Droners
A really short glimpse of Children of the Drone improvising at St Mary Arches Church in Exeter, Devon, UK.
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Exeter part II
Exeter is the county town of Devon and historically the administrative capital of the south-west peninsula. A historic mid-sized cathedral city with a good blend of arts, education and economy. The city was badly damaged in an incendiary bombing raid on the High Street and surrounding areas in 1942, and although post-war reconstruction has been limited, a number of interesting buildings remain. Now Exeter is the commercial and service centre for a largely agricultural hinterland, with a population of around 110,000. City is regularly voted among the top 3 cities in the UK for quality of life. Cathedral is Exeter's top attraction and a very beautiful gothic building. The cathedral lays claim to having the longest unbroken stone roof beam of any building in the world. There are a few medieval churches in the city centre: St Martin's, St Mary Arches, St Mary Steps, St Olave's, St Petrock's, St Stephen's. Parliament Street, claimed to be the world's narrowest street.
CHildren of the Drone
A really short glimpse of Children of the Drone improvising at St Mary Arches Church in Exeter, Devon, UK.
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Exeter part I
Exeter is the county town of Devon and historically the administrative capital of the south-west peninsula. A historic mid-sized cathedral city with a good blend of arts, education and economy. The city was badly damaged in an incendiary bombing raid on the High Street and surrounding areas in 1942, and although post-war reconstruction has been limited, a number of interesting buildings remain. Now Exeter is the commercial and service centre for a largely agricultural hinterland, with a population of around 110,000. City is regularly voted among the top 3 cities in the UK for quality of life. Cathedral is Exeter's top attraction and a very beautiful gothic building. The cathedral lays claim to having the longest unbroken stone roof beam of any building in the world. There are a few medieval churches in the city centre: St Martin's, St Mary Arches, St Mary Steps, St Olave's, St Petrock's, St Stephen's. Parliament Street, claimed to be the world's narrowest street.
BRISTOL CATHEDRAL (Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity)
BRISTOL CATHEDRAL
Bristol Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is the Church of England cathedral in the city of Bristol, England. Founded in 1140 and consecrated in 1148,[2] it was originally St Augustine's Abbey but after the Dissolution of the Monasteries it became in 1542 the seat of the newly created Bishop of Bristol and the cathedral of the new Diocese of Bristol. It is a Grade I listed building.[3]
The eastern end of the church includes fabric from the 12th century, with the Elder Lady Chapel which was added in the early 13th century. Much of the church was rebuilt in the English Decorated Gothic style during the 14th century despite financial problems within the abbey. In the 15th century the transept and central tower were added. The nave was incomplete at the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 and was demolished. In the 19th century Gothic Revival a new nave was built by George Edmund Street partially using the original plans. The western twin towers, designed by John Loughborough Pearson, were completed in 1888.
Located on College Green, the cathedral has tall Gothic windows and pinnacled skyline. The eastern end is a hall church in which the aisles are the same height as the Choir and share the Lierne vaults. The late Norman chapter house, situated south of the transept, contains some of the first uses of pointed arches in England. In addition to the cathedral's architectural features, it contains several memorials and an historic organ. Little of the original stained glass remains with some being replaced in the Victorian era and further losses during the Bristol Blitz.
CATHEDRAL
A cathedral is a church that contains the cathedra (Latin for seat) of a bishop,[1] thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate.[2] Churches with the function of cathedral are usually specific to those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Catholic, Anglican, Orthodox, and some Lutheran and Methodist churches.[2] Church buildings embodying the functions of a cathedral first appeared in Italy, Gaul, Spain and North Africa in the 4th century, but cathedrals did not become universal within the Western Catholic Church until the 12th century, by which time they had developed architectural forms, institutional structures and legal identities distinct from parish churches, monastic churches and episcopal residences.
