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Entrance decor at the Social House restaurant in Crystals Shopping Center at City Center in Las Vegas, NV
Docent guided tour of Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibition including ancient artifacts, interactive exhibits and Simulated Qumran Archaeological Dig Site.
"Dead Sea Scrolls: Life in Ancient Times" on display from May 19, 2013 - October 14, 2013 ~ Museum of Science, Boston
Scroll for Kingdom archery champion. Presented at Harvest Raid in the Shire of Herontier, 10/1 AS40. Scroll is the work of Aibell Suil-uaine based on the Hours of Mary of Burgundy using period pigments and contains a warning on the back: "Do not lick."
Salamander scroll for Griffith Davion
Calligraphy by Annys Wolf of Wharram Percy
Illumination by Ian Tadcaster
Words by Annys Wolf of Wharram Percy and Lissa Underhill
A scroll for an upcoming event. Inspired by Harley 4751 f. 5v www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?S...
Scroll of Fire is a monument found in the Jerusalem hills, and it commemorates Jewish history from The Holocaust until Independence. The monument was inaugurated in 1971.
The initiative for the monument came from B'nai B'rith of the United States, and was funded by them. The monument was sculptured by the artist Nathan Rapoport, who is a Holocaust survivor.
One of the scrolls describes the Holocaust and the other describes independence. In the space between the two scrolls, there are two rooms of memorial, and in each one is engraved a quote from the bible.
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Dufu Cottage (also known as Dufu Thatched Cottage, Dufu Caotang, or 杜甫草堂) is my favorite spot in the city (as a photographer) and one of my favorite for simple relaxation. I’ll briefly introduce three aspects here: Dufu, Chengdu during the years he was here, and the physical location of his cottage.
To start on Dufu, I’ll say he’s one of China’s most favorite classical poets. (I haven’t read too many, but to date, he’s my favorite Chinese poet; his themes tend to be more than subtle poems about nature.) Along with Li Bai, he is probably the most influential poet of his era – and for centuries that followed.
Dufu lived from 712-770 AD (Tang Dynasty). He was born in Henan province, though the exact location isn’t known. As a younger man, he traveled around the Middle Kingdom. His biggest ambition was actually to be a civil servant. However, due to politics (corruption, nepotism, etc.), he never passed the examinations because he lacked the right political connections.
Though he was from Henan and didn’t spend more than a few years here in Chengdu (roughly 760-765, but not exclusively), he is associated with Chengdu because he wrote effusively of his time here and how he loved living in his “Thatched Cottage.”
Chengdu, in those days, was most certainly a part of China and was close to the imperial national border. Tibet, in those years, was a separate kingdom that was essentially treated as its own nation-state. Those years were marked by warring between the two states. (Tibet, by the way, is one province west of China and, historically, Tibet was bigger than its current border.) So, Chengdu of the 8th century was definitely on the western frontier of the country.
Dufu’s Cottage is located in Chengdu just inside the 2nd Ring Road about 5 km. directly west of downtown (Tianfu Square is considered the heart of the city). It’s a 24 acre park that is wonderful for strolling, contemplating, relaxing in general. None of the buildings currently on site are where Dufu lived, but are actually replicas that were built during the…Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), I believe, but also possibly during the Qing (1644-1911). According to Wikipedia, the park was created during the Ming (16th century) and renovated during the Qing (1811). However, I can’t say which buildings were built during the Ming, which came after. At any rate, the buildings are old, and have been renovated – obviously – with electricity, etc.
The PRC declared this park a national heritage site in 1961. Since then, they have actually uncovered what may be the actual location of the cottage (or, at the very least, a cottage that was lived in roughly the time Dufu lived here). So in addition to the tributes to Dufu around the park, there is a small area that is an authentic archaeological site that shows how life was here in the 8th century.
If I recall, the admission price for this park is 60 RMB (just under $10). I’ve been here a few times in the past year. With its buildings and natural setting, it’s well worth a visit for anyone who happens to chance upon Chengdu.
