Tell Me the Legends of Long Ago

Monday, 16 September 2019, 12:42.Reading time 2 minutes.

Word. Words. Words. It was a joy that Joyce brought to me While William Butler waits And Oscar, he’s going Wilde Ah sure, Brendan where have you Behan? Sailing to Byzantium W.B. Yeats– 1865-1939 That is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees —Those dying […]

Far Out

Friday, 13 September 2019, 5:58.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This theory is mine and mine alone. So, I’ll only have myself to blame if it’s wrong. Heyho! Shrug. Hagia Eirene (see a previous post) plus The GREEK name of Andronicus I Comnenus’ mother.

Hagia Eirene

Friday, 13 September 2019, 4:34.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Hagia Eirene (photo between 1888 and 1910). The current building dates from 532. Its predecessor was the first church commissioned by Constantine in Constantinople. From NC : The Church of St. Irina is one of the first basilica temples of the apostolic Christianity, which replaced the former circus temples of patrimonial Christianity FromWiki : Hagia Eirene […]

Song of Songs

Wednesday, 11 September 2019, 15:15.Reading time 1 minute.

Illustration for the first verse, a minstrel playing before Solomon (15th century Rothschild Mahzor) Wiki : Song of Songs From NC : It is well known that the Bible includes literary works attributed to King Solomon. This is the “Song of Solomon’s Songs” and the “Book of the Wisdom of Solomon.” The Song of Songs […]

Ships on the Bosphorus – 1520

Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 4:52.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Crescent Moon Sphinx All emblems of the Golden Horde?

Constantinople

Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 4:43.Reading time less than 1 minute.

17th century End of 18th century A little bit muddy?

How Old is Hagia Sophia?

Monday, 9 September 2019, 11:10.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Map of Constantinople – 1520 6th century? Or… 16th century? Enlarged from the plan above

Бог- бык

Sunday, 25 August 2019, 9:22.Reading time 1 minute.

2ndMarch2019 – Satan as a Man From NC: “By the way, in regards to the word ‘devil’. It consists of two parts: DE-VIL, i.e. GOD (DEITY )- BULL or GOD – Ox. (in Russian ‘DIAVOL’ is DEVIL: ‘DIA’ (GOD) ‘VOL’ (BULL). We would like to remind you that ‘DIA’ means God, and ‘VOL’ is […]

The Marble Emperor

Tuesday, 20 August 2019, 6:25.Reading time 1 minute.

Marble relief of a double-headed eagle in the Church of St Demetrios in Mystras, marking the spot where Constantine XI was crowned. What is/was The Marble Emperor? According to Wiki : “The King asleep in mountain (D 1960.2 in Stith Thompson’s motif index system)is a prominent folklore motif found in many folktales and legends. Thompson also termed it as the Kyffhäuser type. Some other designations are: king in […]

A Question and a Challenge

Thursday, 11 July 2019, 12:46.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Am I the only person around this faf social media “world” TODAY with the balls (Ironic!) to address, talk about, investigate, publicise etc etc … the True Truth about Tartaria? Just saying :o)

The Sindon(e) in Constantinople

Friday, 7 June 2019, 11:22.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Nice informative article. SINDON IN THE OLD FRENCH CHRONICLE OF ROBERT DE CLARI by PETER F. DEMBOWSKI

The Last Supper

Friday, 7 June 2019, 8:08.Reading time less than 1 minute.

From Robert de Clari – The Conquest of Constantinople 1204 Head Count? Plus

The Ravens of Dinefwr is the first in a series of novels-in-progress set in the early 12th century. It follows the dispossessed members of the South Wales House of Dinefwr from their origins in Deheubarth to the centre of the known world, Jerusalem. Come and be my fellow Far-Farer. Come travelling and unravelling with me through Wales, Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Russia, Constantinople, Italy, the Balkans, the Holy Land. Come and Far-Fare through every degree on my 12th century compass.