Wilhelm Schmurr (German, 1878-1959), Portrait of Werner Heuser, 1902. Oil on canvas, 180 x 113 cm. Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf.
Saint Bede - The Venerable Bede - 672/3 - 25/6th May 735
1277 years ago The Venerable Bede dies. Arguably the greatest Anglo-Saxon scholar, perhaps in all the early middle ages.
Entrusted into the care of Bishop Benedict Biscop at the age of 7. In about 692 when 19 years old, he was ordained a deacon by his diocesan bishop, John, who was bishop of Hexham. In his 30th year, about 702 he was ordained a priest, again by Bishop John. He continued to write and teach for the rest of his life, completing more than 40 books on subjects ranging from scripture, history and science.
He dies on the 26th may 735 and was buried at Jarrow, in the 11th century his remains were transferred to Durham Cathedral.
James Doyle Penrose, Bede on his deathbed completing his translation of St John’s Gospel to the young scribe Wilburt (Wilbur), 1902.
Bede’s tomb in Durham Cathedral
Tiger mauling my left shoulder a somewhat understated illustrative plate from How I killed the tiger; being an account of my encounter with a royal Bengal tiger, with an appendix containing some general information about India (1902), a small book by Lieutenant Colonel Frank Sheffield detailing his close brush with death by tiger. (HT Public Domain Review via Boing Boing)
Bookplate of James Henry Darlington, first Episcopal Bishop of Harrisburg, PA. Designed by Louis Rhead in 1902. Two women (Theology and Science) shake hands under symbol of the Holy Spirit. John Starr Stewart Collection at the University of Illinois.
Rhead (English/American, 1857-1926) studied at the National Art Training School in London and in Paris with Gustave-Rodolphe-Clarence Boulanger. In 1883 he moved to New York, where he worked as art director for the publisher D. Appleton for six years..
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas — Michelangelo Caravaggio, 1602
Doubting Thomas — Mark Tansey, 1986
~ Los Angeles Herald, February 9, 1902
via California Digital Newspaper Collection
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Nothing says healthy like “food” labelled “Phospho”.
