Michel Wurtz

Procrastinator (mainly) loving maps, medieval churches, tombs, castles and generally all kind of old stones. Photography with an inclination for infrared pics.

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"Don't look back, somebody is following us !"
(St Mary of Charity, Faversham, #Kent)

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#MedievalMonday The gorgious doom at St Peter and Paul, Chaldon, Surrey (partial view : more on the blog : https://t.co/G6YHa1orF5

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After a (looooong) absence, here is a nice guy from Elgin cathedral cemetery, Moray
#MementoMoriMonday

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Capel-y-ffin, Powys. Photo yesterday.

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A windy evening at Luskentyre yesterday. Could barely stand up! It’s a miracle anything I took was in focus. Apple Watch warned me I was in too loud an environment. Last time it did that I was watching Taylor Swift 😅

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“ OHHH! PACK IT IN BACK THERE OR I SWEAR, I’LL TURN THIS THING AROUND AND WE’LL GO STRAIGHT BACK HOME! ” - 1350’s, Pontifical de Guillaume, Paris. Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Ms. 143, f. 174r

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Medieval scribes used a number of different methods to correct mistakes and omissions. This one used the figure of a man pulling the omitted portion of the text towards the place it belonged - 1st half of the 15th century, Brit. Lib, Arundel 38, f. 65r

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Abbey of St Mary (aka St Dogmaels Abbey) in #Pembrokeshire, our latest blog's entry : https://t.co/c1asraD3FQ

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#SundayStonework
A very damaged effigy of a knight, with crossed legs and shield, probably Hugh FitzHenry (or his son) who died in 1304.
Cistercian Abbey of Jervaulx, #NorthYorkshire

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#FacesOnFriday
An example of this magnificent woodwork in this church,
St Martin, Thompson, #Norfolk

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#AdoorableThursday
South norman doorway, tympanum with "green and white stone alternating", like a piece of a chessboard.
One of my favorite doorway,
St Andrew, Great Durnford, #Wiltshire

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#WallpaintingWednesday - The angel Gabriel and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Mary holds her hand to her heart as she receives the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove. (Annonciation painting on two walls separated by the east window of All Saints, Little Melton, #Norfolk)

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@begynnynge I don't know : We visited this church just before returning to France and haven't checked that...

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#TowerTuesday The nice wooden top of St James the Great, Elmsted, #Kent

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#TowerTuesday
Near the river Adur, St Botolph, Botolphs, #WestSussex
with its 13th c massive tower

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The crazyness of Christmas markets in Alsace has started... But it's so beautiful and Heartswarming that you can't resist, especialy when you are living here...

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#MementoMoriMonday - Lewis Gunter died the 4 may 1683 (St Meugan, Llanfeugan, #Powys). Note the curly serpents at the sides of the monument.

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#DecemberAngels
May be the ancestor of paragliding,
St Peter and St Paul, Mottistone, #WightIsland

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#MementoMoriMonday - Mourning parents (James Ramsay and Margaret Peter) holding a flower for their two sons died 5th and 3th years of their age - Panbride, Angus, #Scotland

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#MementoMoriMonday
1736, grave slab of Jacobus Barker Archidiaconus,
St Catherine of Siena, Cocking, #WestSussex