Following the Protestant Reformation, the Christian church in several parts of Western Europe, such as Scotland, the Netherlands, certain Swiss Cantons and parts of Germany, adopted a Presbyterian polity that did away with bishops altogether. Where ancient cathedral buildings in these lands are still in use for congregational worship, they generally retain the title and dignity of cathedral, maintaining and developing distinct cathedral functions, but void of hierarchical supremacy. From the 16th century onwards, but especially since the 19th century, churches originating in Western Europe have undertaken vigorous programmes of missionary activity, leading to the founding of large numbers of new dioceses with associated cathedral establishments of varying forms in Asia, Africa, Australasia, Oceania and the Americas. In addition, both the Catholic Church and Orthodox churches have formed new dioceses within formerly Protestant lands for converts and migrant co-religionists. Consequently, it is not uncommon to find Christians in a single city being served by three or more cathedrals of differing denominations...
St. Mary's Collegiate Church - Youghal - Co. Cork. - From a new perspective.
See the Collegiate Church of Saint Mary in Youghal for the first time from a completely new perspective.
The Collegiate Church of Saint Mary, nestling in a corner of Youghal’s medieval town walls, can claim to be the oldest church in Ireland with continuous worship since the 13th century.
The trusses of the stunning nave roof have been carbon dated to the late 12th century.
It’s fascinating monuments include the 17th century memorial to Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, and an older stone depicting a Viking longboat from 9th century. Associated with the church were people like Sir Walter Raleigh whose house next door can be seen from the churchyard, and Oliver Cromwell who is said to have addressed his troops from the trunk in the sanctuary. Beside the trunk is a rare example of a medieval sepulchre tomb.
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Collegiate Church of Saint Mary can claim to be the oldest church in Ireland that has had continuous worship in it since the 13th century.
The presence of a church on the site itself probably dates back far earlier, perhaps even to the time of Saint Declan who founded a monastery at nearby Ardmore in the 5th century.
The stones of the building tell a fascinating story of its changes over the centuries. You can play the detective as you try to make sense of old doorways, blocked up windows, old wall lines and former roof levels. You can even find the outline of a Viking longboat carved on a stone – reminding you of the troubled history of the 9th century.
There is a 14th century font where baptisms still take place.
In the 15th century it became a Collegiate Church with the foundation alongside it of “Our Lady’s College of Yoghill” where a college of clergy and singing clerks under a Warden served the church and surrounding area. From the churchyard you can see the former Warden’s House, which was in due course owned by Sir Walter Raleigh who was Mayor of the town.
The Boyle Chapel houses the monument to Richard Boyle, the 1st Earl of Cork, who died in Youghal in 1643. There you can see Boyle, his first and second wives and his children – among them Robert Boyle, famous for “Boyle’s Law” that many a pupil had to learn at school. This magnificent monument cost him well over £1,000 – no small fortune at the time!
The stunning roof is exposed to reveal the long-hidden timber scissor trusses and some of the timbers have been carbon dated to the late 12th century. In the ancient stonework you can find medieval stonemasons’ marks which take us right back to the hands of the craftsmen who build the church. Their splendid carvings decorate doorways, windows and arches and their carved heads are a joy to search out.
In the sanctuary to the north of the altar you can see a rare example of a sepulchre tomb, a major focus for medieval piety in Holy Week, much defaced during the Reformation.
As well as Richard Boyle, and Sir Walter Raleigh, another famous name associated with the church is that of Oliver Cromwell who visited the town and is said to have preached a funeral oration to one of his officers standing on top of a trunk that can still be seen in the sanctuary.
The churchyard with interesting information points gives you access to a walk along part of the medieval town wall with stunning views across the town and the estuary. The church building is a National Monument of Ireland and, as a result of a unique agreement between the Church of Ireland and the local authority, is in the care of the Town Council while still being used for regular weekly worship by the Church of Ireland congregation.
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The rood screen is a common feature in late medieval church architecture.It is typically an ornate partition between the chancel and nave, of more or less open tracery constructed of wood, stone, or wrought iron.The rood screen would originally have been surmounted by a rood loft carrying the Great Rood, a sculptural representation of the Crucifixion.In English, Scots, and Welsh cathedral, monastic, and collegiate churches, there were commonly two transverse screens, with a rood screen or rood beam located one bay west of the pulpitum screen, but this double arrangement nowhere survives complete, and accordingly the preserved pulpitum in such churches is sometimes referred to as a rood screen.
