Ian Ebbage
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History addict (originally Classics, but trying to broaden my repertoire); monsters, mosaics and myths. (Also birds, butterflies etc.) @ianebbage.bsky.social
Haddingtonshire
Joined October 2017
Peacocks for #mosaicmonday, here with vine tendrils & a basket of grapes. Well-observed, good quality work with, in the lower border, a striking decorative tromp-l'oeil ribbon set against a dark background & picking up colouring from the birds' plumage. Antioch 2-4c CE
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The entrance to the Abbey of Fontevraud in the Loire, burial place of the Plantagenet rulers Henry II, his Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, & their son Richard I (early 12c) #adoorablethursday
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The shorter inscription identifies Bargased as the craftsman who made the mosaic, and the longer one says that "I, Papa the son of Papa" intended the room as a resting-place for himself and his descendants, giving Orpheus clear religious significance here.
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The animals on the right look rather fierce, and the power of Orpheus's music is still to take its full effect on them! Mosaics depicting Orpheus can be found across the Roman Empire, from Britain to Edessa in Mesopotamia, where this one was found. #mosaicmonday
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The Roxburgh family coat of arms above the entrance to Floors Castle near Kelso in the Scottish Borders: note the heads of the unicorn and boar and the two supporters, described as "savages"! #stoneworksunday
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Lennoxlove House #EastLothian. The main door is part of the 1912 refurbishment by Sir Robert Lorimer #adoorablethursday
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The Porta Settimiana, one of the gates of the Aurelian Walls of Rome, in Trastevere .#thursgate
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She died in the Tower in 1615, aged 39, after the King became suspicious of her ambitions.
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Lady Arabella Stuart, cousin of James VI & I and granddaughter of Bess of Hardwick, holding a watch, suggestive of the passage of time and therefore a reminder of mortality. #mementomorimonday .(Current National Portrat Gallery Edinburgh Exhibition: King James VI & I)
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The Greek Goddess, Artemis the Hunter, in the Museum at Messene in the Peloponnese. A Roman copy of a 4c BC Greek original in the style of Praxiteles. Note the part played by the treatment of the folds of her garments in the aesthetics of the whole. #stoneworksunday
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The walls date from c.390 AD. The Arch of Galerius was built in 298-99 to commemorate his victory over the Persians. He ruled as Emperor 305-311. The Rotunda (306) was originally intended to be his mausoleum, but later became a church. There is also a comprehensive museum.
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Thessaloniki lay on the Via Egnatia connecting Dyrrhachium on the Adriatic & Byzantium. The city walls & the Rotunda of the Emperor Galerius (back right) together with his Arch are the most substantial Roman remains in the city. #romansitesaturday
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