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The Jaca Cathedral is one of the oldest of the Iberian peninsula, dating back to the 1070s. The building, that was altered many times later, was commissioned by King Sancho Ramírez, who established an episcopal seat in Jaca, then the capital of the Kingdom of Aragon.
The Romanesque cathedral was completed around 1130. In 1395 a blaze destroyed large parts of the cathedral. The ceiling had to be reconstructed in the following decades and got renovated in the 16th century, when the aisles were added and the nave got enlarged.
The cloister, adjoining the cathedral hosts the "Museo Diocesano de Jaca".
Here is the museum´s website:
www.diocesisdejaca.org/index.php/museo-diocesano-de-jaca
I had once admired the capital depicting "King David and his musicians" on the southern porch of the cathedral. This porch was added to the structure later, "reusing" capitals that probably had been before part of a Romanesque cloister. I did not know at that time, that I saw a copy.
This is the original, a masterpiece of the Master of Jaca. King David, is accompanied by an orchestra of 11 musicians, playing different instruments. This is the left side, where 5 of the 11 musicians are gathered.
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The chapter house of the former "Abbaye Saint-Georges de Boscherville", founded by a chamberlain of William the Conqueror, and in existence upto the French Revolution.
The abbey church serves the parish since then. Most buildings of the abbey got demolished after the Revolution, but the chapter house survived. I had been here about 10 years ago, when this part of the abbey was closed. This time I had more luck - and was surprised by originality and quality of the carvings.
Some of the carvings here are copies, as the delicate and already weathered originals are kept in a museum in Rouen.
This capital, once part of the cloister, is now exhibited in the chapter-house. It is one of the few Romanesque capitals, where a whole orchestra is depicted (another one is in Jaca). Note the large organistrum / hurdy gurdy.
Freiberg came into being around 1162/1170. Between 1156 and 1162, Margrave Otto von Meissen had the forest cleared and several villages laid out, including Christiansdorf. In 1168 silver ore was discovered near Christiansdorf. The promise of special freedoms for the miners attracted numerous miners, traders and craftsmen, along with their families, to the Ore Mountains. Due to the wave of immigration, the city of Freiberg developed within two decades. This name is derived from the important feature, the freedom of mining introduced by Margrave Otto, i.e. the mining rights of every immigrant. Anyone could dig for the silver ore for a fee. The silver could only be sold to the margravial mint. The wealth of silver and the mint made the Electorate of Saxony a prosperous state.
Further development in the 13th century is characterized by constant growth after the municipality was almost completely destroyed by a city fire around 1225. A town school was established in 1260, which had been converted into a Latin school in 1515. In the 14th century, crises gradually emerged, which were mainly caused by the decline in silver production from the middle of the 14th century and by large-scale city fires. In the 15th century, Freiberg lost its leading economic position within Saxony to Leipzig due to the exodus of capital.
The Bergakademie was founded in 1765, one of the world's oldest mining engineering universities.
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Around 1180, the Romanesque basilica "Unserer Lieben Frauen" was built in Freiberg, which was developing rapidly due to the silver that had been found. In 1480, the church was turned into a Collegiate church. However, the college was dissolved after only 57 years due to the reformation of the Electorate of Saxony. In the great fire of 1484, the church was almost completely destroyed. The "Cathedral of St. Mary" was built at the same location as a triple-naved Gothic hall church. The cathedral was reconsecrated in 1512.
The "Goldene Pforte" (Golden Gate) is a late Romanesque portal created in 1225 on the south side of the cathedral. The portal probably formed the western entrance of the Romanesque church, which was destroyed in the fire of 1484. In the new building that followed, the architecture and architectural sculpture of the portal were carefully dismantled and added to the new building in late Gothic forms as the new south entrance.
King David
The Jaca Cathedral is one of the oldest of the Iberian peninsula, dating back to the 1070s. The building, that was altered many times later, was commissioned by King Sancho Ramírez, who established an episcopal seat in Jaca, then the capital of the Kingdom of Aragon.
The Romanesque cathedral was completed around 1130. In 1395 a blaze destroyed large parts of the cathedral. The ceiling had to be reconstructed in the following decades and got renovated in the 16th century, when the aisles were added and the nave got enlarged.
The cloister, adjoining the cathedral hosts the "Museo Diocesano de Jaca".
Here is the museum´s website:
www.diocesisdejaca.org/index.php/museo-diocesano-de-jaca
I had once admired the capital depicting "King David and his musicians" on the southern porch of the cathedral. This porch was added to the structure later, "reusing" capitals that probably had been before part of a Romanesque cloister. I did not know at that time, that I saw a copy.
