Dr Nuits de Young
@nuitsdeyoung
Historian/art historian (12C & 18C esp), lover of Old Roses, literature, art, music, pigeons & other cute creatures! Trans-inclusive egalitarian #FBPE #UKEUFriend #Aspie GilchristHeritage at the Other Place. Posts in personal capacity. She/They
@gawainsmum.bsky.social @rorymaclellan.bsky.social @latineast.bsky.social @mjhorswell.bsky.social A sad farewell to Sam Neill, fondly remembered as a surprisingly clean-shaven Brian the Templar in 'Ivanhoe' (1982). And source of one of my favourite 'WTF' icons:
It's a travesty of the book 'Notre Dame de Paris', which I read at 14-15 & fell in love with. I like the 1956 film version, but the Disney version… Awful. Good animation, but the characters & plot are closer to the bowdlerised Hayes Code US film versions.
Saint-Médard, altar of St Joseph. Joseph & child Jesus. It was given to the church in late 19C. It's the church Jean Valjean & Cosette attend when they first move to Paris, before hiding out in the convent.
It was only in recent yrs that I discovered them: had never realised before that the door was there.
Here's General Oliver de Lancey (pic sometimes mislabelled as his son, but uniform style & sitter's age suggest it's him) & wife Phila Franks. The family singlehandedly increased 18C Beverley's multiculturalism as Oliver was mix of Huguenot & Dutch, & Phila was Ashkenazi Jewish.
Plaque details (previous pic of Cruger house was taken before the plaque was installed):
There are plaques marking the houses of #LoyalAmerican #refugee families in #Beverley, too. General Oliver de Lancey & family members are buried in the Minster.
A real American hero. (And I have distant relatives in the part of Ontario called after him.)
It's the French spelling of her surname. The 'h' is silent. Her name was Anne-Josèphe Terwagne. She was from Marcourt, in what's now Belgium (then in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège), whence the appelation 'de Méricourt'. Physionotraces (traced directly from shadow of profile):
This is wonderful news! And yes, I'm reminded v much of Champollion (whose house I saw a few weeks ago…)
The Panthéon is wonderful. I love the Autel de la Convention: not only is my namesake in the middle, being revered, but also my boy Max is there…
Yes: it also shows in some of the face-painting in the ballet. V strong colours with bold black lines. The set is dominating by the cathedral.
They were also influenced by stained glass with leading: see costumes & make-up for ballet 'Notre Dame de Paris' in same period. Also Rive Gauche packaging in 1970.
Yes. There's a vitality to it that you don't see in, for example, his Gabrielle Danton bust, which was based on a death-mask after she died in childbirth.
Only a minority of the population actually voted for Brexit. That ≠ the UK. But it was imposed on all of us. I voted & marched agst it.
Terracotta portraiture is wonderful: method & material allows really fine detail. Here's a favourite 18C example, which even shows stitching on buttonholes.
Just the other week, I spotted this on the Rue de Cardinal Lemoine in Paris: #Bloomsday #JamesJoyce #Ulysses