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The Monastery of Saint John the Baptist (Timios Prodromos) of Mesa Potamos as it is known, is situated between the villages of Platres, Saitas and Kato Amiantos, and is found on the southern slopes of the Troodos Mountain. Information for its establishment and its founders are unfortunately not known but it is considered to be of the same age as the other major Monasteries of Cyprus, namely Kykkos, Macheras, Trooditissa, Trikoukkia, Saint Nicholas tis Stegis, and others. The Monastery, dates back to the Byzantine period, and more precisely to the 12th century, during the same time the other monasteries in the region were build. This date can be witnessed by the icon of the 12th century, dedicated to Zoodochos Pigi (the Life Giving Source) of Saittiotissa which belonged to the Monastery. Around 1914, when the Monastery was destroyed by the Bishop of Kitium Meletios Metaxakis, the icon was transferred to the church of the Holy Cross, in the nearby village Kouka. In turn, during 2003, the icon was transferred to the Bishopric of Limassol. The first written historic testimony about the Monastery comes from a document of the Frankish king of Cyprus James II, who in 1468 granted to the abbot of the Monastery of Mesa Potamos, Father Gregory and his nephew, a quantity of wine and five " Byzantine Dinars" from the kazan (provincial department) of Koilani for each consecutive year and for lifetime.
The long, north-south oval of Malpais Mesa (2,300 feet) stands dominant in the middle of this Wilderness area perched at the southern end of the Inyo Mountains. Rugged valleys, deep canyons, sheer mountainsides, and smaller mesas can all be found within close proximity. From Death Valley National Park in the east, the bajada rises gradually to the mesa's summit; the terrain drops away much more steeply in the west. Vegetation takes numerous forms: creosote, low desert shrubs, and grasses in the lower elevations; Joshua trees at middle elevations on the eastern side; piñon pines and junipers higher up. Mule deer abound, and golden eagles nest and forage in the area. The remains of the old Santa Rosa Mines lie at the end of a dirt track, part of a non-Wilderness corridor near the foot of the mesa. This is a desolate piece of earth—in Spanish, malpais means "bad country."
Photo by Jesse Pluim, BLM
Mesa Altar
18th Century
Balayong Wood, Hand-Forged Iron and Brass
H:37” x L:54” x W:26 1/2 (94 cm x 137 cm x 67 cm)
P 400,000
Provenance: Guagua, Pampanga
Lot 43 from the September 2014 Leon Gallery auction. For details, please see www.leon-gallery.com
From the auction catalogue:
During the 1st century of Spanish rule, Philippine houses, like their Iberian counterparts, hardly had any furniture. A single bed, a lone table and a solitary straight-backed chair for the master of the house were considered adequate. Cabinets were very rare
and the few articles of clothing were usually kept in rattan tampipi, covered baskets made in Camarines.
Because every aspect of furniture-making was done by hand, furniture was not only scarce and expensive, but was considered valuable enough to be pawned in case of need, a practice that continued until the end of the 19th century. The only craftsmen capable of making them in the Philippines then were the ‘Sangleyes’ who lived in the Parian outside Intramuros.
Since the Chinese who came to trade called themselves ‘Sangley,’ meaning ‘traveling merchant,’ the name was applied to all Chinese until the end of Spanish rule. The only skilled furniture-makers in the colony, they used Chinese joinery techniques to make furniture without nails. Iron was scarce and was first imported from Mexico and then from China, until iron ore was
discovered and mines developed in Angat, Bulacan in the mid-18th century.
It was but natural for the Sangley artisan to make furniture that he was familiar with, so rustic versions of Ming and Ching Dynasty furniture were made locally. This particular piece made of Balayong wood is an altar table. It has cutwork flanges in front to seemingly support the two wide drawers. The drawers have keyhole shields of hand-wrought iron and are decorated
with iron bosses. The top also rests on cutwork flange supports on either side.
Tables of this type are very rare and are usually found only in the old provinces around Manila.
View from one of the overlooks at Mesa Falls during the Winter. Caribou-Targhee National Forest. Forest Service photo by Thomas E. Brown.
A wildfire broke out near the La Purisima Mission State Historic Park. The blaze burned 320 acres in the Burton Mesa Preserve, and despite threatening 1,200 structures, none were damaged.
Construimos muebles, vallas de madera para jardines y piscinas, porches, pozos, casas canadienses y casas de troncos al estilo del norte de Transilvania.
Nuestras casas de madera son de troncos de madera de pino y porches de madera de roble tallado a mano según la tradición del norte de Transilvania en donde tenemos la fábrica y desde donde traemos los productos fabricados para luego montarlos aquí, en España.
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Constructor: Aviro
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Mesa Altar
18th Century
Balayong, Narra, Lanite and Kamagong
H:34 1/4” x L:47 1/2” x W:28” (87 cm x 121 cm x 71 cm)
Opening bid: P 400,000
Provenance: Batangas
Lot 27 of the Leon Gallery auction on 18 February 2017. Please see www.leon-gallery.com for more details.
