Dominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Sir Oliver Ingham, d.1344, Seneschal of Gascony, defender of Bordeaux, conqueror of (part of) the Agenais at the beginning of the 100 Years' War, lies uncomfortably on his bed of pebbles in the chancel of Holy Trinity, Ingham, Norfolk, in dappled light. 0143
Dominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Three Quantocks Towers: Bishops Lydeard; Combe Florey; Crowcombe 030
Reposted by Dominic JohnPhilip Amies @philipamies.eurosky.social · 01/02/2025I've spent much of my life in three locations, these agricultural land classification maps show that grade 3 land predominated, yet here in Norfolk it is mainly arable, in North Somerset mainly pasture, in East Dorset much more arable. All historically were mixed. 2143
Dominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Pavement in front of Becket's shrine in the extended, post-fire east end of Canterbury Cathedral. Astrological/monthly labour roundels clearly reordered and incomplete after being moved post fire. But the Opus Sectile? Cosmati as recently suggested? Hmm. Doesn't look right. Must read Warwick Rodwell 020
Reposted by Dominic JohnMythicBrush @efhoward.bsky.social · 14/12/2024A mind-boggling sculpture! The Portonaccio Sarcophagus vividly depicts Roman cavalry vs. Germanic tribes along the Danube—far from Gladiator's (2000) take. Bonus: it features "battle truncheons," rare in Roman art. #RomanHistory #Archaeology #AncientRome www.athensjournals.gr/history/2015... 0408
Reposted by Dominic JohnPieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Any other historians of the Crusades here ? Want to make a starter pack on the Crusades 074
Dominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 05/12/2024It's the Feast of St Nicholas tomorrow, an important holiday in many parts of Europe. Here is St Nicholas in late 11thC frescoes in the great Carolingian monastery at Novalesa, high in the Cottian Alps near the Mont Cenis pass above Susa, calming the waters and with St Eldradus, an early Abbot. 092
Dominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Ayshford Chapel, a private chapel built in the 15thC next to the manor house, Ayshford Court, in mid-Devon, near Tiverton. @friendlesschurches.bsky.social 040
Reposted by Dominic JohnRachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Part of a slideshow of my Autumn photos taken over the last two months, #Dartmoor #Devon #landscape #photography 0201
Dominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Egg and dart, dentils, in the cloister at San Lorenzo fuori le mura, Rome 030
Dominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Norwich Cathedral cloister east walk, looking north towards the Prior's Door 37012
Reposted by Dominic JohnChris Drew @mesnilman.bsky.social · 28/11/2024The French national geographical institution have just released online the Cassini maps (done by triangulation?) started in 1756 and not finished until after the revolution. www.ign.fr/institut/esp...ign.frUne nouvelle version interactive de la carte de Cassini, première carte intégrale du royaume de France, mise en ligne sur le Géoportail 74615
Reposted by Dominic JohnJoe Saunders @joesaunders1.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Public service announcement that Charles Booth's 'Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9' have been uploaded by LSE archive online to be viewed and reproduced freely. 🗃️ unsplash.com/collections/... 431065427
Reposted by Dominic JohnPoor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 14/11/2024So, lettering. For the recent influx of people from the hell site, I carve lettering on stone with a hammer and chisel. Here's a quick read on how and why: www.poorfrankraw.co.uk/blog/carving... You want video? Allow me: youtube.com/playlist?lis... Any questions? 1159
Reposted by Dominic JohnEnnius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 13/11/2024The Incipit page of the Gospel of John St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 60; Evangelium S. Johannis; 8th century; p.5 (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...) 0134
Reposted by Dominic JohnPoor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 12/11/2024Yup, I'm still culling and editing images from Botswana. This squacco heron with breakfast is for @everyheron.bsky.social :) 1122
Dominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 25/10/2024Fare thee well, Phil. This was Phil's song and the lyrics are as fitting for him as they were for his father. RIP Phil Lesh www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxjv...youtube.comBox of Rain (2013 Remaster)YouTube video by Grateful Dead - Topic 020
Reposted by Dominic JohnEnnius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 19/10/2024"Cantate domino canticum novum" BL Cotton MS Vespasian A I; ׳The Vespasian Psalter'; 8th century; England (Canterbury); f.93v 0113
