The little person bursting out of their grave with a fetching shroud top-knot at the bottom is particularly lovely.
#SundayStonework
The little person bursting out of their grave with a fetching shroud top-knot at the bottom is particularly lovely.
#SundayStonework
The Penmon cross, early c11
& another, c10 cross
See more from Anglesey & North Wales in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej3X...
The Penmon cross, early c11
& another, c10 cross
See more from Anglesey & North Wales in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej3X...
The carvings on this capital are somewhat more complex; the human heads are sometimes depicted with horns and entwined with grotesque animals beasts (12th C)
St Michael, Torpenhow, #Cumbria
The carvings on this capital are somewhat more complex; the human heads are sometimes depicted with horns and entwined with grotesque animals beasts (12th C)
St Michael, Torpenhow, #Cumbria
A grotesque on the tower of St Andrew’s Church, Pershore -probably C14)
It’s rather eroded & I have never been certain what it is - sharp teeth, a suggestion of wings, a dragon?
Anyway, I was afraid of it when a child and would hurry past without looking up in case it noticed me.
A grotesque on the tower of St Andrew’s Church, Pershore -probably C14)
It’s rather eroded & I have never been certain what it is - sharp teeth, a suggestion of wings, a dragon?
Anyway, I was afraid of it when a child and would hurry past without looking up in case it noticed me.
A mixture of human and animal heads, along with geometric designs. A vast collection of engraved stones dating from the 12th C on the capitals.
(well described by the CRSBI)
St Michael, Torpenhow, #Cumbria
A mixture of human and animal heads, along with geometric designs. A vast collection of engraved stones dating from the 12th C on the capitals.
(well described by the CRSBI)
St Michael, Torpenhow, #Cumbria
The Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sounion circa 700 BC. It is built on and incorporates an older temple.
#SundayStonework #Archaeology 🏺
#AncientBlueSky #Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
The Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sounion circa 700 BC. It is built on and incorporates an older temple.
#SundayStonework #Archaeology 🏺
#AncientBlueSky #Photography 📸
#WestCoastKin #EastcoastKin
#BlueskyPhotography
#PhotographersUnited
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#Stunday #StandingStoneSunday #SundayStonework #architecture #AncientSiteSunday #SundayRuin
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#Stunday #StandingStoneSunday #SundayStonework #architecture #AncientSiteSunday #SundayRuin
West tower with "Reused Romanesque sculpture fragment" (CRSBI)
All Hallows, North Kelsey, Lincolnshire
West tower with "Reused Romanesque sculpture fragment" (CRSBI)
All Hallows, North Kelsey, Lincolnshire
more stories about these to come i'm sure, but for now, to catch more ancient stonework from Strathclyde & beyond, catch our Glasgow episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aKu...
#SundayStonework
more stories about these to come i'm sure, but for now, to catch more ancient stonework from Strathclyde & beyond, catch our Glasgow episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aKu...
#SundayStonework
#Arizona #nativeamerica #photography #ruins #AncientBlueSky #AncientSiteSunday #SundayStonework #archaeology #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK #native #Indian #history #nps #nationalpark
#Arizona #nativeamerica #photography #ruins #AncientBlueSky #AncientSiteSunday #SundayStonework #archaeology #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK #native #Indian #history #nps #nationalpark
Limestone
Late 12th century
A very emotive carving with Christ blessing a loaf of bread, St John asleep, St Peter (keys now lost) & a grovelling (tiny) Judas.
From Saint-Bénigne Abbey Refectory
Now Musée archéologique, Dijon, France
#SundayStonework #MedievalMonday
Limestone
Late 12th century
A very emotive carving with Christ blessing a loaf of bread, St John asleep, St Peter (keys now lost) & a grovelling (tiny) Judas.
From Saint-Bénigne Abbey Refectory
Now Musée archéologique, Dijon, France
#SundayStonework #MedievalMonday
The Passion cycle also contains anti-Jewish imagery, preserved today as a warning against antisemitism.
#SundayStonework #MedievalArt #Fresco #SacredArt #Landau
The Passion cycle also contains anti-Jewish imagery, preserved today as a warning against antisemitism.
#SundayStonework #MedievalArt #Fresco #SacredArt #Landau
Coat of arms below with greyhound and dragon supporters.
#sundaystonework #tudor
Coat of arms below with greyhound and dragon supporters.
#sundaystonework #tudor
We caught these for the first time this time last year, see more of the ancient places around Glasgow in the episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aKu...
We caught these for the first time this time last year, see more of the ancient places around Glasgow in the episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aKu...
#SundayStonework
#SundayStonework