After uploading half a dozen of photos taken from the original capital in the museum - this is the copy at the south porch of the cathedral, taken in the afternoon sun. Just to give an impression.
The Tower of David, Archaeological Site and Museum, Jerusalem.
Photo taken by Noam Chen for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. Credit attribution requested for the photographer and for the Ministry of Tourism
The Tower of David, Archaeological site and museum. Jerusalem. Photo taken by Noam Chen for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. Credit attribution requested for the photographer and for the Ministry of Tourism
The ancient Beit Ha'Mikdash, or central temple, of Am Yisrael - the Jewish nation - in our eternal capital of Jerusalem.
The Jewish nation and Judaism has marked our history for over 5700 years, thus over 3700 years before Christianity or Islam, both of which were born out of Judaism. Eretz Yisrael is our indigenous homeland, and is the epicenter of all that is Am Yisrael, as well as Judaism.
The first Beit Ha'Mikdash was built in the time of King Solomon, and the second essentially in the time of King Herod, but both were destroyed by invaders who also forcibly exiled us, and in the case of the Romans, purposely misnamed our homeland "Palestine" as a means to add insult to injury (they were referring to the Philistines - a people of Greek origin - Aegean &/or Cypriot). Still, there has always remained a Jewish population in the Promised Land of Israel, particularly in places like Jerusalem, Hevron, etc. over the millennia.
After the destruction and pillage of the second temple (see the Arch of Titus in Rome, Italy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_Titus ), the Roman occupiers forcibly exiled great numbers of the Jewish nation, and we fled into areas of North Africa, the Mideast, as well as Eastern and Western Europe, and the Americas - this is why we developed languages like Yiddish and Ladino, in addition to our indigenous language of Hebrew - not to mention taking on the languages and cultural aspects of the places where we were in the galut, or diaspora. This is also why we have Jewish people identified as Ashkenazic, Sephardic, and MIzrachi - Slavic/European, Spanish, and Mideastern, respectively.
Again, we had a continuous presence in our indigenous homeland, Eretz Yisrael, but it changed hands between several occupiers, including the Turks and Brits, and was the "British Mandate for Palestine" precisely because European Christians refer to the Roman period, and emergence of Christianity in that time, as their point of antiquity and the genesis of their culture, and thus used the term placed on Israel by the invading Romans.
However, for generations, and over many centuries, millions of us yearned to return to Tsion or Zion - one of several names for the Promised Land of Israel and our capital Jerusalem, as referred to in the Torah (aka Bible) over 650 times; Jerusalem is not mentioned even once in the Koran, and reference to Israel is as the homeland of the Jewish nation - the Children of Israel.
In the late 1800s Theodore Herzl built momentum and organized Jewish people to re-establish our homeland, Eretz Yisrael. He didn't live to see it come into fruition, but Dr. Chaim Weizmann took the charge, and through the Balfour Declaration of 1917, and with Ibn-Faisal and the League of Nations, in 1920 it was proclaimed under international law that the Jewish nation's homeland would be reinstated and sovereign. Land from the Mediterranean Sea and stretching close to the Euphrates River was designated as that of the Jewish nation.
It would take lots of money and man-power to rehabilitate it, however, and that would take time. It was a slower than desired process, and then the rise of Nazism and WWII (from the mid 1930s to 1945) was a further and of course horrific hindrance. Still, Jewish pioneers were trickling back into our homeland over this period, and making the desert bloom, with excruciating hard work and sacrifice. The occupying British put up many obstacles to our return during this time, though, and most shamefully turned away several groups of people (including children) trying to escape the racist Nuremberg Laws, ghettos, forced labor and death camps of the Nazis and their collaborators. See the British White Paper of 1939 in particular as primary evidence of their reprehensible policies.
The British were still occupying Israel after WWII, but their empire had started to crumble, and they had made false promises to many factions, including Jewish and Arab people. Still, in 1947 the Jewish nation agreed to considerably less land and a compromise, with the division of Eretz Yisrael, between ourselves and the Arabs. We also offered all Arabs living within Israel full citizenship and rights; some accepted, and this is why 20% of our population today is Arab, and are among our legislators, judges, business owners, students - regular citizens with full rights and freedoms, quite unlike the vast majority of Arabs in the 20+ Arab-Muslim nations that surround tiny Israel. This was rejected by the Arabs though, and as the British Mandate expired, and they simply withdrew in the midst of this unresolved situation, the Jewish people were left to defend ourselves and our homeland from a half dozen invading Arab armies.