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Double Room - Heavitree, Exeter
Double room, unfurnished, in Exeter available from the 17th Oct (Although available from next week, commencing 3rd Oct, if required), Lovely area of Exeter with plenty of local amenities and great bus links.
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Salisbury Cathedral Flythrough
3D Model built from blueprints of the Salisbury Cathedral
Sasha Jacques - Samson Exeter UK 2008
Singer/Actor Sasha Jacques with on vocals accompanied by John on guitar in Exeter Devon UK.
Henley-on-Thames
Henley-on-Thames /ˈhɛnliː ɒn ˈtɛmz/ is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England, about 10 miles downstream and 7 miles north-east from Reading, 10 miles upstream and 7 miles west from Maidenhead. It is near the tripoint of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.
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Gothic Art - 3 England: Architecture and Sculpture
Third video about the Gothic Art serie. Any doubt? Send me a message.
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Gothic flourishes in the second half of the XII century and comes till the Renaissance (in Italy until the XV century). It was born in northern France, and little by little was spreading and imposing itself on Romanesque. It is called so by the Goths, as a derogatory term.
The Renaissance people named them with the term of Goth due that they wanted to come back to the roman classicism. Gothic is consecuence of the new society with economic prosperity and the bourgeoisie. In XIII century, Francisco of Asis establishes the franciscans and Saint Domingo establishes the dominics. They are two mendicant orders, who lived in poverty. The monastic orders were lost in nature, in monasteries. There were epidemics of plague, famines, wars...
Periods:
First Gothic: XIII century. It follows the romanesque norman style.
Ornamental Gothic: second half of XIII century till first half of XIV century. Also called curved gothic. In this style the nerves multiply.
Perpendicular Gothic: end of XIV century and XV century. Use of vertical ejector rods (baquetones?) in the walls. Use of conical vaults and fan vaults.
First Gothic.
Lincoln: two transepts. Use of crazy vaults (asymmetric) and tercelete vaults (symmetric with many nerves). Horizontality in facade, with two towers and small doors.
Salisbury: plant of double cross. Three naves with cross vaults. Other rooms.
Canterbury: here the bishop Thomas Becket was murdered, and will become a saint. William of Sens makes the choir and the naves, and as he is french, they have french influence, with sexpartite vaults. He has an accident and returns to France. William the Englishman continues and he introduces english elements. It has a crown in the ambulatory. Here are the relics of Thomas Becket, and also the tomb of Henri IV of Castile.
Saint Wulfram (Grantham): it is a parish church.
Wells: it begins in the first gothic and continues in the next periods. Cross vaults in the naves. The transept and ambulatory is ornamental gothic. Use of scissor arch. More complex vaults. Great windows. Use of starry vault. It has a chapter hall, of orthogonal plant, and you go there from stairs. Nerves unite in the central pillar, sensation of palm.
Ornamental Gothic.
Exeter: it began in english romanesque and finished in perpendicular gothic. What belongs to ornamental period is the choir and the head, and also cover of a more advanced phase. The vaults begin to seem the fan vaults.
Gloucester: amazing inclined near-fan vaults, near the next period, in transition. This cathedral was used in Harry Potter films as Hogwarts.
Perpendicular Gothic.
Manchester: this impressive construction has many medieval carpentry things of great quality, like the choir and the ceiling. Great polychromed windows.
St. Mary of Warwick: in this church is nice the Beuchamp chapel, where are the tombs of the earls of Warwick.
King’s College (Cambridge): great verticality, great windows, great fan vaults. Only one nave with lateral chapels, without transept nor ambulatory. Facade with great window and buttresses. The fan vaults are awesome.
Bath Abbey: three naves with little transept and no ambulatory. Fan vaults, great windows and vertical buttresses.
St. George’s Chapel (Windsor): in Windsor Castle. This chapel has been scenery of weddings and funerals.
Rochester.
Abbey of Westminster: traditional place for coronations and buries of english monarchs. Many sepulchres of royal family and illustrious personalities. It began in romanesque style but was reconstructed into gothic between XIII-XVI centuries. The two western towers were built in XVIII century. Here are the Sepulchres of Henri III and Leonor of Castile.