"Dead Sea Scrolls: Life in Ancient Times" on display from May 19, 2013 - October 14, 2013 ~ Museum of Science, Boston
My 6 year old Niece asked me to make a small Christmas present for her mam and dad. She designed it herself.
(HGM 167 M, Heisey Glass Museum, Newark, Ohio, USA)
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"1280 Winged Scroll" is the designation for a specific glass product design made in Newark, Ohio by the Heisey Glass Company (1896 to 1957). Heisey glass designs are called "patterns". Pattern designations usually include a number (not necessarily consecutively numbered during the history of the glass factory) and a name. Some pattern names were given by the Heisey company, while others were given by Heisey glass researchers.
"Opal" is Heisey's name for milk glass - whitish, opaque glass.
The source of silica for Heisey glass is apparently undocumented, but was possibly a sandstone deposit in the Glassrock area (Glenford & Chalfants area) of Perry County, Ohio (if anyone can provide verfication of this, please inform me). Quarries in the area targeted the Pennsylvanian-aged Massillon Sandstone (Pottsville Group) and processed it into glass sand suitable for glass making.
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From Bredehoft (2004):
Opal: 1898-early 1900s. Commonly called milk glass. An opaque white glass. Heisey's exhibits a large amount of "fire" when held to the light.
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From museum signage:
Augustus H. Heisey (1842-1922) emigrated from Germany with his family in 1843. They settled in Merrittown, Pennsylvania and after graduation from the Merrittown Academy, he worked for a short time in the printing business.
In 1861, he began his life-long career in the glass industry by taking a job as a clerk with the King Glass Company of Pittsburgh. After a stint in the Union Army, Heisey joined the Ripley Glass Company as a salesman. It was there that he earned his reputation of "the best glass salesman on the road".
In 1870, Heisey married Susan Duncan, daughter of George Duncan, then part-owner of the Ripley Company and later full owner, at which time he changed its name to George Duncan & Sons. A year later, he deeded a quarter interest to each of his two children. A few years after his death, A.H. Heisey and James Duncan became sole owners. In 1891, the company joined the U.S. Glass Company to escape its financial difficulties. Heisey was the commercial manager.
Heisey began to formulate plans for his own glass company in 1893. He chose Newark, Ohio because there was an abundance of natural gas nearby and, due to the efforts of the Newark Board of Trade, there was plenty of low cost labor available. Construction of the factory at 301 Oakwood Avenue began in 1895 and it opened in April of 1896 with one sixteen-pot furnace. In its heyday, the factory had three furnaces and employed nearly seven hundred people. There was a great demand for the fine glass and Heisey sold it all over the world.
The production in the early years was confined to pressed ware, in the style of imitation cut glass. The company also dealt extensively with hotel barware. By the late 1890s, Heisey revived the colonial patterns with flutes, scallops, and panels which had been so popular decades earlier. These were so well accepted that from that time on, at least one colonial line was made continuously until the factory closed.
A.H. Heisey's name appears on many different design patents including some when he was with George Duncan & Sons. Heisey patterns that he was named the designer include 1225 Plain Band, 305 Punty and Diamond Point, and 1776 Kalonyal.
Other innovations instituted by A.H. Heisey were the pioneering in advertising glassware in magazines nationally, starting as early as 1910 and the first glass company to make fancy pressed stems. That idea caught on quickly and most hand-wrought stemware is made in this manner, even now.
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Reference cited:
Bredehoft, N. (ed.) (2004) - Heisey glass formulas - and more, from the papers of Emmet E. Olson, Heisey chemist. The West Virginia Museum of American Glass. Ltd.'s Monograph 38.
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Info. at:
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Scroll blank inspired by Harley 4751 f. 61 www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?S...
A scroll for an upcoming event.
Inspired by Additional 42130 f. 83v www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?S...