The leaders of these Arab armies told the Arabs living in Israel to leave, while they exterminated us, and that the Arabs could then return and appropriate our land and possessions. These Arabs who left Israel were displaced by their own Arab brethren in leadership, and have since been neglected and abused by them, and the UNRWA, in "refugee camps" - some parts of which are bad, and other parts highly developed. No one thought we could be victorious against these invading Arab armies, but we were, and on 5 Iyar 5708 - 15 May 1948 we declared our nation and independence, and our homeland of Eretz Yisrael was restored!
Through the late 1940s into early 50s, Arab nations forcibly displaced and dispossessed a million Jewish people who had lived there for generations - but were then absorbed into Israel - as well as continued to attack us: in 1956 (Sinai War), 1967 (6-Day War), 1973 (Yom Kippur War), and through into the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s by the cowardly and monstrous means of terrorism as well as rocket fire from the PLO, Hezbola and Hamas-Fatah, particularly on civilian targets, and using their own people as 'human shields' - all of which is actual and egregious violation of International Humanitarian Law.
However, Israel today *is* an absolute gem - an oasis of democracy, modernity and beauty within the Mideast. We thrive, in spite of incredible odds and demented hatred and violence from disturbed factions, and while we still irrevocably believe in the sanctity of life, peace and justice, we have had more than enough from these hateful and insane entities that *always* lie, walk away from peace negotiations, and attack and harm us....We can and will do everything within our power to protect ourselves and our ancient homeland...AM YISRAEL CHAI!
This museum holds a large collection of the works of art. Here are the originals, many of which are meanwhile replaced with replicas all around he Piazza dei Miracoli, as many of them crumbled and weathered. The museum is well worth a visit, but was closed (for a year?) in autumn 2014.
King David, sitting on a very elaborate throne (a small lion on the armrest) plays his harp.
The Jaca Cathedral is one of the oldest of the Iberian peninsula, dating back to the 1070s. The building, that was altered many times later, was commissioned by King Sancho Ramírez, who established an episcopal seat in Jaca, then the capital of the Kingdom of Aragon.
The Romanesque cathedral was completed around 1130. In 1395 a blaze destroyed large parts of the cathedral. The ceiling had to be reconstructed in the following decades and got renovated in the 16th century, when the aisles were added and the nave got enlarged.
The cloister, adjoining the cathedral hosts the "Museo Diocesano de Jaca".
Here is the museum´s website:
www.diocesisdejaca.org/index.php/museo-diocesano-de-jaca
I had once admired the capital depicting "King David and his musicians" on the southern porch of the cathedral. This porch was added to the structure later, "reusing" capitals that probably had been before part of a Romanesque cloister. I did not know at that time, that I saw a copy. This is the original, a masterpiece of the Master of Jaca. Crowned King David, seated on a throne, plays the vielle. He is accompanied by an orchestra of 11 musicians, playing different instruments.
The Jaca Cathedral is one of the oldest of the Iberian peninsula, dating back to the 1070s. The building, that was altered many times later, was commissioned by King Sancho Ramírez, who established an episcopal seat in Jaca, then the capital of the Kingdom of Aragon.
The Romanesque cathedral was completed around 1130. In 1395 a blaze destroyed large parts of the cathedral. The ceiling had to be reconstructed in the following decades and got renovated in the 16th century, when the aisles were added and the nave got enlarged.
The cloister, adjoining the cathedral hosts the "Museo Diocesano de Jaca".
Here is the museum´s website:
www.diocesisdejaca.org/index.php/museo-diocesano-de-jaca
I had once admired the capital depicting "King David and his musicians" on the southern porch of the cathedral. This porch was added to the structure later, "reusing" capitals that probably had been before part of a Romanesque cloister. I did not know at that time, that I saw a copy.
This is the original, a masterpiece of the Master of Jaca. King David, is accompanied by an orchestra of 11 musicians, playing different instruments. This is a second close up the left side, where 5 of the 11 musicians are gathered. The instrument played by the musician in the center can only be a small, portable pipe organ.
Santa Maria Maggiore, die größte und ehrwürdigste unter den rund 80 Marienkirchen Roms, gehört zu den 4 Patriarchalbasiliken und den 7 Pilgerkirchen. Nach der Legende soll die Kirche im 4. Jh. an der Stelle errichtet worden sein, an der es die Madonna im August schneien ließ. In der Basilika wird seit dem 7. Jh. ohne Unterbrechung täglich die Messe gefeiert.
Gegenüber der Cappella Sistina ließ sich Paul V. Borghese von Flaminio Ponzio eine Kapelle errichten, die Cappella Paolina, in der das Grabmonument für Papst Paul V. , geschaffen von Silla Longhi (auch Silla da Viggiùe genannt) steht. Die Mitglieder der Borghese-Familie sind unter der Kapelle bestattet.
