Feeling like a Victorian Milady …

Saturday, 14 September 2019, 15:34.Reading time less than 1 minute.

… Corset pulled a bit Too Tight. Schwoon

Sakhalin

Saturday, 14 September 2019, 6:37.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Sakhalin Island has interesting links to the History of the Tartary Empire. What and where is this island? WikiGoRound : Sakhalin From this came a little “coincidence” or several. The Dutch East India Company. The Jesuits. A 17th century Dutch cartographer called Maarten Gerritszoon Vries. And a nice little resource of volumes about the “discoveries” […]

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 […]

15 Degrees

Thursday, 12 September 2019, 9:48.Reading time 1 minute.

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 Today we all know well that the altars of Christian churches are directed to the east. It must be said that for many old temples this direction […]

When is a Church not a Church?

Thursday, 12 September 2019, 7:29.Reading time less than 1 minute.

“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.

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 […]

A CHRONOLOGY OF THE SCYTHIAN ANTIQUITIES OF EURASIA BASED ON NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND 14C DATA

Wednesday, 11 September 2019, 11:22.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Mainstream History and Carbon 14 dating…! Least said, soonest mended. Oh,my. I must be having a Very Rare Tactful day :o) But this is still a valuable source when read slightly differently than they want it read. A CHRONOLOGY OF THE SCYTHIAN ANTIQUITIES OF EURASIA BASED ON NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND 14C DATA

Who’s Who?

Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 13:52.Reading time less than 1 minute.

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)

Tetramorph

Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 6:32.Reading time 1 minute.

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: […]

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

Ivan Kirilov

Saturday, 7 September 2019, 14:26.Reading time less than 1 minute.

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? […]

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.