Sunday, July 23, 2017

Crestones del Chirripó

Sir Edmund Hillary
Stockholm
Wellington
Saltamontes
Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis)
Crestones del Chirripó
Cricket
Pepe Grillo

Psalm 97:5
"The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth."





 "only a vague intuitive grasp of the meaning of greatness in literature"~~~Gilbert Highet




Engraving of Charles Dickens, circa 1873. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES
 









Sir Edmund Hillary
 

 


 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Pepe Grillo (Jiminy Cricket)










Grasshopper
 








 Cerró Chirripo, highest peak in Costa Rica









Crestones del Chirripó










Cricket
 




 Chess:  "Sir Edmund Hillary" "Stockholm" "Wellington" "Saltamontes" "Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis)" "Crestones del Chirripó" "Cricket" "Pepe Grillo"

Monday, July 17, 2017

Tympanum

Tympanum
Typewriter
Gentleman
Typee
Juan Santamaría 

Psalm 91:15
"He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him."



"He was the perfect type of a military dandy"~~~Joyce Cary



Second Coming of Christ, Detail of tympanum of the south portal of Saint-Pierre, Moissac, France, ca. 1115-1135.















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The Neolithic sculpture was found in an East Yorkshire grave, along with a bone pin and a chalk ball thought to be a child's toy. Source: © Trustees of the British Museum


Neolithic Drum Sculpture Declared ‘Most Important Piece of Prehistoric Art’

Archaeologists unearthed a highly unusual 5,000-year-old carved drum ‘sculpture’ made from stone during excavations near the village of Burton Agnes in Yorkshire in northern England. The object was discovered at the site of an old estate in the Yorkshire countryside in 2015, and experts have spent the last few years studying this unique item. They’ve called it one of the most significant examples of prehistoric art ever found on British soil.

The initial stages of construction at Stonehenge were completed approximately 5,000 years ago, and the remarkable carved drum has been dated to that same time period.

While the shape of the small, compact, barrel-shaped object is undeniable, the chalk drum was not actually used as a musical instrument . It must instead be classified as a type of Neolithic stone sculpture, and a most rare one indeed.


Chess: "Tympanum" "Typewriter" "Gentleman" "Typee" "Juan Santamaría"