a quote to note

Of temples and cathedrals

An unusual analysis of the difference between temples and cathedrals, which seems obvious once it has been pointed out. 

...

Read More

triologisms

Weather-fretted Abbots

Assuming these are carved in stone, though my first reading had me picturing a human 'weather-fretted' abbot.

Wishing you more...

Read More

triologisms

Wind-besieged islands

The North Sea is full of such islands and Nicolson finds in a place of 'sun-trap warmth', sheltered from the...

Read More

triologisms

Mythical-sounding princes

Leigh Fermor is entranced by the names of these princes, making him want to explore Romania.  We also decided we...

Read More

triologisms

Sulphur-coloured belfries

I like triologisms that combine something with -coloured - when I have enough of them to make a mosaic of...

Read More

put in a good word

Annaid

Scottish: this seems to be bound up with many place names and to refer to an old church which, for...

Read More

triologisms

Beam-borne planks

A poetic description of an ancient and abandoned bell tower; somehow 'beam-borne' implies flying rather than static, and I liked...

Read More

metaphors

Architecture that shouts for joy

A beautiful description of a church, capturing a soaring, up-swooping roof, and the exhilaration it can bring to the onlooker.

...

Read More

triologisms

Headache-inducing explosions

Now you know why the Jesuits' stupendously lavish baroque churches needed all those gilded churrigueresque curlicues, to better serve a...

Read More

triologisms

Crossing the long-haired sea

This poem by the seventh century Irish poet-monk Beccán mac Luigdech captures the ruggedness and exhilaration of crossing rampant seas...

Read More

a quote to note

Church bells and cannon fodder

If swords can be beaten into ploughshares, the reverse is also true, and church bells can be melted down as...

Read More