Archive for the 'Holidays' Category
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
East Window
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 22nd 2013
Filed under Holidays, Malham 2011
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Harmony makes small things grow. Lack of it makes great things decay.
Sallust (c. 86-34 B.C.)
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 21st 2013
Filed under Art, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
Communion Sculpture
Above the Thornton brass is a sculpture designed by Stephen Cox. It represents a broken Communion wafer and the meniscus of a cup of Communion wine.
high up on the back of the reredos, is a curious sculpture of two discs. The top one, in Egyptian alabaster, represents a broken Communion wafer while the second, in [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 20th 2013
Filed under Art, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
The Thornton Brass
This brass once covered the altar tomb of Roger Thompson.
[This] huge Flemish brass that formerly covered the altar tomb of Roger Thornton in the ancient Newcastle parish church of All Saints, Quayside, which closed for Anglican worship in 1959. It is believed to be the largest brass in the country.
It is pre-1429 and commemorates [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 19th 2013
I have really enjoyed my ‘part year’ in the 52 photos project and I am looking forward to starting the next round of challenges from the beginning. Thank you Bella
The final photo in this round is a self portrait. For several reasons I haven’t been inspired to take a self portrait over [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 18th 2013
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
Stained Glass
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 18th 2013
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
The Black Gate
Taken from a signboard located in front of the Black Gate:
Built between 1247 and 1250 during the reign of King Henry III, the Black Gate was the last addition to the medieval Castle defences. Now a scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I Listed Building it was the gatehouse of the barbican, a walled defensive entrance [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 17th 2013
