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El Greco’s ‘Vision’ at St Francis exhibition #nationalgallery looking closely you can see a holy foot in the top left corner ..
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So Folkestone library is a keeper?!
Study finds English libraries generate at least £3.4bn in yearly value | Books | The Guardian
“A game changer in how libraries are seen at local & national level “
#libraries #folkestone #GraceHill theguardian.com/books/2023/j…
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The Archbishop bowed his head and passed on, till he glimmered like a white moth in the shadow by the font.
‘He does look awfully princely,’ said Una. ‘Isn’t he coming back?’
‘Oh yes. He’s only looking over the church. He’s very fond of churches,’ said Puck.
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View over Puck country from St Bartholomew’s , Burwash where Wilfrid visited
kiplingsociety.co.uk/tale/th…
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The name of Samuel Dix, vicar of st Laurence, Winslow, carved into the priests door the year he was installed 1662
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Remembrance is what churches do
In the long grass where moss maps grow, tongueless whispers are thick. Graveyard gossip, the grumbles of bones. Now the sexton is gone there is no-one to mow, no-one to call their names and pour apple brandy on the stones when their death day comes around. #SkullFriday
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The defence of culture for the people in Folkestone continues!
ALT The team. A number of unemployed WW1 veterans worked on the site and, as Winbolt noted-made the most observant and helpful 'assistants'
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@kentmaps1 reminds me of the winbolt excavation of Folkestone Roman Villa in 1924. in 2017 I was part of the team that re=excavated this fantastic site as part of A Town Unearthed: Folkestone Before 1500. Here are just some of the pictures we found
ALT One of a series of postcards produced by Winbolt to promote the site
Very pleased to say the St Eanswythe article has now been published in The Tablet. Link here: thetablet.co.uk/blogs/1/2430…
A wonderful collection of antiquarian texts and art but moreover a place and people so generous with their knowledge, time and collections. Thanks from all at Finding Eanswythe
Yesterday, was the feast day of St Bertha, Queen of Kent. Her memory remains etched into the streetscape of Canterbury. It is said, her route, from the city to St Martin's church. is remembered in the name of the Queningate, the Queen's Gate . kentarchaeology.org.uk/sites…
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Interesting transition from skull to angel .I sometimes wonder if there was a pattern book that was simply amended?
Start your week off on a happy note with some 18th-century soul music.
This piping, winged skull with a disembodied hand can be seen on a memorial plaque of 1738 at St Baglan's, Llanfaglan, Gwynedd.
More about St Baglan's: buff.ly/40d1Ak6
#MementoMoriMonday
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Talking about this overlooked treasure today
Can anyone illuminate the issue of lead poisoning in late antiquity and early Middle Ages? Were Roman lead pipes and cisterns still in use in C7th?
A team of archaeologists in southern Italy recently uncovered a perfectly preserved, decorated lead water tank that was part of the Villa Arianna’s state-of-the-art water supply system. #italy #archaeology #water #villaarianna
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