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Tuesday 19 August 2014
Melk Abbey, Austria.
Text and Illustrations from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.
English: Melk Abbey, Austria.
Български: Двореца във Вахау, Австрия.
Date: 2005-04-07 (original upload date).
Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia
Author: Original uploader was HochauerW at en.wikipedia
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English: Melk Abbey above Melk Old Town.
Deutsch: Stift Melk über der Melker Altstadt.
Date: February 2005.
Source: Own work.
Author: de:Benutzer:AlterVista.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Melk Abbey Library,
Austria.
This File: 12 March 2008.
User: Emgonzalez.
Source: Own work.
Author: Emgonzalez.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Deutsch: Stift Melk, Niederösterreich: Kirche.
English: Benedictine Abbey of Melk, Lower Austria: Church.
Français: Abbaye bénédictine de Melk, Basse-Autriche: église.
This File: 2 May 2005.
User: David.Monniaux.
Copyright © 2005 David Monniaux.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Deutsch: Stift Melk, Niederösterreich.
English: Melk Abbey, Lower Austria.
Photo: 25 May 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Aconcagua.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Deutsch: Stift Melk, Melk.
English: Melk Abbey, Austria.
Photo: 13 September 2011.
Source: Own work.
Author: Zairon.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The school was returned to the Abbey after the Second World War and now caters for nearly 900 pupils of both sexes.
Deutsch: Hochaltar der Stiftskirche Melk.
English: High Altar of Melk Abbey, Austria.
Photo: 15 July 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: Uoaei1.
(Wikimedia Commons)
In his well-known novel "The Name of the Rose", Umberto Eco named one of the protagonists "Adson von Melk" as a tribute to the Abbey and its famous Library.
Melk Abbey, Austria.
Photo: 11 November 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: User:MatthiasKabel.
(Wikimedia Commons)
English: Choir Stalls in the Abbey Church of Melk Abbey, Austria.
Deutsch: Das Chorgestühl in der Kirche des Stifts Melk.
Photo: 7 April 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Effi Schweizer.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Painting on the Ceiling of the Marble Hall, Melk Abbey, Austria.
The Ceiling painting shows Pallas Athena on a chariot, drawn by lions, as a symbol of wisdom
and moderation. Hercules is to her Left, symbolising the force necessary to conquer the
three-headed Hound of Hell, night, and sin. Both Pallas Athena and Hercules are disguised
references to Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI.
Author: Paul Troger (1698–1762) (Ceiling painting)
and Creator:Gaetano Fanti (architectural painting).
Date: 1731.
Current location: Melk Abbey, Austria.
Source/Photographer: Own work, Alberto Fernandez Fernandez, 2007-07.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Euro Commemorative Coin depicting Melk Abbey.
This File: 7 March 2008.
User: Miguel.mateo.
Source: http://austrian-mint.at
(Wikimedia Commons)
English: The Pulpit in the Church of Melk Abbey, Austria.
Deutsch: Die Kanzel in der Kirche des Stifts Melk.
Photo: 17 May 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lily.
(Wikimedia Commons)
English: The Church of Melk Abbey, Austria.
Deutsch: Die Kirche des Stifts Melk.
Photo: 7 April 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Effi Schweizer.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Monday 18 August 2014
Basilica Of Santa Maria Del Mar And The Cathedral Of The Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, Barcelona, Spain.
Text and Illustrations from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.
Basilica of
Santa Maria del Mar,
Barcelona, Spain.
Photo: 20 September 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Jiuguang Wang.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The first mention of a Church of Santa Maria del Mar dates from 998 A.D. The construction of the present building was promoted by Canon Bernat Llull, who was appointed Arch-Dean of Santa Maria in 1324. Construction work started on 25 March 1329, when the Foundation Stone was laid by King Alfonso IV of Aragon (King Alfonso III of Catalonia), as commemorated by a Tablet, in Latin and Catalan, on the façade that faces the Fossar de les Moreres.
The architects in charge were Berenguer de Montagut (designer of the building) and Ramon Despuig, and, during the construction, all the Guilds of the Ribera Quarter were involved. The walls, the Side Chapels and the façades, were finished by 1350.
Català: Església de Santa Maria del Mar vista des del Passeig del Born.
English: Exterior of the Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
Photo: 19 July 2011.
Source: Own work.
Author: Kippelboy.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Bell-Tower of the
Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar,
Barcelona, Spain.
Photo: 5 February 2007.
Source: Own work; de:User:Ralf Roletschek,
Fahrradmonteur.de
Author: Ralf Roletschek.