Die Skulptur des Königs David, der als Stammvater Jesu gilt, stammt von Nicolas Cordier.
Florence (Italian: Firenze) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany, Italy, and of the province of Florence.
From 1865 to 1870 the city was also the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. Florence lies on the Arno River and has a population of around 400,000 people, plus a suburban population in excess of 200,000 persons (about 1,000,000 with the important near city Prato). A centre of medieval European trade and finance, the city is often considered the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and was long ruled by the Medici family. Florence is also famous for its magnificent art and architecture. The city has been called the Athens of the Middle Ages.
The "Historic Centre of Florence" was declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 1982.
The Jaca Cathedral is one of the oldest of the Iberian peninsula, dating back to the 1070s. The building, that was altered many times later, was commissioned by King Sancho Ramírez, who established an episcopal seat in Jaca, then the capital of the Kingdom of Aragon.
The Romanesque cathedral was completed around 1130. In 1395 a blaze destroyed large parts of the cathedral. The ceiling had to be reconstructed in the following decades and got renovated in the 16th century, when the aisles were added and the nave got enlarged.
The cloister, adjoining the cathedral hosts the "Museo Diocesano de Jaca".
Here is the museum´s website:
www.diocesisdejaca.org/index.php/museo-diocesano-de-jaca
I had once admired the capital depicting "King David and his musicians" on the southern porch of the cathedral. This porch was added to the structure later, "reusing" capitals that probably had been before part of a Romanesque cloister. I did not know at that time, that I saw a copy.
This is the original, a masterpiece of the Master of Jaca. King David is accompanied by an orchestra of 11 musicians, playing different instruments. Again the right side (just like the previous upload) but from a different pov, as now all musicians can be seen. One of them play a tubelike curved object.
Limestone Head of King David, ca. 1150
French; Made in Paris
Limestone; Overall: 11 11/16 x 8 5/16 x 8 3/8 in. (29.7 x 21.1 x 21.3 cm) weight: 33lb. (15kg) Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1938 (38.180)
During the French Revolution all of the monumental Old Testament kings decorating the portals of the famed cathedral of Notre Dame of Paris were decapitated and presumably destroyed, as it was thought at the time they represented the ancient rulers of France. Until recently, this extraordinary head of King David was the only known surviving head from this rich decorative program. Carved of a fine-grained limestone from the area, the highly expressive face of King David was originally even more emphatic, as the eyes were intended to be inlaid with lead. The head comes from the right-hand portal of the west façade dedicated to themes of the life of Saint Anne, the Infancy of Christ, and his genealogy. Carved around the middle of the twelfth century, the portal was not installed until the early years of the thirteenth century.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's permanent collection contains more than two million works of art from around the world. It opened its doors on February 20, 1872, housed in a building located at 681 Fifth Avenue in New York City. Under their guidance of John Taylor Johnston and George Palmer Putnam, the Met's holdings, initially consisting of a Roman stone sarcophagus and 174 mostly European paintings, quickly outgrew the available space. In 1873, occasioned by the Met's purchase of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriot antiquities, the museum decamped from Fifth Avenue and took up residence at the Douglas Mansion on West 14th Street. However, these new accommodations were temporary; after negotiations with the city of New York, the Met acquired land on the east side of Central Park, where it built its permanent home, a red-brick Gothic Revival stone "mausoleum" designed by American architects Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mold. As of 2006, the Met measures almost a quarter mile long and occupies more than two million square feet, more than 20 times the size of the original 1880 building.
In 2007, the Metropolitan Museum of Art was ranked #17 on the AIA 150 America's Favorite Architecture list.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1967. The interior was designated in 1977.
National Historic Register #86003556 (1986)
2 Samuel 18:9-13 (ANIV)
Now Absalom happened to meet David's men. He was riding his mule, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom's head got caught in the tree. He was left hanging in mid-air, while the mule he was riding kept on going.
When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, "I have just seen Absalom hanging in an oak tree."
Joab said to the man who had told him this, "What! You saw him? Why didn't you strike him to the ground right there? Then I would have had to give you ten shekels of silver and a warrior's belt."
But the man replied, "Even if a thousand shekels were weighed out into my hands, I would not lift my hand against the king's son. In our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, 'Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.' And if I had put my life in jeopardy —and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have kept your distance from me."
DRAWING NOTES:
TIME OF DAY:
Late morning.
LIGHTING NOTES:
Sunlight coming trough the forest canopy illuminates this scene from above.
