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Subject: [Leica] PESO: Saints a jester and a bear
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 12:11:37 -0600
References: <a27c0b9a-1261-428b-a4e7-91df5fba29ba@summaventures.com> <CAFfkXxsXve3AUkx1HYh10hW4odYpBWShp7rYde-HnU485OODzw@mail.gmail.com> <77e2e3be-4f02-4bdb-910e-9645b3e08981@summaventures.com> <CAFfkXxu6cZoy=AqQtyN=NJB5pj--BUDyL+h4jE3Z-CzWscfz5Q@mail.gmail.com>

If I go into the gallery, I can see the first picture, but enlarged, it is
sideways, all four of the first images are sideways, but the last ones
present correctly

Regards,
Sonny
www.SonC.Com/Look



On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 12:07?PM Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>>
>> Dr. Peter Dzwig
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram Langhans) ([Leica] PESO: Saints a jester and a bear)
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