Archive for the tag 'Dragon'
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Holidays, Paris 2012
Fontaine Saint-Michel
The Fontaine Saint-Michel is located in Place Saint-Michel. The statue above the fountain depicts Archangel Michael and the devil, sculptured by Francisque Joseph Duret. In the foreground there are two winged dragons that were sculpted by Henri Alfred Jacquemart.
Those are just two of the nine sculptors whose work is featured in the fountain.
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 6th 2012
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, York 2011
The Dragon’s Head
On all my visits to the Minster I had thought that the Dragon’s head was a recent addition, until I looked into it further on my recent visit…
It is thought to be part of a medieval mechanism that raised a font cover that has long since disappeared.
This is almost certainly the remains of an elaborate [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 13th 2011
Filed under Out & About
PhotoHunt – Painted
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I had ordered a macro lens. When I went to the shop there was only a display model so I asked for a new one to be ordered.
What should have been simple turned into a saga…
On the day the lens was due in store, I rang up [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Aug 5th 2011
