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speciesbarocus: Canaletto - An Island in the Lagoon with a...
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azorica: Eugene-Auguste-Francois Deully, Dante and Virgil in...
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christopher le brun (I believe)
christopher le brun (I believe)
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Three monks singing London BL - Stowe 12 f. 195 (unfortunately...
Three monks singing
London BL - Stowe 12 f. 195
(unfortunately this is all the identification info given on the flickr site- would love to know more about the manuscript from which this and other such illuminations are taken)
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centuriespast: JORDAENS, Jacob (b. 1593, Antwerpen, d. 1678,...
JORDAENS, Jacob
(b. 1593, Antwerpen, d. 1678, Antwerpen)
Martyrdom of St Quentin
c. 1650
Watercolor, gouache, 406 x 293 mm
Biblioteca, Turin
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thestuartkings: The Princess Elizabeth of England and...
The Princess Elizabeth of England and Scotland (28 December 1635–8 September 1650) was the second daughter of King Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France. From the age of six until her early death at the age of fourteen she was a prisoner of Parliament during the English Civil War. Her emotional written account of her final meeting with her father on the eve of his execution and his final words to his children have been published in numerous histories.
On the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642, Princess Elizabeth, along with her brother Henry Duke of Gloucester, were placed under the care of Parliament. In 1643, the seven-year-old Elizabeth was moved to Chelsea with her brother. She was tutored by the great female scholar Bathsua Makin until 1644, by which time she could read and write in Hebrew, Greek, Italian, Latin and French. Other prominent scholars dedicated works to her, and were amazed by her flair for religious reading. In 1647, Elizabeth, James Duke of York and the Duke of Gloucester were permitted to travel to Maidenhead to meet the King, and spent two days with him. A relationship was established. This came to an end when the king was forced to flee to Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight.
Elizabeth was called “Temperance” in the family for her kind nature. The turmoil under which she had grown up had produced a young woman of unusual character. When she was eleven, the French ambassador described the princess as a “budding young beauty” who had “grace, dignity, intelligence and sensibility” that enabled her to judge the different people she met and understand different points of view.
The king was captured and sentenced to death by Oliver Cromwell and the other judges in 1649. On 29 January a highly emotional final meeting occurred between Elizabeth, the Duke of Gloucester and her father. Elizabeth, who was then thirteen, while her younger brother was eight years old, wrote an account of the meeting that was found among her possessions after her death: “He told me he was glad I was come, and although he had not time to say much, yet somewhat he had to say to me which he had not to another, or leave in writing, because he feared their cruelty was such as that they would not have permitted him to write to me.” Elizabeth was crying so hard that her father asked her if she would be able to remember everything he told her. She promised never to forget and said she would record it in writing. Her father told his sobbing daughter not to “grieve and torment herself for him”. He also gave her a bible.
In 1650, Elizabeth’s brother, the now titular Charles II journeyed to Scotland to be crowned king of that country. Elizabeth was moved to the Isle of Wight as a hostage. This move was probably the cause of her death. The Princess complained that her health was not equal to moving, but it went ahead anyway; she caught a cold, which quickly developed into pneumonia, and died on 8 September 1650. Some accounts say that Elizabeth was found dead with her head on the Bible her father had given her.
Her grave was left unmarked, with the exception of her carved initials, until the 19th century when Queen Victoria commanded that a suitable monument be erected to her memory. A white marble sculpture was commissioned for her grave that depicted Elizabeth as a beautiful young woman, lying with her cheek on a Bible open to words from Gospel of Matthew: “Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Above the sculpture is a grating, indicating that she was a prisoner, but the bars are broken to show that the prisoner has now escaped to “a greater rest” The plaque reads: “To the memory of The Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King Charles I, who died at Carisbrooke Castle on September 8, 1630, and is interred beneath the chancel of this church, this monument is erected as a token of respect for her virtues and of sympathy for her misfortunes, by Victoria R., 1856.”
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artandopinion: Illumination in St. Petersburg 1869 Fyodor...
