“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
“Antique” circus in the Syrian city of Bosra When it is a 13/14th century temple/circus. “Antique” temple of Bel in Palmyra (Syria) “Antique” temple of Bel in Palmyra (Syria) – different view P.S. Temples came before Basilicas.
The first one is easy peasy. Mark. Clock Tower, St Mark’s Square, Venice I’m guessing/taking a punt with John as the human face. Only because of the name and the phrase – “Woman, Behold Your Son” (John 19:26-27) Bull/calf and eagle have me stumped for the mo’. But I’ll get there :o)
Wiki : Tetramorph “The elements of the Christian tetramorph first appear in the vision of Ezekiel, who describes the four creatures as they appear to him in a vision: As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: […]
A task for y’all. Try and find… Imperii Russici tabula generalis quo ad fieri potuit accuratiessime descripta opera e studio Inoannis Kyrillow. Supremi Senatus Imperii Russici Primi Secretarii Petropoli. Anno MDCCXXXIV. St. Petersburg, 1734. Or…undoctored/unedited information about — Ivan Kirilov, Compiler of the First Russian Atlas, 1689–1737 And his REAL map! P.S. Why does the map above have LATIN names? […]
Jiggy Dance. It’s taken me ALL day to get there but Google FINALLY gave me the answer. Rewind. The Serbian Janissary. NC : From here we see that the old name for the SERBs is the RACES or, simply, RUS, Russians. The old name of the Serbian kingdom is RATSKY or simply RUSSIAN. […]
I must be having discombobulated day today. Zoe or Natalya. A Christian Janissary. Big Party. “The low aggress the high.” Shrug. And now a civilised Civil War. ComConfusedDot :o(
An interesting, well-researched article below. Two things to note (?!) The sources and… The original book – Notes of the Janissary by Konstantin Mikhailovich – was written in Russian Cyrillic! The Serbian Janissary Konstantin Mihailovic By George Ljepojevic Konstantin Mihailovic was born in 1430, at a time of great turmoil in Europe. The […]
Tombs of the 15th/16th cc Russian Tsarinas under Archangel Cathedral, Moscow. From NC : At our disposal, from the editorial office of a well-known Moscow newspaper, unexpectedly there were rare photographs of the tombs of Russian tsars and a plan for their location in the basement of the Archangel Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. This […]
How to MANIPULATE in one easy lesson… Read Macbeth. Here Endeth the Lesson. Bloody Women! And – puhlease – don’t get me started on Succubus. Plain Sight? First Witch When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain? Second Witch When the hurly-burly’s done, When the battle’s lost and won. Third […]