Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Saturday, January 6, 2024

12th Night - Just a Bit of English Literature

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First Folio William Shakespeare wrote the play Twelfth Night , circa 1601. William Shakespeare wrote a play called Twelfth Night, Or Wha...
Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Saint Stephen's Day

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Israhel van Meckenem (1445-1503), St. Stephen, engraving, circa 1480-1490. In Acts of the Apostles, Stephen alarms the Jews with his pre...

Saint Stephen's Day

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Attributed to Antonio Tempesta (Florence 1555 - Rome 1630) The Stoning of St Stephen In Acts of the Apostles, Stephen alarms the Jews wi...

Georgian English Christmas 1714-1820

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Farmer Giles's Establishment Christmas Day 1800 Georgian Christmas dinner "During the Georgian period (1714-1820), it was oft...
Sunday, December 24, 2023

Beware! Do not kiss an unwilling maid under the mistletoe in the 18C

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"Christmas gambols, or a kiss under the mistletoe" (etching published by Laurie & Whittle, 1794) Christmas gambols, or a ki...

19C England's First Christmas Trees

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Queen Charlotte's 1800 Christmas Tree "Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s consort, is usually credited with having introduced the C...
Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Epiphany - The Kings finding the Christ Child

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The Adoration Anonimo Siglo XIV-XV
Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Epiphany & the Magi - The Kings' Journey Nears It's End

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 Benozzo Gozzoli 1459-61 Centro  Anonimo Siglo VI Mosaico Sanit-Apollinare  Salterio de Ingeborg de Dinamarca S XII-I  Anonimo Ro...