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Fyodor Vasilyev- Through the Birchwood
Fyodor Vasilyev- Through the Birchwood
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aleyma: Harry Clarke, Illustration for Goethe’s Faust, 1925...
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thedailywhat: This x That: Know This: Dow Jones finishes the...
This x That:
Know This:
- Dow Jones finishes the day above 13,000 for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis.
- Virginia Senate passes revised version of ultrasound bill; Alabama Senate to rewrite its own invasive ultrasound bill.
- Report: Remains of 9/11 victims ended up in landfill.
- UN says death toll in Syria “well past 7,500”; Syrians sacrifice their lives to smuggle out foreign journalists.
- Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) will not seek re-election, Nate Silver predicts GOP will likely lose the state.
- Prosecutor in Chardon High School shooting case says suspect did not know his victims.
Read This:
- Department of Homeland Security kept close eye on Occupy Wall Street, report reveals; police evict Occupy London protesters from St Paul’s Cathedral camp.
- Study finds Ambien users five times more likely to die young.
- Wallace Shawn, André Gregory to reunite in Jonathan Demme adaptation of Ibsen’s The Master Builder.
The Other:
- NewsFeed: NASCAR Driver Tweets From Daytona 500 Raceway.
- Tea x Time List: 9 Foreign Words the English Language Desperately Needs.
- Above: Made-to-order Baked Potato Bean Bag Chair w/ Butter Pillow. (via.)
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Church of San Pelayo. Ayega (Valle de Mena, Burgos) It seems...
Church of San Pelayo. Ayega (Valle de Mena, Burgos)
It seems that in the tenth century a monastery was built, as it did in other parts of the valley and passed hand to lay religious.
the Roman church, built between the eleventh and twelfth centuries, in the opinion of different authors, maintained and dedicated to St. Pelayo and retains few elements of the original factory: the header, some corbels and cover with a curious ear drum. The interior housed the Salazar family vault.
The eardrum is the most curious part of the cover. The figures carved on it have been interpreted in various ways, but the most convincing agree that it would be a representation of the struggle between opposites and, specifically, between good and evil. To the left of the semicircle we find a character who undergoes a lion (¿Samson?), While to the right a monstrous animal devours its victim. In between, four characters standing cross their hands in her lap. Above these seven figures angelic placed trace very simple. Jose Manuel Rodriguez Montanes in the Encyclopedia of Romanesque, tells us about “on these figures were placed other earthly angels, creating a double opposition, in the longitudinal plane, between the victory of faith over the devil and the punishment of sinner and in the vertical between the earthly and the divine. “
The lintel on supporting the tympanum (figure 5) has, on its front the following inscription: EGO (S) U (M) EP (L) AGIU (S) Corduba, or “I am Pelayo de Cordoba”, a reference to the martyr Cordoba who holds title to the temple. www.romanicoenruta.com/
(Translation from spanish by Google)
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allthingseurope: Dunnottar Castle, Scotland (by michael...
Dunnottar Castle, Scotland (by michael prince)
Dunnottar Castle (from Scottish Gaelic Dùn Fhoithear, “fort on the shelving slope”[1]) is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky headland on the north-east coast of Scotland, about two miles (3 km) south of Stonehaven. The surviving buildings are largely of the 15th–16th centuries, but the site is believed to have been an early fortress of the Dark Ages. (wikipedia)
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Dunnottar Castle
Dunnottar Castle
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"While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die."
“While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.”
- Leonardo da Vinci (via missfolly)
- Leonardo da Vinci (via missfolly)
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2headedsnake: jonfoster.com Jon Foster
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Syria laying mines near Lebanon, Turkey borders
Syria laying mines near Lebanon, Turkey borders:
Syrian forces have laid mines near the borders of Lebanon and Turkey along routes used to escape the conflict in Syria, advocacy group Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
Its report documented multiple accounts from witnesses in Turkey, Lebanon and inside Syria who had either seen Syrian troops laying mines or been injured by mines.
Opposition activists who have waged a year-long revolt against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule use Lebanon and Turkey to bring food, medicine and weapons into Syria. Thousands of Syrians have also fled the violence into Turkey and Lebanon.