Sculpture: english gothic sculpture is scarce in quantity and quality. In the cathedrals is not usual to put statues in covers, just in places in buttresses and walls. Nice to mention the sculptures of Wells and the sepulchres.
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Christ Church Cathedral Eucharist
If you follow these posts you know that we just returned from England. So this week’s song is from western culture – specifically a western church music culture with music written by the English composer, Ralph Vaughn Williams (d.1958). This is just the first two minutes or so of the Communion Service in D as experienced at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford, England on Thursday August 6th, 2015. (the length was determined by the available memory on Mary Lu’s cell phone!) Doug was in Oxford to present an academic paper at a conference entitled, “Christian Congregational Music.” The topic of his presentation included the musical transformations occurring in a church planting ministry in Odisha, India, a ministry that is a partner of Freedom to Lead, International. In addition to presenting the paper, Doug and Mary Lu were able to have many conversations about the work of Freedom to Lead with those attending the conference.
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For you Harry Potter fans out there you may recognize that Christ Church College is the model for Hogwarts; this includes the grassy courtyard and the great hall, all of which was detailed here and remade in a Hollywood studio. The only actual shot of this campus was taken on the steps – hence our photo taken there as well.
For you Alice in Wonderland fans, the outdoor shot of the tall, arched, white-framed window is the window from which professor Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) watched as the Dean’s young girls, Lorina, Edith and Alice would often play in the yard of the deanery. It was on an outing with the dean’s family that Dodgson created the Alice in Wonderland story as a means of entertaining the girls throughout the day. You can see the connection to the formal demands of high and proper English society – and the desire of a young girl to escape these demands. One of the stained glass windows in the cathedral was remade to include the characters from Carroll’s now-famous book. Some have said that the fireplace andirons (or dogs) in the shape of a long-necked cat (see photo of Mary Lu in fireplace) inspired the Cheshire cat of the story.
The wooden angelic musicians are the carved ends of the choir pews.
The choir of St John’s Episcopalian Church in Tallahassee, FL was in residence to lead the services that week – an excellent ensemble. Those attending the conference were invited to sing the part of the congregation. For this reason Mary Lu’s and my voices can be heard over the congregation (our apologies!). I wanted you to have a taste of this worship service (it was an hour and 15 minutes long - you have two minutes). The music was glorious – you will have to imagine the resonant acoustics as the recording does not do the hall justice. All the musicians were excellent and the text and musical setting of Vaughn William’s service was inspiring and worshipful.
If you are still reading . . . this was a surreal evening for me. I kept thinking about this setting – a school with a tremendous history dating to its founding in 1546; producing philosopher John Locke, religious leaders John Wesley and William Penn and the writers W.H. Auden and Lewis Carroll. Albert Einstein also studied here in the 1930s. I was now surrounded by top scholars from elite institutions around the world (18 countries, 5 continents); a reception in Dean Martyn Percy's home and yard (once the royal palace of King Charles 1), singing with the choir for a sung Eucharist service, relishing in a magnificent pipe organ, artfully played, worshipping God and remember my Lord’s death through the eucharist service. I kept wondering – how did I get here? Whose life is this? It didn’t seem like my life right at that moment – more like something in a dream, something borrowed from someone else’s life. I attempted to soak in those moments, to expand my capacity to remember; time will tell if I was successful. I am truly grateful to God for that evening.
In parting I wish to thank the musicology department at The Ohio State University for encouraging me to submit a proposal for this conference, and for an OSU financial grant that helped offset some of the costs. Thanks also to all of you who support our ministry financially, the remainder of our expenses were covered by the conference portion of our annual personal budget. We don’t know what connections God will bring from this endeavor but we believe God has some very cool surprises in store.
Totnes, Devon
Totnes is a historic market town located on the banks of the River Dart in the South Hams District of Devon.
Totnes was first recorded in 907 AD where it was the site of a castle. By the 12th century, Totnes had already became an important market town and by 1523, Totnes was the second richest town in Devon and the sixteenth richest in the whole of England. However, it wasn't until 1553 when Totnes was granted character by King Edward VI.
