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Romanesque churches generally have a single portal centrally placed on the west front, the focus of decoration for the facade of the building. Some churches such as Saint-Étienne, Caen, (11th century) and Pisa Cathedral (late 12th century) had three western portals, in the manner of Early Christian basilicas. Many churches, both large and small, had lateral entrances that were commonly used by worshippers.
Romanesque doorways have a character form, with the jambs having a series of receding planes, into each of which is set a circular shaft, all surmounted by a continuous abacus. The semi-circular arch which rises from the abacus has the same seried planes and circular mouldings as the jambs.There are typically four planes containing three shafts, but there may be as many as twelve shafts, symbolic of the apostles.
The opening of the portal may be arched, or may be set with a lintel supporting a tympanum, generally carved, but in Italy sometimes decorated with mosaic or fresco. A carved tympanum generally constitutes the major sculptural work of a Romanesque church. The subject of the carving on a major portal may be Christ in Majesty or the Last Judgement. Lateral doors may include other subjects such as the Birth of Christ. The portal may be protected by a porch, with simple open porches being typical of Italy, and more elaborate structures typical of France and Spain.
Generated programmatically with Javascript. Brownian motion is a way of describing particle movement in liquids, gases, or even in white noise. It can also be thought of as the 10,000 ft view of a drunk walk home.
Essentially when a particle, like a dust speck is floating around on the surface of a still glass of water it is Brownian motion. The motion occurs because the water molecules are constantly in motion and colliding with the speck, thus transfering momentum to it causing it to (seemingly) erratically float around.
Bikes are omnipresent in London's traffic and crossing a road requires extra caution because bikes are harder to see, fast moving and quiet. And their riders get really annoyed really quickly should you fail to see them and get in their way. For the most part they are highly intolerant, but I can see their point of view; many pedestrians do step out without a proper check. However, they seem reluctant indeed to modify their speed or direction, preferring to shout or ring their bell loudly in a clearly irritated way.
This fella is adopting the standard MO of moving at high speed. I note, though I didn't at the time, that he's riding a single-speeder; that is, a bike with no gears. This indeed would encourage him not to slow down too much as it would be hard to get started again.
Pleased to have got the shot using the old Pentax, which requires focusing manually.
another taken with my moms camera,
edited. there was a cluster of them, but this lil one was better 8)
Great Central Railway
- Railways at Work Gala 14-15 Aug 2021
My signwriting on this one.
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Single File Nuns - Nuns stand in single file on a street in India. To Download this image without watermarks for Free, visit: www.sourcepics.com/free-stock-photography/24679894-single...
Looking through a microscope at insect larva. BTCV BioBlitz 07. Biological recording day. Dalzell Park and Barons Haugh, Motherwell. Photo: Graham Burns