[Leica] PESO: Saints a jester and a bear
Sonny Carter
sonc.hegr at gmail.com
Mon Feb 10 10:07:13 PST 2025
I'm on my iPod, using Gmail through the iOS mail and it goes to chrome.
I've never seen that before on LUG galleries, with this setup.
Regards,
Sonny
www.SonC.Com/Look
On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
wrote:
> Thanks Sonny. What browser are you using and what OS?
>
> Peter
>
> On 10/02/2025 17:05, Sonny Carter via LUG wrote:
> > There is a problem with the first link, and the others are loading
> sideways
> > for me, and out of proportion.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Sonny
> > www.SonC.Com/Look
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> All,
> >>
> >> the other day I took myself to see the historic cathedral church of St.
> >> Mary the Virgin. The following are some of the shots that I took.
> >>
> >> This is the view from the north transept looking toward the organ and
> >> the south aisle. It gives a sense of the scale of the place.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/Pictures/Hereford_Cathedral/DSCF2679.JPG.html
> >>
> >> as does this of the sheer scale of the (now much-restored) Norman
> pillars:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PicturesHereford_Cathedral/DSCF2682.JPG.html
> >>
> >> The bishop's seat ("cathedra") has beuatiful carvings. These appear to
> >> be 19th century restorations of older ones.
> >>
> >> The two together:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PicturesHereford_Cathedral/DSCF2690.JPG.html
> >>
> >> I have had discussions with my art historian brother about the
> >> iconography and we think that this is The Virgin Mary as a pregnant
> >> mother (the scroll reads "Behold the lion of the tribe of Judah"):
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PicturesHereford_Cathedral/DSCF2691.JPG.html
> >>
> >> and the second The Virgin as Queen of Heaven:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PicturesHereford_Cathedral/DSCF2692.JPG.html
> >>
> >> they really are gorgeous carvings.
> >>
> >> The cathedral also houses a number of carved misericords (seats on which
> >> monks sat, which flipped up when the stood). The oldest are 15th
> >> century, possibly older. I was taken by this joesterThey traditionally
> >> have carvings on the arm rests and underneath
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for looking and as ever your C&Cs are much appreciated.
> >>
> >> Peter
> >> --
> >>
> >> Dr. Peter Dzwig
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Dr. Peter Dzwig
> >>
> >>
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