LennyBloke wrote:
A fitting finale - simple in composition and colour, superb

p.s. let's hope you do manage to capture a few more

davidwozhere wrote:
Oh dear. You have opened a monster can of worms here. I didn't notice that mark first time round. The only (non) explanation I can give is that it might represent a French term, "quatre de chiffre" which is completely untranslatable and goes back to perhaps the 12thC. You will find it here and there in churches - for example the Collegiate church of St Mary in Youghall, Co.Cork, so it isn't confined by national boundaries. The greatest symbolist of all time (Renee Guenon) admits that its import remains unknown (Symbols of Sacred Science, Ch.67 pp.387 - 391) and Eugene Goblet d'Alviella (The Migration of Symbols (1894)) rapidly progresses from it to various three-armed Triscele figures (e.g. the three legged symbol of the Isle of Man or Sicily) and four armed Gammadions (swastikas). If you Google it, I hope you can read French!
or you could try this one? link

davidwozhere wrote:
It's always worthwhile visiting old churches, as this set shows. The last but one, of a misericord is a most satisfying shot.
In those times, monks were expected to stand for hours in their stalls. The projection was to rest their butts to ease the discomfort.

Yorkie wrote:
Nice series, the interior doors shot looks quite intimidating.