The painted ceiling in the Chapter House of York Minster is made up of triangles. The ceiling was restored in 1845 with ‘Agnus Dei’ central boss.
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Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, York 2010
PhotoHunt – Triangle
20 Comments CherryPie on Jul 16th 2010
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Aristotle
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 4th 2010
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York Castle Bailey
The first photo was taken from Clifford’s Tower and shows three blocks of buildings that mark out the extent of the bailey or courtyard of York Castle. The second photo shows what was originally the Assize court (now used as the Crown courts) with Clifford’s Tower in the background to give it perspective.
The three neoclassical [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 28th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Faith Foundations, Holidays, York 2010
Testing Email to Flickr to Blog
For some time I have been meaning to try out the option of emailing photos to Flickr so that they auto-post on my blog. I know it worked on Blogger, but the photo sizes didn’t go with the templates that were available at the time and as I am fussy about layout I decided [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 25th 2010
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Clifford’s Tower
Clifford’s Tower is the castle keep and originally it was surrounded by a moat fed by the river Foss. It has three essential parts:
The grass-covered earth mound which dates from William the conquerors reign
The stone keep that was built on the orders of Henry III in the mid-thirteenth century
The gatehouse that was erected in the [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 24th 2010
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100 Photos 25 :: Crisp Cotton Sheets
Sound Asleep
You close your eyes and you will see
Micro-flashing neon lights
Open your eyes and you will see
It still looks like the same thing
Lie and wait for sleep and listen
To your heart beat too fast for sleep
Close your eyes and you will see
The sound asleep
I want to go, I want to go
I want to go down [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 23rd 2010
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100 Photos 22 :: Gothic Cathedrals at Night
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 16th 2010
