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I experimented with my new Ott Lamp as a photo lamp tonight. Obviously with some of my Re-Ment - including items from the new Shoes & Bag collection.
Photography: Shiro Ang
Photo Assistant: Poka
Rem: Katy
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The inspired hill of Vézelay
The Burgundy hill of Vézelay, which French writer Paul Claudel named “eternal”, has been drawing hundreds of thousands of pilgrims (nowadays more likely tourists) since time immemorial. It has also drawn strife, battles and pillage: the big monastery was no less than six times destroyed by fire, and always rebuilt. Here, the Second Crusade was preached on Easter Day of 1146 by Bernard, abbot of Clairvaux, whom King Louis VII of France had summoned to be lectured on the sort of penance his royal person should submit to to atone for his many sins: Bernard chose the Crusade. Crusaders congregated here as well for the Third one, in 1190.
The history of Vézelay began around 850, when Count Girard de Roussillon founded a nunnery at the foot of the hill, in the locale now occupied by the village of Saint-Père-sous-Vézelay. Fifteen years later, the nuns had been replaced by monks for reasons that never reached us. What we know is that further to a Viking raid on Burgundy in 887, the monks took refuge at the top of the hill, in the remnants of a Roman oppidum, and never went down again.
Originally dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the monastery they built on the hilltop was placed in 1050 under the patronage of Mary Magdalene, further to the claimed transport of her bones from the Holy Land by a monk named Badillon. This so-called “transposition” was validated by the Pope, but the people of Provence rebelled fiercely against that ruling: it had indeed always been well known that the saint, who had been the very first, even before the apostles, to see Christ resuscitated, had left the Holy Land and come to France where she finished her life in the mountains of the Sainte- Baume, which were named after her. Her bones had been kept in the basilica of Saint-Maximin, the largest church in the whole of Provence.
Thus sanctioned by the Pope, and confirmed yet again by Pascal II in 1103, the claim of the Vézelay monks drew immense crowds (and brought enormous riches). The fact that they also claimed to have the bones of Martha and Lazarus were not for nothing in the considerable attraction the abbey had on a pilgrimage-hungry Christendom. However, the Provençal people were victorious in the end, when they revealed that the bones of the Magdalene, which had been hidden during the 900s as the Saracens drew nearer, were opportunely re-discovered in 1279. This time, Pope Boniface VIII found in their favor and that ruling was never overturned: the pilgrimage to Vézelay was dead, even though the big church kept its dedication.
The rest of the history of Vézelay is a long downhill walk. In 1537, the Benedictine monks are replaced by canons. In 1568, the Protestants seize the church and burn it again. Finally, in 1819, lightning strikes and sets the church aflame for the last time. When architect Viollet-le-Duc, mandated by Minister Prosper Mérimée, arrives on-site in 1840, the abbey church of Vézelay is but a gutted carcass, ready to collapse. That same year, the church was put on the first list of French Historic Landmarks (“Monuments historiques”) and restoration works were undertaken urgently; they were to last until 1861, and many other such works have been undertaken since.
The church was granted basilica status in 1920, and in 1979 it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, as it is the starting point of one of the major Paths to Compostela, the Via Lemovicensis, so-named because it runs through the large city of Limoges.
On that day of June 2024 I went to Vézelay as a side trip during a photographic expedition for the Fondation pour la Sauvegarde de l’Art Français, one of the non-profit heritage organizations I work for as a pro bono photographer, it was raining. Therefore, I took no photo of the outside, but instead concentrated on the inside. Furthermore, a lot of what can be seen on the outside, including the façade and the tympanum, are re-creations of the 19th century by Viollet-le-Duc, and thus much less interesting for our purpose.
One of the capitals in the narthex, showing Eve being born from Adam’s side.
Been to a RE open day at Manhattan's bike shop in Sheffield and then carried on out into the Peak District! Stopping of course at Cafe 19 for a timely cappuccino!
I got tons of Re-Ment and my Sylvanian Families order on the same day, OMG cuteness overdose!!! What would you open first??
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What a fabulous set! Items with lids open. not shown in these two photos are a mask a curler and head wrap. There are also some cut outside to add. Apart from the items mentioned here and the small dresser and stool, all is in a great scale for our 12 inch dolls.
Hoplites were citizen soldiers of ancient Greece, who fought with spears, short swords, and shields. They fought in a classical formation, such that their shield was held mainly to protect the Hoplite soldier on their right. It was a matter of honour to face to face, and weapons such as slings, bows and arrows, were often assigned to merceneries of other nations.
The classical Greek poet Tyrtaeus, who fought with the Spartans, wrote of the Hoplite soldier:-
"It is beautiful when a brave man of the front ranks falls and dies, battling for his homeland,
and ghastly when a man flees planted fields and city and wanders begging with his dear mother, aging father, little children and true wife.
He will be scorned in every new village,
reduced to want and loathsome poverty; and shame will brand his family line, his noble figure.
Derision and disaster will hound him.
A turncoat gets no respect or pity;
so let us battle for our country and freely give our lives to save our darling children.
Young men, fight shield to shield and never succumb to panic or miserable flight, but steel the heart in your chests with magnificence and courage.
Forget your own life when you grapple with the enemy.
Never run and let an old soldier collapse
whose legs have lost their power.
It is shocking when an old man lies on the front line before a youth: an old warrior whose head is white and beard gray, exhaling his strong soul into the dust, clutching his bloody genitals
in his hands: an abominable vision,
foul to see: his flesh naked.
But in a young man all is beautiful when he still possesses the shining flower of lovely youth.
Alive he is adored by men, desired by women, and finest to look upon when he falls dead in the forward clash.
Let each man spread his legs, rooting them in the ground, bite his teeth into his lips, and hold.
(Tyrtaeus - "The Spartan Soldier")
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Upon realizing that their friendly poker game had 20 Aces I play all four broke out in a rage, summoning Chocobo, Odin & Ifrit.
From the ashes the phoenix arose and with the flames of rebirth it erased all inconsistencies with previous generations (including everything written here). :D
The hereios are cloning themselves today in honor of electro_n1k's birthday!
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Here is a 2001 Amtran RE, It's going to be turned into a skoolie, so I wanted to get some pictures of it before it gets turned into a skoolie.
The re-emergence of Mistress Antonia.
Having recently had my new black dress arrive I just couldn't keep it away from here for too long and when the chance sighting of it combined with my red fox fur was made, this outfit was born there and then.
I've chosen to split this set into 2 pics as I felt the 2nd half were too good to be included at the end of this posting and potentially not get noticed. They'll follow throughout the week.
In the meantime, I hope you'll enjoy the Mistress' appearence once again
(There are 6 pics in this set)