Tympanum - Saint-Maclou Rouen

walwyn Sun, 08/08/2021 - 16:24

 

 

The tympanum above the central porch, of Saint-Maclou in Rouen depicts Christ in Majesty at the Last Judgement in four registers.

Portail des Libraires - Rouen Cathedral

walwyn Wed, 08/04/2021 - 20:43

 

 

 

Quatrefoils dated 1278-1300, retelling Biblical stories carved around the Portail des Libraires of Rouen Cathedral.

Creation Spandrels - Bourges Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 08/02/2021 - 18:04

 

 

Decorated in about 1240 the spandrels below the north portal contain sculpures depicting the Creation.
 

Aelia

walwyn Wed, 07/14/2021 - 23:16

 

Aelia is a genus of shield bug in the Pentatomidae family.

Adoration of the Magi (cell 39)

walwyn Sun, 04/11/2021 - 22:01

 

 

Cell 39 on the second floor of the San Marco convent was reserved for Cosimo de Medici. The fresco on the wall is the Adoration of the Magi by Benozzo Gozzoli.

Tomb of Edward II - Gloucester Cathedral

walwyn Sat, 04/10/2021 - 22:03

 

 

Tomb of King Edward II of England (d1327) in Gloucester Cathedral. It  was commissioned by Edward III in 1336 and built in the early part of the 1340s.

Tomb of Louise of Stolberg-Gedern - San Croce, Florence

walwyn Fri, 04/09/2021 - 21:32

 

 

 

This tomb of Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (d1824) is situated in San Croce Florence

Tomb of Vittorio Alfier - San Croce, Florence

walwyn Fri, 04/09/2021 - 17:12

 

 

Count Vittorio Alfier (d1803) was an Italian poet and dramatist who wrote some 19 tragedies between 1775-1787.

Ferdinandea

walwyn Tue, 09/01/2020 - 11:12

 

 

Ferdinandea is a genus of hoverflies in the family Syrphidae.

Villa

walwyn Thu, 06/11/2020 - 21:02

 

 

Villa is a genus of flies in the family Bombyliidae.

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