at the time in Australia) known as “Cliveden Mansions”. By the 1960s, the apartments were no longer luxurious. The property was sold in 1968 and demolished in 1970. The Hilton Hotel (now the Pullman Hotel) was erected on the block.
John William Brown (1842–1928) was an English painter and stained glass designer. He was employed by Morris & Co. and later by James Powell and Sons, before he became a freelance designer, when he continued to undertake commissions for Powell\'s. His major works include the Lady Chapel windows and the east window of Liverpool Cathedral.
The firm of James Powell and Sons, also known as Whitefriars Glass, were English glassmakers, leadlighters and stained glass window manufacturers. As Whitefriars Glass, the company existed from the Seventeenth Century, but became well known as a result of the Nineteenth Century Gothic Revival and the demand for stained glass windows. They ceased production in 1980.
Built to the specifications of architect George Reilly Cox, Saint John\'s Church of England in Burgundy Street Heidelberg, is a fine example of simple Early English Gothic architecture. The building was completed by April 1851. Comprising of a gabled nave, without aisles, a narthex below the west tower and a sanctuary and vestry at the east end, Saint John\'s Church of England is simple, unpretentious and elegant in its design. The nave and chancel are constructed of handmade bricks laid on a bluestone rubble plinth. The church features lancet windows in Early English Gothic style. It has a square tower surmounted by four pinnacles and crenulations. The roof is slated and contains small gable vents, and the roof drains to galvanised steel quad section eaves gutters. The gable parapets are fitted with galvanised sheet steel cappings. The formal opening of Saint John\'s Church of England took place on the 26th of October 1861. The church was dedicated by Bishop Perry the first Bishop of Melbourne on the 30th of September 1861 and named the Church of Saint John the Evangelist. The roof was completely replaced around 1856 with slate after the original shingles had deteriorated. The interior was plastered and the exterior brickwork was covered with cement. Another renovation took place in 1965 at the cost of $56,000.00. The vestry, choir room, chapel and new entrance porch were added at the original back of the church. Interestingly, the congregation today no longer use the 1965 entrance and have reverted to the original entrance. The choir room now serves as a Sunday school for the children of the congregation, whilst the newer chapel is not generally used at all.
Brooks, Robinson and Company first opened their doors on Elizabeth Street in Melbourne in 1854 as importers of window and table glass and also specialised in interior decorating supplies. Once established the company moved into glazing and were commonly contracted to do shopfronts around inner Melbourne. In the 1880s they commenced producing stained glass on a small scale. Their first big opportunity occurred in the 1890s when they were engaged to install Melbourne\'s St Paul\'s Cathedral\'s stained-glass windows. Their notoriety grew and as a result their stained glass studio flourished, particularly after the closure of their main competitor, Ferguson and Urie. They dominated the stained glass market in Melbourne in the early 20th Century, and many Australian glass artists of worked in their studio. Their work may be found in the Princess Theatre on Melbourne\'s Spring Street, in St John\'s Church in Toorak, and throughout churches in Melbourne. Brooks, Robinson and Company was taken over by Email Pty Ltd in 1963, and as a result they closed their stained glass studio.
Built on Leslie Road in Moonee Ponds, Lowther Hall Ladies’ College originally began its life in 1890 as “Earlsbrae Hall”, a monumental classical edifice with Corinthian columns, balconies and pediments. The original owner was Melbourne brewer Collier McCracken. In 1911, ownership passed to interesting Melbourne character, E.W. Cole, a utopian businessman and visionary, the owner of Cole’s Book Arcade and publisher of the bestselling Cole’s Funny Picture Book. He moved into “Earlsbrae Hall” with his collection of monkeys, added a vast aviary and a long floral rainbow planted in the front garden. He lived here until his death at the ripe old age of 86 in 1918. “Earlsbrae Hall” became Lowther Hall Ladies’ College in 1920 after the amalgamation of several smaller exclusive girls schools, and it remains in their hands to this day, with a well maintained exterior and still retaining some of its original grand features inside.