CHARACTERS PRESENT:
Absalom (David’s son) can be seen with his head caught in an oak tree branch.
Two of Absalom’s men dead in a ditch on the left of the scene, being chased by five of David’s men, in the background.
RESEARCH/ADDITIONAL NOTES:
This scene was drawn A3 (420 x 297 mm) in size, then coloured & finally reduced to A4 (297 x 210 mm). It was requested by my mum, which I will give here for a Christmas present on a printed canvas!
Where did the action take place?
2 Kings 16, Verse 24 states “David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.” So where is Mahanaim?
The name Mahanaim (also maḥăneh) means “Two camps”, “Two hosts”, or “Two armies”. The exact site of the old city is unclear, being a place in modern Jordan, on the eastern side of the Jordan river, north of the Jabbok river. Various commentaries offer several possible sites for the city, but none are conclusive.
Mahanaim is where Jacob was met by the "angels of God" (Genesis 32:2) & it was he who named the place. This is where he divided his family & belongings into "two hosts" (possibly giving rise to the name of the city) on his return from Padan-aram (Genesis 32:2). Alternatively “Two hosts” could refer to the angelic camp & Jacob’s human one. These events took place about 1900 BC.
After Jacob there was a city built at the site, which was inhabited by the priests of God (Joshua 21:38.) These events took place about 1400 BC.
The scene I have illustrated occurred in 976 BC, when David made Mahanaim his headquarters, after he fled from Jerusalem on the rebellion of his son Absalom. David mustered his forces in Mahanaim & sent them out against the Israelite army that had gathered around Absalom.
A note about Forests.
The encounter between the two armies occurred in the countryside near Mahanaim. The action ventured into the forest of Ephraim.
“The most extensive [forest] was the trans-Jordanic forest of Ephraim (2Sa 18:6, 8; Jos 17:15, 18), which is probably the same as the wood of Ephratah (Ps 132:6), some part of the great forest of Gilead.”
[Source: Illustrated Bible Dictionary (IBD): And Treasury of Biblical History, Biography, Geography, Doctrine, and Literature.]
“Forest - Although Palestine has never been in historical times a woodland country, yet there can be no doubt that there was much more wood formerly than there is a t present, and that the destruction of the forests was one of the chief causes of the present desolation.”
[Source: Smith's Bible Dictionary (SBD): Comprising Antiquities, Biography, Geography, Natural History, Archaeology and Literature.]
“EPHRAIM, FOREST OF
(יַעַר אֶפְרַיִם, yaʿar ʾephrayim): The word yaʿar (Hebrew) probably agrees in meaning with the Arabic wa`r, which indicates a rough country, abounding in rocks, stones and scrub, with occasional trees; not a "forest," as we understand the term. Here Absalom was defeated and slain (2 Samuel 18:6ff, the King James Version "wood of Ephraim"). It must be sought, therefore, East of the Jordan, in the neighborhood of Mahanaim; but no identification is yet possible.”
[Source: The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. (ISBE)]
The first 2 references above (IBD & SBD) indicate some wood or forest of trees, as people in more temperate climates might understand them. But the ISBE reckons that we should not consider a forest to imply lots of trees - very confusing! I wonder if the ISBE is taking it’s direction from the present condition of Israel - where water is in shorter supply & where there are extensive deserts. The country may have been quite different in the past. There is the phrase I remember being used in geography lessons at school: “the present is the key to the past”, but I think that idea should only be applied with much caution. Israel today may be entirely different to how it was in the past. I wonder just how thickly vegetated, or extensive such “forests” were centuries ago in the Holy lands. It seems to be of little use to examine Israel as it is today, to discover what it might have been like in the past. Extensive & highly destructive over-grazing (especially by goat herds) is known to have incredibly destructive effects on the plant life of a country. Coupled with deforestation for building materials & fuel over millennia & we can see why Israel’s flora (trees, at least) must have suffered such decline.
The fact is, no-one really knows what the old “forests” would have looked like. I imagine, before mankind became so numerous, that the Holy Lands did indeed have extensive woodlands, perhaps extending for tens of miles across the landscape. The Bible certainly hints at large wild places. I imagine that when mankind was in his infancy there were small settlements surrounded by far-reaching & very extensive woods, forests & wild places, such that early man huddled close together for mutual support & security. But look at Israel today - dwindling resources & a landscape with “mankind” stamped all over it!
