Comments on: Virgo Virginum http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/01/19/virgo-virginum/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:20:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/01/19/virgo-virginum/comment-page-1/#comment-57001 CherryPie Fri, 25 Jan 2019 00:13:39 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=21723#comment-57001 There are lots of sacred signs in our old buildings but this is one I had not come across before. There are lots of sacred signs in our old buildings but this is one I had not come across before.

]]> By: Shabana http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/01/19/virgo-virginum/comment-page-1/#comment-56970 Shabana Thu, 24 Jan 2019 06:29:31 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=21723#comment-56970 wow this is quite an informative post dear Cherie! sacred signs! wow this is quite an informative post dear Cherie!

sacred signs!

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/01/19/virgo-virginum/comment-page-1/#comment-56943 CherryPie Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:17:18 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=21723#comment-56943 I have seen a few here and there but not this particular marking. I usually have to have them pointed out to me before I see them. I have seen a few here and there but not this particular marking.

I usually have to have them pointed out to me before I see them.

]]> By: Caroline Irwin http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/01/19/virgo-virginum/comment-page-1/#comment-56939 Caroline Irwin Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:51:52 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=21723#comment-56939 Wonderful - I read about Witch protection marks in a book on Medieval Graffitti and have been looking for them everywhere without much success so far! Wonderful – I read about Witch protection marks in a book on Medieval Graffitti and have been looking for them everywhere without much success so far!

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/01/19/virgo-virginum/comment-page-1/#comment-56932 CherryPie Mon, 21 Jan 2019 23:47:44 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=21723#comment-56932 It was a first for me too. I will be on the lookout for them now! It was a first for me too. I will be on the lookout for them now!

]]> By: lisl http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/01/19/virgo-virginum/comment-page-1/#comment-56928 lisl Mon, 21 Jan 2019 05:55:05 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=21723#comment-56928 I have never knowingly seen one of these symbols, Cherie - I will certainly be looking out for them I have never knowingly seen one of these symbols, Cherie – I will certainly be looking out for them

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/01/19/virgo-virginum/comment-page-1/#comment-56925 CherryPie Mon, 21 Jan 2019 00:34:05 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=21723#comment-56925 Wearly... ;-) Wearly…

;-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/01/19/virgo-virginum/comment-page-1/#comment-56924 CherryPie Mon, 21 Jan 2019 00:32:16 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=21723#comment-56924 The museum didn't explain this particular marking further, it did however mention it in context with other markings which are commonly known as 'witch markings'. Markings to ward off evil. This is the first time I have seen this particular symbol pointed out. There are many online articles that explain the markings. The following is a good one which includes the Marian symbols: http://www.aalhs.co.uk/2016/10/19/witch-marks/ The museum didn’t explain this particular marking further, it did however mention it in context with other markings which are commonly known as ‘witch markings’. Markings to ward off evil.

This is the first time I have seen this particular symbol pointed out. There are many online articles that explain the markings. The following is a good one which includes the Marian symbols:

http://www.aalhs.co.uk/2016/10/19/witch-marks/

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/01/19/virgo-virginum/comment-page-1/#comment-56923 CherryPie Mon, 21 Jan 2019 00:23:18 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=21723#comment-56923 It is the first time I have noticed this particular marking. Probably because it is the first time it has been pointed out in a place that I have visited. It is the first time I have noticed this particular marking. Probably because it is the first time it has been pointed out in a place that I have visited.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/01/19/virgo-virginum/comment-page-1/#comment-56921 CherryPie Mon, 21 Jan 2019 00:10:31 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=21723#comment-56921 This is the first time I have seen this particular mark, although I have seen other marks in many buildings that I have visited. This is the first time I have seen this particular mark, although I have seen other marks in many buildings that I have visited.

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