Totnes has a very large number of historic buildings and is said to have more listed buildings than any other town. It's town centre is mainly built along one street, High Street, which has a beautiful arch known as East Gate over it as well as a magnificent church dedicated to St Mary. There is also a castle in the town, which is what the town is most famous for. Although only the walls remain, it's a great place to see views of the town. The castle is managed by English Heritage and a fee is charged to non-members.
Much like Glastonbury in Devon's neighbouring county of Somerset, Totnes has become home to a New Age community over the last few years.
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Places to see in ( Totnes - UK )
Places to see in ( Totnes - UK )
Totnes is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Totnes is about 22 miles (35 km) south southwest of Exeter and is the administrative centre of the South Hams District Council.
Totnes has a long recorded history, dating back to AD907 when its first castle was built; it was already an important market town by the 12th century. Indications of its former wealth and importance are given by the number of merchants' houses built in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Today, the town of Totnes is a thriving centre for music, art, theatre and natural health. It has a sizeable alternative and New Age community, and Totnes is known as a place where one can live a bohemian lifestyle. Two electoral wards mention Totnes (Bridgetown and Town).
Totnes is built on a hill rising from the west bank of the River Dart, which separates Totnes from the suburb of Bridgetown. It is at the lowest bridging point of the river which here is tidal and forms a winding estuary down to the sea at Dartmouth. The river continues to be tidal for about 1 mile (1.6 km) above the town, until it meets Totnes Weir, built in the 17th century. Today there are two road bridges, a railway bridge and a footbridge over the river in the town. Totnes Bridge is the nearest bridge to the sea and is a road bridge built in 1826–28 by Charles Fowler.
Totnes is said to have more listed buildings per head than any other town. The Norman motte-and-bailey Totnes Castle, now owned by English Heritage, was built during the reign of William I, probably by Juhel of Totnes. The late medieval church of St Mary with its 120 feet (37 m) high west tower, visible from afar, is built of rich red Devonian sandstone. A prominent feature of the town is the Eastgate—an arch spanning the middle of the main street. This Elizabethan entrance to the walled town was destroyed in a fire in September 1990, but was rebuilt.
The ancient Leechwell, so named because of the supposed medicinal properties of its water, and apparently where lepers once came to wash, still provides fresh water. The Butterwalk is a Tudor covered walkway that was built to protect the dairy products once sold here from the sun and rain. Totnes Elizabethan House Museum is in one of the many authentic Elizabethan merchant's houses in the town, built around 1575.
The A38 passes about 7 miles (11 km) to the west of Totnes, connected to the town by the A384 from Buckfastleigh and the A385 which continues to Paignton. The town also lies on the A381 between Newton Abbot and Salcombe. Totnes railway station is situated on the Exeter to Plymouth line, and has trains direct to London Paddington, Penzance and Plymouth, and as far north as Aberdeen. Nearby, Totnes (Riverside) railway station is at the southern end of the South Devon Railway Trust which runs tourist steam locomotives along the line that follows the River Dart up to Buckfastleigh.
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Spots of Turin: Church San Lorenzo
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The Royal Church of San Lorenzo is a Baroque-style church in Turin, adjacent to the Royal Palace of Turin. The present church was designed and built by Guarino Guarini during 1668-1687.
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George II of Great Britain
George II (George Augustus; German: Georg II. August; 30 October / 9 November 1683O.S./N.S. – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 (O.S.) until his death.
George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain: he was born and brought up in northern Germany. In 1701, his grandmother, Sophia of Hanover, became second in line to the British throne after about 50 Catholics higher in line were excluded by the Act of Settlement, which restricted the succession to Protestants. After the deaths of Sophia and Anne, Queen of Great Britain, in 1714, his father George I, Elector of Hanover, inherited the British throne. In the first years of his father's reign as king, George was associated with opposition politicians, until they re-joined the governing party in 1720.
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Bellringing at Corley
Ringing on the rather strangely tuned bells at Corley. One of the ringers is a bit shy, so enjoy the nice Norman arch!
Walks in England: The Sompting Treacle Mines
Treacle Mines? I hear you cry. Do they exist? Is there really such a thing. Martin and I are out to investigate. For many years there has been a legend about the Sompting Treacle Mines. It was even pinpointed on a map on Worthing seafront. What is it all about?
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