“Any use of anti-personnel landmines is unconscionable,” Steve Goose, Arms Division director at HRW, said. “There is absolutely no justification for the use of these indiscriminate weapons by any country, anywhere, for any purpose.”
Syria last used anti-personnel mines during the 1982 conflict with Israel in Lebanon, the report said. Syria’s stockpile is believed to consist mainly of Soviet/Russian-manufactured mines, it added.
The report quoted a 15-year-old boy from Tal Kalakh in Syria who lost a leg in a landmine explosion in February while trying to transport a wounded person to Lebanon for medical treatment.
Opposition activists in Syria say they fear arrest, torture and death at the hands of Syrian security forces if they seek treatment in Syrian state hospitals when they are wounded in protests or clashes with police and security forces.
Turkey acceded to the international Mine Ban Treaty on September 25, 2003. Syria and Lebanon have refused to sign the treaty, which would require all landmines in their countries to be cleared.
Nadim Houry, HRW’s researcher for Syria and Lebanon, told Reuters that is was very hard to get the exact figure for the number of wounded by Syrian-placed landmines because most casualties occur on the Syrian side of the border.
The Syrian government has repeatedly denied access into the country to rights groups and journalists.
The United Nations says more than 7,500 people have been killed in unrest against Assad’s government. Syria said in December that “terrorists” had killed more than 2,000 soldiers and police.
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peira: Giorgio de Chirico: Ritratto premonitore di Guillaume...
Giorgio de Chirico: Ritratto premonitore di Guillaume Apollinaire (1914) via atlante dell’arte italiana
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thoughtcloud: “a design/artist team based out of Portland,...
thoughtcloud: “a design/artist team based out of Portland, OR”?
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Calm Down. Iran’s Missiles Can’t (and Won’t) Hit the East Coast.
Calm Down. Iran’s Missiles Can’t (and Won’t) Hit the East Coast.:
24 Feb 2012 | Israel is claiming that Iran is thisclose to developing a missile that can hit American soil. But missile and intelligence experts say Tehran has a long, technically complex road to travel before it can threaten Manhattan.
From getting all the rocket thrusters to work properly to developing heat shields that can withstand the stresses of rapid atmospheric reentry, Iran is probably many years away from getting an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The American spy apparatus, which once hyped the Iranian missile threat, has quietly stopping saying when Iran can hit the east coast. And the irony is that it’s taking Iran so long precisely because its missile efforts really are sophisticated.
“The bottom line,” says Paul Pillar, a veteran CIA Mideast analyst, “is that the intelligence community does not believe [the Iranians] are anywhere close to having an ICBM.”
That, however, isn’t the message out of
JerusalemIsrael. Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz told CNBC on Wednesday Iran was “two to three years” away from slamming a missile into New York, Boston or Washington. Its strategic-affairs minister, Moshe “Bogie” Yaalon, issued that same warning earlier this month, but declined to say when Iran’s mega-missile would be ready.Chances are, the Israelis are hyping the Iranian missile threat so their American friends will consider the Iranian threat more acute. They’re not happy with Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for saying on Sunday that an Israeli attack on Iran was “not prudent.” But few missile or intelligence experts believe the new claim of an imminent Iranian ICBM is going to change Dempsey’s mind, or anyone else’s, because it’s far-fetched.
It’s true that Tehran has a robust missile program. Its stockpiles of Shahab-3 ballistic missiles, which top out at 800 miles, strike fear into the hearts of Arab Gulf states. Israel has real reason to fear the development of its Sejjil medium-range ballistic missile, a more sophisticated weapon, that could maybe reach Israel in a few years. And unlike rogue-state missile flameouts like North Korea, Iran is able to launch satellites into space, which is a key ICBM step (since any intercontinental missile is going to have to fly through space in order to attack a foe so far away).
But none of that adds up to Iran getting a missile that can travel the 6,000 miles necessary for striking America any time soon …
Read More: Wired
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AGAIN! May I compliment you on your latest postings. You have such wonderful posts. Thank you. FleshandtheDevil
why thank you—- this comes as a surprise—- don’t usually get such compliments
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