Hardman and Co., otherwise known as the John Hardman Trading Co., Ltd., was founded 1838. It began manufacturing stained glass in 1844 and became one of the world\'s leading manufacturers of stained glass and ecclesiastical fittings. Major commissions include London’s Houses of Parliament, Saint Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney, Saint Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney and Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in Ballarat. The business finally closed in 2008.
On 6 October 1918, Our Lady of Victories on Camberwell’s Burke Road was opened by the then Archbishop of Melbourne, the Most Rev. Daniel Mannix DD, with 80,000 people in attendance. Special trains and trams had to be provided to enable people to attend the opening. Just prior to this event, Father Robinson altered the parish name to Our Lady of Victories. The church is built of Barrabool stone, from Waurn Ponds, Geelong. The most prominent external feature is the cupola – the rounded copper dome adorning the church roof. It is a notable Camberwell landmark that has been a significant part of Camberwell’s landscape for over a century. The statue of Mary on the cupola is over three metres tall and stands fifty metres from the ground. It was carved in wood by Signor Vincenzo Cadorin, of Venice, and is clad in copper gilt. It was placed in position in 1916, two years before the Church was officially opened. Installation of the suite of stained glass windows was completed over several years, finishing in 1924. There are forty-three windows made by the factory of John Hardman, in Birmingham, whose work is also to be seen in the British Houses of Parliament and in many churches in the Britain, the United States and Australia.
William Montgomery (1850 - 1927) was an artist who specialised in stained glass painting and design. He was born in England in 1850, and studied at the School of Art in Newcastle-on-Tyne. In his final year William was awarded one of only three National Art Scholarships that year to study at South Kensington School of Art (now the Royal College of Art). He was employed by the leading London stained glass firm, Clayton and Bell, before joining Franz Mayer and Company in Munich, Germany. Over the next seven years he not only designed windows he also trained others in the English style of glass painting. William arrived in Melbourne, Australia, in 1886 during the Boom Period provided by the Gold Rush. Melbourne was at the time one of the wealthiest cities in the world, and was in the throes of a building boom. He quickly set up his studio at 164 Flinders Street in the heart of Melbourne, bringing with him the latest in European style and design and achieving instant success amongst wealthy patrons. He worked equally for Catholic and Protestant denominations, his windows being found in many churches as well as in mansions, houses and other commercial buildings around the city. This extended to the country beyond as his reputation grew. A painter as well as stained glass window designer William was a founding member of the Victorian Art Society in Albert Street, Eastern Hill. William became President of its Council in 1912, a position he held until 1916. He was a trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria. His commissions included; stained glass windows at Christ Church, Hawthorn: St. John\'s, Heidelberg, St. Ignatius\', Richmond: Christ Church, St Kilda: Geelong Grammar School: the Bathurst Cathedral and private houses "Tay Creggan", Hawthorn (now Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar), and "Earlsbrae Hall", Essendon (now Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School). The success of William Montgomery made Melbourne the leading centre of stained glass in the Southern Hemisphere. William Montgomery died in 1927.
Saint Stephen’s Parish, which dates from 1849, was the first to be established in the eastern suburban area of Melbourne. An acre of land was offered in this year by the Reverend Joseph Docker, a local landowner, after whom Docker’s Hill was named, and by the end of the year Arthur Newson and James Blackburn had been engaged to design a church building. The foundation stone was laid in June 1850 and the unfinished church on Richmond’s Church Street opened in November 1851. Further work, mainly on the interior, was carried out in 1854 under the supervision of architect Charles Webb. In 1863 the north aisle was erected to the design of Nathaniel Billing, and the west wall of the church rebuilt. In 1876 the south aisle and chancel were erected under the supervision of architect D. Goldie while in 1923 the choir vestry was erected by Clements Langford, thus completing the fabric of the building as it stands today.
The representation of Christ Pantocrator in the semi-dome of the apse is the focal point of the apse and visually dominates the chapel. Christ Pantocrator, the almighty and omnipotent Christ, is central in Byzantine and Orthodox iconography. Christ holds Scripture with his left hand, and his right hand is raised in a gesture of blessing. The mosaics in the apse were dated in 1143, but they were not complete yet at the time of Roger's death in 1154.
