Good read to wake up to, Phil. I've wanted to visit Florence for donkey's years, ever since reading 'A Room with a View', but I think I'll give it a miss....
Marion wrote: "Icame across a wiki piece which says that there was a huge trade in church art works in the 18th century, networks of traders selling stuff off...
Not a clue, Jean. Pevsner says there are 38 recorded by RCHM, then gives a few laconic titles which aren't any help at all really. One which might fit is ...
Or should that be Oxford Uni. alumni? Incidentally, no one spotted my deliberate (test of Biblical knowledge :o) error; I wrote Noah instead of Jonah. Tut. ;p ...
I caught that, but didn't say anything, because I passed it off as either an innocent mistake on your part, or a misunderstanding of your post on my part. ...
Yes - a narrow squeak. Perhaps people worked quickly then, and he got ahead of the Civil War - or was Oxford saved from the ravages of the war by being the...
Quite a lot of medieval glass was removed and hidden. Al;an _____ From: Churchcrawling@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Churchcrawling@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
I enjoyed your write-up Phil. However, it doesn't make me want to rush over to see this area - especially wearing a camera. Too expensive and too many "NO...
Mediaeval sculpture showing bagpipers is unusual, but this example (which I recall from my visit to this church nearly 10 years ago) is not unique. I must...
I think it's the size of the figures which makes them unique to Oxfordshire. I nearly didn't get in to St Giles - the handle turned, but the door didn't open...
Hi Mr Foster was on The One Show on BBC1 enthusing about a Brutalist 70's building (Birmingham Library) being threatened by demolition. Regards Diane ...
Hi I had to stay local-ish for various reasons, but this turned out to be a good thing as it meant that I got around to seeing some local-ish things that have...
08/10/02 oct0801 Leaving work early I headed to: #Yorkshire: West Riding #Nidd #St Paul & St Margaret #pya The exterior done last weekend. Today it was open,...
Why would that be more difficult? I've never seen one with a double chanter, but there are only a few things that can be done with fingering, whether on one or...
Here is the Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado. This is a scan of the picture on the cover of a typical church bulletin from this church from 1958,...
The Greek letter T I believe it was used on mediaeval pilgrim's badges, for instance. I also recall something about it being used as the symbol of the ...
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