(Wikimedia Commons)
From the outside, the Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar gives an impression of massive severity that belies the Interior. It is hemmed in by the narrow streets of the Ribera, making it difficult to obtain an overall impression, except from the Fossar de les Moreres and the Plaça de Santa Maria, both of them former burial grounds.
Exterior of the Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar,
Barcelona, Spain.
Photo: 10 October 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Dror Feitelson.
(Wikimedia Commons)
English: The Great West Door,
the Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar,
Barcelona, Spain.
Català: Església de Santa Maria del Mar. Barcelona.
Español: Iglesia de Santa Maria del Mar. Barcelona.
Photo: 9 September 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: Carme Ribes Moreno.
(Wikimedia Commons)
In contrast with the Exterior, the Interior gives an impression of light and spaciousness. It is of the Basilica type, with its three Aisles forming a single space with no Transepts, and no architectural boundary between Nave and Presbytery. The simple Ribbed Vault is supported on slender Octagonal Columns, and abundant daylight streams in through the tall Clerestory windows.
Català: Corpus. Sortida de la processó de l'església de Santa Maria.
English: The Corpus Christi Procession Leaving the Church of Santa Maria del Mar.
Artist: Ramon Casas i Carbó (1866–1932).
Date: 1907.
Current location: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya,
Barcelona, Spain.
Source: http://usuarios.lycos.es/ramoncasas/obra/pintura/imatge/rc98_processocorpusb.jpg
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Corpus Christi Procession Leaving the Church of Santa Maria del Mar is an oil painting by Ramon Casas, painted on 1907, and currently in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona.
In 1896, an anarchist attacked the Corpus Christi Procession, which had left the Church of Santa Maria del Mar, Barcelona, killing twelve people and creating panic in the City. The act was part of the turbulent social landscape in Catalonia of the early 20th-Century, dominated by anarchist bombings like this, or that had taken place in Gran Teatre del Liceu, four years earlier.
Interior of the Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar,
Barcelona, Spain.
Photo: 10 October 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Dror Feitelson.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Some interesting Stained-Glass Windows have survived from various periods. The Church has a serious claim to have the slenderest Stone-Built Columns in the world.
Русский: Собор Святого Креста и Святой Евлалии.
Español: La Catedral de la Santa Cruz y Santa Eulalia.
English: Cathedral of The Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, Barcelona, Spain.
Similar to the Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar, the Cathedral is
another Gothic structure in Barcelona.
Photo: 16 August 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: Mromanchenko.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Interior of the Cathedral of The
Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, Barcelona, Spain.
Photo: 22 April 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Jorge Lascar.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Cathedral was constructed between the 13th- and 15th-Centuries, with the principal work done in the 14th-Century. The Cloister, which encloses the Well of the Geese (Font de les Oques) was completed in 1448. In the Late-19th-Century, the Neo-Gothic façade was constructed over the nondescript Exterior that was common to Catalan Churches. The roof is notable for its Gargoyles, featuring a wide range of animals, both domestic and mythical.
Sunday 17 August 2014
Please Sign The Petition And Keep The Church Of The Holy Innocents, New York, Open.
There is disturbing news of the possible closure of The Church of The Holy Innocents, New York,
on the Blog, RORATE CAELI
Looking West across 37th Street,
at Holy Innocents Church,
New York,
on a sunny morning.
Photo: 3 June 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Jim.henderson.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Please pop over and read the Article and consider signing the Petition to keep this beautiful Church, and its vibrant Congregation, as a wonderful beacon of Christianity in a wonderful City.
The, then, Archbishop Dolan (now, Cardinal Dolan)
visits the Church of The Holy Innocents, New York, 17 July 2010.
The, then, Archbishop Dolan (now, Cardinal Dolan)
visits the Church of The Holy Innocents, New York, 17 July 2010.
The High Altar, and the monumental Mural created by Constantino Brumidi, the celebrated 19th-Century painter and artist, who is best known for his works in the United States Capitol Building. Constantino Brumidi was engaged by the first Pastor of Holy Innocents, Fr. John Larkin.
The Church of the Holy Innocents,
128 West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018.
Phone: (212) 279-5861 Fax: (212) 714-9313.
Please consider signing this Petition at CHANGE.ORG
to keep The Church of The Holy Innocents open.
Visiting A Carthusian Monastery (Part One).
English: Saint Bruno. Founder of The Carthusians.
Deutsch: Hl. Bruno, der Kartäuser.
Date: 1643.
Current location: Galleria Nazionale di Capodimonte, Neapel.
National Gallery, Capodimonte, Naples, Italy.
Source: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei.
DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202.
Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The following Paragraph is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.
Saint Bruno of Cologne (circa 1030 – 6 October 1101), the Founder of the Carthusian Order, personally founded the Order's first two Communities. He was a celebrated teacher at Reims, and a close Advisor of his former pupil, Pope Urban II.