The arch immediately above Christ shows the Hetoimasia, the empty throne that is prepared for the Second Coming of Christ. The royal figure above Christ Pantocrator is King David.
Construction of the Cappella Palatina, the chapel of the Palazzo dei Normanni (Norman Palace), began in 1132 in a Norman-Arabic-Byzantine style under the Norman king Roger II; it was consecrated in 1140. Roger II had the entire chapel decorated in mosaics that were created by Byzantine craftsmen. The execution of the extensive mosaic decor, covering the entire interior, began no later than 1143.
The chapel's oldest mosaics, and the ones of highest quality both artistically and in terms of technique, are the ones in the cupola and its drum. The mosaic decor on the side walls, completed by around 1170, consists of two pictorial cycles. the Old Testament cycle and the stories of apostles Peter and Paul.
The King David Hotel opened in 1931, it was built with locally quarried pink limestone and was founded by Ezra Mosseri, a wealthy Egyptian Jewish banker. It is located on King David Street in the centre of Jerusalem, overlooking the Old City and Mount Zion, and is named after the Biblical King David.
It is also famous for the 1946 King David Hotel Bombing, when an attack by the Zionist organization Irgun targeted the hotel's southern wing, which contained offices for the British authorities during Mandatory Palestine, killing 91 people of various nationalities and injuring 45.
From its earliest days, the King David Hotel hosted royalty: the dowager empress of Pahlavi dynasty, Tadj ol-Molouk, queen consort Nazli of Egypt, and King Abdullah I of Jordan stayed at the hotel, and three heads of state forced to flee their countries took up residence there: King Alfonso XIII of Spain, forced to abdicate in 1931, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, driven out by the Italians in 1936, and King George II of Greece, who set up his government in exile at the hotel after the Nazi occupation of his country in 1942. During the Mandatory Palestine, the southern wing of the hotel contained British administrative and military offices.
The Biblical story of Bathsheba and King David has been a topic in European art at least since the quattrocento. The classical take has always been to show Bathsheba taking a bath outdoors while David is watching somewhere in the background from his castle. There is a second take which seems to be a Dutch invention: Bathsheba reading David’s letter. This one is found in a little known print by Pieter de Grebber, and later (1654) in two paintings, one by Rembrandt and the other by his student Willem Drost. There is a slightly later painting by Jan Steen as well.
Drost (whose picture you see above), only 21 at the time, clearly outshines his master here.
This is on display at Louvre Museum, Paris
On the way from the Dormition Abbey to King David's tomb, just south of the Old City’s Zion Gate is the King David statue.
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The Temple Mount In Jerusalem The Temple Mount is that walled in area in the Southeastern part of the Ancient City of Jerusalem. It is an area considered Holy by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. It was here that Solomon built the Temple of the Most High God. It was described as being on Mount Moriah. […]
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I'm going to be sharing a number of different concept shots I'm shooting for the cover of my upcoming new book on the life of King David. I'm shooting these all in house, and working at trying to capture the twin aspects of warrior king and shepherd in the shot. I would appreciate honest feedback about what works and what doesn't, as I've got a few months to tweak these looks before I need to have the cover art ready. Thanks for taking the time! I've launched a new group for discussing gear, photography, and my new reviews if you would care to take a look. It can be found here: bit.ly/1JPhmpD
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King David sings, Voroneț Monastery, Bucovina, Romania.
Mănăstirea Voroneț, Bucovina, România
Anomenat la “Capella Sixtina de l’Est”
Denominado a veces la “Capilla Sixtina del Este”
Also called "Sistine Chapel of the East"
Middle East Adventure Week Two Middle East Adventure continues as we now embark on week two. Our guide, Elinoar Nitzani, arrives and we are off to see the hot and amazing Judean Desert. We pass the Qumran Caves, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by a Bedouin Shepherd. Fragments from over 2oo books were […]