Lapsed academic, idler, some time medievalist. "Phlegmatic" apparently.https://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3lh6va3tplc27Sir 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.02 Feb 2025 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh6va3tplc27https://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3lh4givzsks2gThree Quantocks Towers: Bishops Lydeard; Combe Florey; Crowcombe01 Feb 2025 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh4givzsks2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3lew5czimac27 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jan 2025 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lew5czimac27https://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3leu3gty4gs23Pavement 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 Rodwell03 Jan 2025 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3leu3gty4gs23https://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3leu24772e223Moon and Venus, just now on my phone, Norwich03 Jan 2025 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3leu24772e223https://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3lclmzp5fvk2xIt'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.05 Dec 2024 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lclmzp5fvk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3lcllupz5lc2xAyshford Chapel, a private chapel built in the 15thC next to the manor house, Ayshford Court, in mid-Devon, near Tiverton. @friendlesschurches.bsky.social05 Dec 2024 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcllupz5lc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3lcllnhequs2xIn beautiful Ayshford Chapel, Devon.05 Dec 2024 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcllnhequs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3lc5tvmzqxs27Egg and dart, dentils, in the cloister at San Lorenzo fuori le mura, Rome30 Nov 2024 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc5tvmzqxs27https://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3lc4my2lrvs2dLight and shade in Norwich Cathedral cloister29 Nov 2024 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc4my2lrvs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3lc4mojk3v22dNorwich Cathedral cloister east walk, looking north towards the Prior's Door29 Nov 2024 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc4mojk3v22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3lc4jy3zcgc2wWalpole St Peter, Norfolk29 Nov 2024 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc4jy3zcgc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3l7eirgntra2nFare 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxjvo4BRf-Y25 Oct 2024 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7eirgntra2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3l6v335xgvz2lThis is awful. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Oct 2024 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6v335xgvz2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3kcnu6zxvjw2cA tiny sliver of temperate rainforest along Danes Brook at Slade Bridge on Exmoor #TemperateRainforest #Exmoor26 Oct 2023 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcnu6zxvjw2chttps://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3l6u6i57qsv24I keep returning. Still transcendental. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Oct 2024 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6u6i57qsv24https://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3kgrhoatxdr2rMusical angels in the east window at Shelton, Norfolk17 Dec 2023 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgrhoatxdr2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3kgrhoatxdr2rMusical angels in the east window at Shelton, Norfolk17 Dec 2023 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgrhoatxdr2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3kgrh2zz6qs2pAnnunciation in the East Window at Shelton, Norfolk. Early 16thC. #NorfolkChurches #StainedGlassSunday17 Dec 2023 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgrh2zz6qs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/domjohn.bsky.social/post/3kflqttt3is2nSt 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 roof02 Dec 2023 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:d5vrtuq5k2mogjqoln26cg6f/app.bsky.feed.post/3kflqttt3is2n