Saturday 16 August 2014
Saint Joachim. Father Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 16 August.
unless otherwise stated.
Saint Joachim.
Father of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Confessor.
Double of the Second-Class.
White Vestments.
Saint Joachim. Father of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Français: Saint Joachim, Sainte Anne (avec l'enfant Jésus et Marie), Saint Joseph, statues au dessus d'un porche de la cathédrale, Aix-la-Chapelle, Allemagne.
English: Saint Joachim, Saint Anne (with Mary and Jesus, as children), Saint Joseph, statues on Aachen Cathedral, Germany.
Photo: 21 December 2013.
Source: Own work.
Author: Jebulon.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The following paragraph is taken from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.
Joachim ("he whom YHWH has set up", Hebrew: יְהוֹיָקִים Yəhôyāqîm, Greek Ἰωακείμ Iōākeím) was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the Mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the apocryphal Gospel of James. Joachim and Anne are not mentioned in the Bible.
Desiring to associate the name of Joachim with the triumph of his Blessed Daughter, the Church has transferred his Feast Day from 20 March to the day following The Assumption.
Pope Leo XIII, whose Baptismal name was Joachim, in 1879 raised Saint Joachim's Feast, and that of Saint Anne, to the Rank of Double of the Second-Class.
"Joachim and Anne," says Saint Epiphanes, "earned Divine Favour by an irreproachable life and merited that their union should bear for its beautiful fruit, The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Temple and Mother of God. Joachim, Anne, and Mary, offered manifestly together a sacrifice of praise to The Holy Trinity. The name of Joachim signifies preparation of The Lord. Is it not he, in fact, who prepares the Temple of the Lord, the Blessed Virgin ? " [Fourth Lesson at Matins.]
Wherefore, the Introit and Gradual enhance the virtues of this great Confessor and recall the frequent Almsgiving of the Saint, for, according to tradition, he divided what he had into three parts, of which the first was given to the Temple and its ministers, the second to the Poor, and the third was all he kept for himself.
"Most Blessed Couple," says in his turn Saint John of Damascus, "the whole creation is in your debt. For it is through you that it has been enabled to offer the Creator a present above all presents, the chaste Mother, who alone was worthy of the Creator. Rejoice, Joachim, for unto us a Son is born of thy daughter." [Fifth and Sixth Lessons at Matins.]
And the Gospel selected shows us the Royal Lineage of this Son, for by his marriage with Mary, daughter of Joachim (or Heliachim), Joseph, son of Jacob, made Jesus the legal heir of David.
As Grace perfects nature without destroying it, it may be affirmed that Joachim, united like Saint Joseph and Saint Anne by a very intimate tie to the Mother of God and her Son, is called to exercise his perpetual patronage (Collect) with regard to the Church, the body of Christ, or with regard to our Souls of which Mary is mother.
Let us, on this day, offer to God the Holy Sacrifice in honour of the Holy Patriarch, Joachim, father of The Virgin Mary, in order that his Prayer, added to that of his spouse and of their Blessed Child, may obtain the full remission of our sins and eternal glory (Secret).
Joachim ("he whom YHWH has set up", Hebrew: יְהוֹיָקִים Yəhôyāqîm, Greek Ἰωακείμ Iōākeím) was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the Mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the apocryphal Gospel of James. Joachim and Anne are not mentioned in the Bible.
Saint Joachim, Our Lady and Saint Anne.
Church of Saint Anne,
Butajnove, Slovenia.
Artist: Josip Egartner (1809–1849).
Date: 1846.
Source: www.restavratorstvo-sentjost.si
(Wikimedia Commons)
Pope Leo XIII, whose Baptismal name was Joachim, in 1879 raised Saint Joachim's Feast, and that of Saint Anne, to the Rank of Double of the Second-Class.
"Joachim and Anne," says Saint Epiphanes, "earned Divine Favour by an irreproachable life and merited that their union should bear for its beautiful fruit, The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Temple and Mother of God. Joachim, Anne, and Mary, offered manifestly together a sacrifice of praise to The Holy Trinity. The name of Joachim signifies preparation of The Lord. Is it not he, in fact, who prepares the Temple of the Lord, the Blessed Virgin ? " [Fourth Lesson at Matins.]
Wherefore, the Introit and Gradual enhance the virtues of this great Confessor and recall the frequent Almsgiving of the Saint, for, according to tradition, he divided what he had into three parts, of which the first was given to the Temple and its ministers, the second to the Poor, and the third was all he kept for himself.
Church of Saint Anne,
Butajnova, Slovenia
(see painting, above)
Photo: 2 July 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Doremo.