Reposted by Dominic JohnDominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 26/10/2023A tiny sliver of temperate rainforest along Danes Brook at Slade Bridge on Exmoor #TemperateRainforest #Exmoor 0142
Reposted by Dominic JohnDominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 17/12/2023Musical angels in the east window at Shelton, Norfolk 073
Dominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 17/12/2023Musical angels in the east window at Shelton, Norfolk 073
Dominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 17/12/2023Annunciation in the East Window at Shelton, Norfolk. Early 16thC. #NorfolkChurches #StainedGlassSunday 021
Dominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 02/12/2023St Margaret's, Paston. The Pastons lived next door, but lavished more patronage on Bromholm Priory, a mile down the road, than on St Margaret's. It's quite a modest, aisle-less building, mostly C14, though the nave is wide (recalling Elsing, also early C14) covered by a mesmeric scissor-braced roof 152
Reposted by Dominic JohnNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 02/12/2023An amazing glass garland bowl, that represents a peak of Roman glassmaker’s skill at producing vessels. Very few ancient vessels were made of large sections or bands of different colored glass, and this is the only known example that combines the technique with millefiori (mosaic glass) decoration.🏺 17419
Dominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 02/12/2023A freezing, misty morning on the sea wall at Walcott, Norfolk, sea merging with sky, shades of grey. 041
Dominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 02/12/2023A scruffy Turnstone on the sea wall at Walcott, Norfolk, this morning 051
Reposted by Dominic JohnEnnius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 02/12/2023Coronation of a prince, perhaps Charles the Bald BnF MS Latin 1141; Sacramentary of Charles the Bald (?), frg.; 9th century, c.869 CE-870 CE; Palace School of Charles the Bald; f.2v @bnf.bsky.social 161
Reposted by Dominic JohnDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 29/11/2023I see the Conservative party can't even figure out a museum picture. They've shown the Natural History Museum, which is famously NOT where the Elgin Marbles are located. 86414
Dominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 26/10/2023A tiny sliver of temperate rainforest along Danes Brook at Slade Bridge on Exmoor #TemperateRainforest #Exmoor 0142
Dominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 25/10/2023Church house, Crowcombe, Somerset. Early 16th century 030
Reposted by Dominic JohnAlex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 19/10/2023Full sequence of the annular solar eclipse at Shiprock, New Mexico. This was a dream composition of mine. So much time, energy, and money went into making it happen. I'm forever grateful to the Navajo for letting me shoot it from sacred ground. An experience I'll never forget. 14288072715
Reposted by Dominic JohnEnnius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 17/10/2023St Æthelthryth holding a book and a flower, surrounded by lettering in gold: 'Imago s[an]cte Atheldrythe abb[atisse] ac perpetue virigin[is]' BL Add 49598; Benedictional of Æthelwold; 963 CE-984 CE; England, S.; f.90v @BLMedieval 192
Reposted by Dominic JohnDominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 17/10/2023Dubliners, The Ozric Tentacles Mahavishnu Orchestra Incredible String Band, The National Health Isley Brothers, The Country Joe and the Fish 011
Dominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 24/09/2023Raddington, Somerset. One of the more remote churches I've visited. In the Brendon Hills near Exmoor. Unusually for the area, the tower had been recently rendered. 030
Dominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 24/09/2023Tash Rabat, Kyrgyzstan. Conventionally held to be a 15th century caravanserai. Located above 3000 metres in the Tian Shan mountains near the Torugart Pass leading down to the Tarim Basin and Kashgar on one of the routes of the Silk Road. 010
Reposted by Dominic JohnNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 23/09/2023The Porta Nigra in Trier is the best preserved Roman city gate North of the Alps. It was built around 170 AD and converted into a church in the Middle Ages. The Porta Nigra was restored to its original state in 1804 at Napoleon's behest. 36215
Reposted by Dominic JohnDr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 23/09/2023An Ancient (Archaic) Greek aqueduct from the 6th century BCE that runs for 11.5km on the island of Naxos 🏺 One of many casual reminders that aqueducts weren’t a strictly Roman invention! AncientSky 06919
Reposted by Dominic JohnEnnius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 23/09/2023Behold the Equinox! BL Add 18856; Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale; c. 1420 CE; France, Central (Paris); f.5v 0166
Dominic John @domjohn.bsky.social · 23/09/2023Listening to Coltrane. Impressions. Transcendental. 000