Whether there actually were extensive forest or not, I don’t often get the chance to illustrate a forest of trees amongst the Bible Cartoons, so I have decided to do just that! Often my scenes occur in the wilderness of Judea, or in other desolate locations, so it is nice (if very time consuming!) to draw a lot of leaves for a change! The dark overgrown woods, with shadows & dangers lurking is very engaging & evocative. I have sunlight streaming onto the scene of Absalom in his haste getting caught by the neck in an oak trees forked branches, with the ever-present threat of hidden chasms & perilous wild animals close by.
The forest killed more than the sword.
In 2 Samuel 18:8 the second part of the passage reads, “The battle spread out over the whole countryside, and the forest claimed more lives that day than the sword.” How did that happen? How does a wood or forest devoured more people than the sword? Adam Clarkes A Commentary and Critical Notes, has this to say on the subject “It is generally supposed that, when the army [Absalom’s] was broken, they betook themselves to the wood, fell into pits, swamps, etc., and, being entangled, were hewn down by David's men; but the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, state that they were devoured by wild beasts in the wood.”
When I read that I decided to include holes, pits & a ditch in the ground, with grasses & undergrowth over the top. These can be seen in the left of the scene, cut down into the limestone rock of the area.
Geology.
The geological map of the area points to Limestone, marl & chert in the region where Mahanaim may be located. Under the right conditions limestone can be dissolved (by acid in rainwater) to form sinkholes, dolines, and caves in what is called a karst landscape. This could well provide the soil & vegetation covered holes, ditches & pits which would be so deadly to the escaping Israelite soldiers in the narrative.
Animals in the scene.
I also decided to included representatives of the “wild beats” Adam Clarke spoke of, in this case wolves. Arabian Wolf (Canis lupus arabs) can be seen snarling behind a Quercus calliprinos (Palestine oak) on the left of the scene. Another is partially hidden in the ditch behind the foreground tree on the left. A third wolf can just be picked out in the centre of the scene, behind one of the background trees.
There is a Caucasian squirrel in the foreground tree (Sciurus anomalus) looking worriedly at the young usurper & his mule!
Absalom is described as riding a mule (Equus asinus x Equus caballus (or Equus mulus)) which is the offspring of a male donkey (jack) and a female horse (mare). Horses and donkeys are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes. Of the two F1 hybrids between these two species, a mule is easier to obtain than a hinny, which is the product of a female donkey (jenny) and a male horse (stallion).
[Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mule]
Palestine oak (Quercus calliprinos)
The trees in this scene are Palestine oak (Quercus calliprinos), which is the most common tree in the typical Israeli Maqui *1. It is an important component of the Mediterranean Maqui in the Galilee, Golan, Carmel, Samaria and Judea mountains. These trees grow mainly on limestone & domomite rock, in nutrient poor Terra Rossa soil *2.
Palestine oak is refered to as a small to medium-sized tree or large shrub, reaching 16.5-60.0 feet (5–18 metres) tall. Often they are only 3-10 feet) (1-3 metres) tall due to heavy browsed by goats. Tree trunk diameter is about 3 feet (1 metre).
Quercus calliprinos is evergreen, with spiny-serrated leaves 1.1-2.0 inches (3-5 cm) long and 0.6-1.1 inches (1.5-3 cm) broad. Its leaves are small, dark green and stiff. It is a typical example of the Mediterranean arboreal trees and shrubs characterized by small and rigid leaves. Their margins are dentate-thorny. The young leaves are soft, and light and fresh green in color. The leaf persists for 2-3 years, and then abscises (even though the tree is regarded as evergreen, i.e. it never sheds all of its leaves at once). In a mature oak Maqui, the ground is covered by a soft thick carpet of dead leaves, which decay slowly until they turn into fertile forest soil.
Quercus calliprinos blooms during March-April & produces acorns which are 1.1-1.6 inches (3-4 cm) long and 0.8-1.1 inches (2-3 cm) diameter when mature, which is about 18 months after pollination. held in a cup covered in dense, elongated, reflexed scales. The immature acorns are gray, similarly to the bark of the branches, and ripen only after 6 months, in the autumn, becoming small brown acorns that sit within deep light green cupules. Less than half of the acorn protrudes out of the cupule. The scales of the cupule are erect.
Quercus calliprinos is closely related to the Kermes oak (Q. coccifera) of the western Mediterranean, and is treated as a subspecies or variety of it by some botanists. The Kermes oak is distinguished from it by its smaller size (usually shrubby, not over 10 m) and smaller acorns less than 2 cm diameter.
Holy Thistle (Silybum marianum)
In the left foreground are two purple-red thistles which are Holy Thistle (aka Our Lady's Thistle, Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum)), from the Family: Asteraceae. I could be confident that this plant grows in the Mahanaim area, since it occurs throughout northern & central Israel, although it prefers heavy soils.