This balayong altar table with two drawers is an 18th century version of those made in the Ming Style that first appeared in the previous century. It stands on four S-shaped block or ogee feet supporting a platform made of a wide plank carved with a cyma molding on the outer edges.
Resting on the corners of the platform on bun feet are Ming Style cabriole legs with the curves of their legs becoming lateral ogees that swing to form the cusped arches of the aprons that run around the sides and front. The lower carcass frame that forms the drawer support is carved in front and at the sides with a convex molding flanked by concave ones on either side. The vertical grooved members on either side and between the drawers are edged with molding and inlaid in the middle with two vertical lines composed of kamagong and lanite.
Attached to the sides of the table, both in front and at the back, are flanges that taper towards the bottom and are jigsaw-outlined with ogive curves and cusps that form serrated crenulated edges.
The mesa altar’s two drawers each have a kamagong turned drawer pull and a keyhole appliquéd with an oval brass surround. The drawer faces are bordered with a kamagong and lanite line-inlaid rectangle having quadrant corners and a semicircle below the keyhole.
The top of the side table is made of a wide balayong floating panel miter-framed, binandeja-style, with planks of wood carved with cymatium moldings on the outer edges.
-Martin I. Tinio, Jr.
Mesa Altar
Probably early 18th Century
FILIPINO
Solid Narra wood.
Dimensions (LxHxD):
29 ½ x 49 ¼ x 27 ¾ in or 75 x 125 x 70.5 cm
Provenance:
Private Collection
Private Collection, Southern California
Sold at Bonham Auction Los Angeles
13-14 November 2017 as lot 775
Recently, I was privileged to have examined an extraordinary and exceedingly rare Mesa Altar (Altar Table). The Mesa Altar is of the Batangas type but possibly pre-dating that of the works of the Batangas I master.
The table exhibits most of the characteristics found on the Batangas mesa altars. The front presents a case piece consisting of two massive drawers similar to those of the works of the Batangas II Master.
The drawers are bracketed on each side by decorative flanges that recall the shape of birds found on Goanese carving of the early 18th century. This style reflects a more baroque influence rather than the lighter, airier rococo “Chinoiserie” style of the Batangas I master. In the alternative, the flanges could be reminiscent of the carvings of the Sari Manok, a totem of the Maranao people and a legendary bird found in Mindanao folklore.
Consistent with the Batangas manner, the tabletop is a mitered frame with a central floating panel secured by transvers braces. This type of tabletop has come to be known as the ‘Binandejera” style.
The drawers sit on Ming-style, squat cabriolet legs terminating in ogee feet. Interestingly and unlike the mesa altars crafted by the Batangas I or Batangas II masters, this table does not have stretchers. I have examined the ogee feet extensively and determined that the mesa altar was never constructed with stretchers!
The front of the table is ornamented with a decorative apron or “cinefa” cut in a symmetrical pattern of scalloped edges and trims.
The table may be short and squat but it exhibits monumentality of scale and massiveness of construction that, as observed by Floy Quintos, are the hallmark of Philippine antique furniture.
Condition is good for its age. Top with fading, water staining, ink staining and other signs of age and wear. General marks, nicks, scratches and rubbing overall. The hardware replaced with plug holes to drawer fronts. One lock missing. Scattered nick losses to carved elements, especially the feet, later support blocks to underside. No key.
Este mes usted puede encontrar en las mesas del centro de documentación algunas publicaciones que han llegado recientemente a nuestro archivo:
Evento com a pedra event e encontro com a pedra event, 1975, Obra y Documento, Arte Acción, Centro Cultural de São Paulo, 2012 / Revista Suppe, Buenos Aires, 2010 / Itinerancias, Daniel Salamanca, Vanessa Londoño, Fátima Vélez, Gloria Esquivel, Maria Angélica Rios e Irene Rincón, Mirona, Bogotá, 2011 / Simulacro, Luisa Fernanda Lindo, Perú, 2010 / Just do it!, Una exhibición de María José Argencio, Ministerio de Cultura del Ecuador, 2011 / 4 serigrafías, De ida y vuelta, Paola López, Cali, 2012 / Anders Nilsen, Big Questions outakes and process zine, Estados Unidos, 2011 / Trastorno, Psychiatrical cocktails, 85/200, M79, Lesivo, Mefisto, Toxicómano, Notable, Seta, Chirrete, Kochino, ZoKoS, Colombia, 2009
Ampliable de 4 a 8 plazas gracias a su doble sistema de extensión.Mesa extensible mediante el desplazamiento del armazón. Es el sistema ideal para evitar que las patas de la mesa obstaculicen mientras se hace uso de ella. Dispone de dos extensibles de apertura automática fabricados a juego con la encimera en vidrio templado coloreado de 8mm de espesor. Dispone de varias opciones de acabado en las patas, aluminio, blanco, negro o cromado, y todos los acabados del muestrario para la encimera de cristal.