(Wikimedia Commons)
And the Gospel selected shows us the Royal Lineage of this Son, for by his marriage with Mary, daughter of Joachim (or Heliachim), Joseph, son of Jacob, made Jesus the legal heir of David.
As Grace perfects nature without destroying it, it may be affirmed that Joachim, united like Saint Joseph and Saint Anne by a very intimate tie to the Mother of God and her Son, is called to exercise his perpetual patronage (Collect) with regard to the Church, the body of Christ, or with regard to our Souls of which Mary is mother.
Let us, on this day, offer to God the Holy Sacrifice in honour of the Holy Patriarch, Joachim, father of The Virgin Mary, in order that his Prayer, added to that of his spouse and of their Blessed Child, may obtain the full remission of our sins and eternal glory (Secret).
The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.
Available (in U.K.) from
5 February 1953. Gooseberry Eyes Available. Piggy-Banks Emptied. Swarms Of Youngsters Heading For The High Street.
Smarties.
Date: 16 September 2007.
Source: http://www.flickr.com/
photos/alazaat/2357636026/
Author: St0rmz.
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For children all over Britain, 5 February 1953 was an important day.
Piggy-Banks were emptied and swarms of youngsters headed for their local High Street.
The Government had ended Sweet Rationing and the sugar rush was on.
It wasn't the first time that Sweets had come off Ration - the first attempt to de-Ration in 1949 had been derailed after four months, when demand outstripped supply.
Super Shrimps.
Image: TRADE SWEETS
For years, Pocket Money was mis-spent at the Pick'n'Mix counter, where shop assistants filled paper bags, at our direction, with Penny Chews, Shrimps, Black Jacks and Fruit Salads (a farthing each or four for a penny), Liquorice Pipes and Sherbet Fountains, as we eked out Sixpence over as many Sweets as possible.
William Brown, Richmal Crompton's immortal enfant terrible, better known as Just William, understood.
"In the matter of Sweets, William frankly upheld the superiority of quantity over quality," we are told in "William Goes To The Pictures", when, armed with a Shilling, he decides to spend half of it on Sweets.
Image: TRADE SWEETS
"Both were sold at four Ounces for 2d.
"William never purchased more expensive luxuries."
Gooseberry Eyes, it turned out, were the sort of Sweets, not unlike Sherbet Lemons, that grow sticky over time and collect fluff from the insides of Blazer pockets, where they eventually ended up paper bag-less.
I'm not convinced that Gooseberry Eyes existed - not in the way I know that Aniseed Balls, Cough Candy Twists, Pineapple Cubes and Chewing Nuts did.
A packet of Black Jacks.
Date: 26 June 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: DineshAdv.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Or Sherbet Crystals, that you dipped your wet finger into and sucked like a Lollipop?
Or Gobstoppers, so huge they made your mouth bulge like a hamster?
Etched forever on my memory they might be, but, for a time, it seems these very important symbols of my childhood had disappeared, along with Ounces and Pennies in £.s.d. form.
Flying Saucers.
Old-fashioned Sweets like Clove Balls, Bulls' Eyes, Humbugs, Acid Drops and Lemon Bon-Bons have acquired a certain trendy kudos, and there are any number of sites, on the Web, where you can buy "Retro" Sweets.
But that's not as good as nipping into your local Sweet Shop, and buying a little of what you fancy off the shelves.
Shops, like Pothecary's, in Fisherton Street, as well as some Newsagents and Village Stores, keep a small selection of Jarred Sweets behind the Counter, but for a Sweetie Emporium, you will have to travel to Tisbury, Porton or Ringwood.
ABC Letters.
Sue Bracken has just opened "Sweets Galore", her second Shop, in Tisbury's High Street. Her first is in a Shopping Centre in Swindon.
"But I didn't want a Shopping Centre, again, and I picked a Village because Village-life is old-fashioned," says Sue, whose sister lives in Tisbury.
"You see lots of Sweet Shops, up North, but not many in the South."
Fizzers.
In "My Favourite Things", attached to the Pet and Aquatic Centre, in Porton, there are ranks of Jarred Sweets at the entrance to the Shop.
The Shop has recently re-opened, after the last owner tried, unsuccessfully, to re-position what was an old-fashioned Sweet Shop.
Fizzy Sherbet Twists.
Image: SWEETS GALORE
So, modern confectionery was swept aside and Jars of Coconut Mushrooms, Tom Thumb Drops, Liquorice Comfits, Jelly Babies, restored to the shelves.
When it comes to getting your "five a day", I doubt if the Government had Rhubarb and Custard, Pear Drops, Sherbet Lemons, Strawberry Bon-Bons and Fruit Salads in mind, but memories are made of this.
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