I was going to draw Spear Thistle (Carduus lanceolatus), as a verbal reference to the battle which was taking place in the forest, but couldn’t get confirmation that it grows in the area, or indeed, in Israel at all, so I didn’t use it in the end.
Other Notes.
Most of the name “Absalom” (which apparently means “my father is peace”) can be seen written in Hebrew text on the leather of the mule’s saddle.
*1
Definition of Marquis - “Dense scrub vegetation consisting of hardy evergreen shrubs and small trees, characteristic of Mediterranean coastal regions.”
[Source: www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/maquis]
*2
Definition of Terra Rossa Soil - “A reddish soil occurring on limestone in Mediterranean climates.”
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This is a leaf that was produced in the Southern Netherlands or Flanders (probably at Bruges) c.1500-1520.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: -
On the front of the leaf, which must have faced the opening of the Penitential Psalms, is a large arch topped miniature of David penitent that is surrounded by a narrative border telling the story of David and Bathsheba. The back of the leaf is blank except for a dealer/auction house reference number (1050 above a 1). The leaf has been cut close to the edges of the decoration and it is slightly rubbed.
The size of the leaf is 149mm x 98mm (5 9/10ins. x 3 17/20ins.).
The size of the arch topped miniature is 112mm x 64mm (4 4/10ins. x 2 1/2ins.).
THE LARGE MINIATURE: -
David, a younger man, is shown wearing a long red robe with ermine at the neck over a blue sleeved shirt kneeling on a lawn before a grass topped brick wall with his hat and harp before him. Behind him an open space at the side of his palace which has a fine gothic porch with blue roof and a round tower with battlements. In the far distance to the right can be seen the city walls with a gateway. In the sky above appears the Angel of Vengeance with sward sending rays of light down to David.
THE BORDER: -
The whole narrative represents the story that can be found in 2 Samuel, chapter 11.
The first depiction is verse 2 “And it came to pass in an evening that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.”.
At the top left of the page David can be seen in an upstairs window of his palace looking down on a naked Bathsheba who is standing in her bathing pool at the bottom right, her left hand covering her modesty. Surrounding the pool is a brick wall and within it a tall, golden, architectural feature that incorporates a naked lady and it topped by bird.
The second depiction is part of verse 3 “And David sent and inquired after her.”
At the bottom left of the page, a message is delivered from David to Bathsheba’s maids.
The third depiction is verse 14 “And it came to pass in the morning that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah”.
At the door of his palace, David is seen giving Uriah the message that sends him off into battle and his ultimate death.
PROVENANCE: -
There is little doubt that the decoration here was produced in Bruges c.1500-1520. Whilst the image in the large miniature has been reversed (David facing right and the architectural composition running from bottom left towards the top right), the model used was one that circulated among groups of artists at that time which can be found in the Spinola Hours (Malibu, Getty Museum MS.Ludwig IX.18) and Sotheby’s Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, 21st. June 1988, Lot No.28. It is a design perhaps initiated by the Master of James IV of Scotland although this leaf was not produced by him.
The leaf was obtained from Bubb Kuyper Auctions, Haarlem, The Netherlands, their Sale No. 57, Lot 2910.
GENERAL COMMENTS: -
Notwithstanding the slight rubbing, this is a superb miniature from a recognisable place of production that would be a welcome addition to any collection.
KING DAVID.
Tis is a superb historiated initial “B” the height of six lines of text and the size of which is 19mm x 17mm (3/4ins. x 13/20ins.). The height with the two extensions is 63mm (2 1/2ins.). It is in red with beige, green and red terminals and extensions top and bottom in blue (the bottom terminal tipped in red) and all highlighted with superb white tracery. To the right the initial is squared off in blue and the whole is on a ground of highly burnished gold and all outlined in black. ALL THE AREAS OF BURNISHED GOLD HAVE BEEN TOOLED.
Within the body of the initial can be seen David playing his harp. He wears green and beige clothes, black shoes and a red crown and is sitting on a blue and beige bench.
Parma, part of the Holy Roman Empire since Charlemagne´s times, was locally ruled by its bishops. During the long Investiture Controversy, Parma was (mostly) member of the Imperial party ("Ghibellini"). Two of Parma´s bishops even became antipopes: Càdalo as Honorius II and Guibert as Clement III.
An almost independent commune was created around 1140. After the Peace of Constance confirmed the Italian communes' rights of self-governance in 1183, quarrels with the neighbouring communes (eg Piacenza and Cremona) developed over the trading lines along the Po river.
When in 1248 Papist families ("Guelphs") gained control over the city, Emperor Frederick II (aka "Stupor Mundi") besieged Parma with no success.
This were the circumstances, when in 1196 the City Council of Parma commissioned the building of the Battistero di San Giovanni to Benedetto Antelami. In 1216 the second tier was completed. The work stopped under a temporary roof. It continued in 1249 and the octagon, located next to the cathedral, was finally completed in 1270.
The interior of the baptistery contains sixteen arches, forming alcoves each containing a painted scene. All these are 13th and 14th century frescoes. The dome is like an umbrella - sixteen rays come out of the center of the ceiling. Each corresponds to an arch below.
Below the large triangular frescoes are tiers with carvings, sculptures and even more frescoes in the semicircular spaces.
Seen here is King David, who obviously knew about the importance of music in early childhood.
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640)
König David spielt die Harfe (1616)
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640)
King David Playing the Harp (1616)
A preview image from the new batch of seven new illustrated Bible stories from the King David section of The Brick Testament website.
Depicting St Cecilia and King David.
In memory of Rev. Charles Prescott de Coetlogon d.1869, and Henrietta de Coetlogon.
Die Mariensäule wurde 1857 geweiht, nachdem Pius IX. 1854 das Dogma von der Unbefleckten Empfängnis Mariens verkündet hatte, das besagt, dass Maria frei von der Erbsünde empfangen worden war. Die 11,80 m hohe antike Säule aus Cipollino-Marmor wird von einer Bronzestatue der Madonna, geschaffen von Giuseppe Obici, bekrönt. Die Figuren auf dem Sockel wurden von vier Künstlern geschaffen: König David von Adamo Tadolini, Jesaias von Salvatore Revelli, Ezechiel von Carlo Chelli und Moses von Ignazio Jacometti.
Hinter der Säule ist der Palazzo di Propaganda Fide zu sehen, ein Werk von Bernini und Borromini. Der Palast ist Sitz der 1622 von Gregor XV. gegründeten Kongregation zur Verbreitung des Glaubens.
Found all over Israel in the context of Iron Age royal architecture, Proto-Aeolic capitals grace the tops of the columns on the terrace of King David's palace in his new capital, the City of David, the kernel of later Jerusalem. View to the south.
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Touring in City of David. Archaeological site; People descending in Warren shaft .
Photo taken by Noam Chen for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism.
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Jerusalem, City of David - the stairs in Warren shaft. Photo taken by Noam Chen for the Isrfor the photographer and for the Ministry of Tourismaeli Ministry of Tourism. Credit attribution requested for the photographer and for the Ministry of Tourism
Jerusalem, City of David - archaeological site. Old City. Photo taken by Noam Chen for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. Credit attribution requested for the photographer and for the Ministry of Tourism
Israel's image may be tarnished with religious conflict. But while actually there, you'll see how harmonious the world can be with the world's major religions coexisting in one place. Jerusalem is living history. Tel Aviv - a modern metropolis resembling South Beach. You'll find signs in English, Hebrew and Arabic.
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Das Ende des 15. Jh. entstandene spätgotische Bildwerk zeigt, wie aus dem liegenden Jesse der Stammbaum der Ahnen Christi entspringt mit der Muttergottes und dem Jesuskind in der Baumkrone.
Der ab 1018 unter Bischof Burchard errichtete Dom gehört zusammen mit den Domen in Mainz und Speyer zu den bedeutendsten Zeugnissen hoch- und spätromanischer Baukunst in Deutschland. Da der Dom während des pfälzischen Erbfolgekriegs Ende des 17. Jh. durch die Franzosen in Brand gesteckt wurde, erhielt er eine barocke Innenausstattung.
Warren Shaft in the City of David, Jerusalem, Old City. Photo taken by Noam Chen for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. Credit attribution requested for the photographer and for the Ministry of Tourism
The Tower of David, Archaeological site and museum. Jerusalem. Photo taken by Noam Chen for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. Credit attribution requested for the photographer and for the Ministry of Tourism
City of David, Jerusalem, Old City. Photo taken by Noam Chen for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. Credit attribution requested for the photographer and for the Ministry of Tourism
Jerusalem - City of David, archaeological site. The stairs in Warren shaft. Photo taken by Noam Chen for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. Credit attribution requested for the photographer and for the Ministry of Tourism for the photographer and for the Ministry of Tourism
Tombs in the City of David, Jerusalem, the Old City. Photo taken by Noam Chen for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. Credit attribution requested for the photographer and for the Ministry of Tourism
Jerusalem, City of David, archaeological Site. Old City. Photo taken by Noam Chen for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. Credit attribution requested for the photographer and for the Ministry of Tourism