Spring brings out the chars-à-banc.

What year is this? Still wooden platform, but later than one might think.

David, flanked by Wisdom and Prophecy, presents before him the psalter opened on the first verse of Psalm 71.
#ManuscriptMonday
BnF MS Grec 139; Psautier de Paris; 10th century;
Constantinople; f.7v Gallica BnF

Sir Thomas Erpingham donated this gate to Norwich Cathedral in about 1420 as a memorial to himself. Erpingham commanded the English archers at the Battle of Agincourt and a statue can be seen of him kneeling above the archway. The statue was probably moved there from his tomb.

To do list.

Slack pitched, rounded edges, flush ridges and no eave overhangs. Built to withstand the worst Atlantic storms. #Blackhouses #OuterHebrides .

Brilliant likeness.

A nicely homely rendition of water as one of the four elements, 17th century (Rijksmuseum)

Repair work: a stitch in time.....

Schaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 4; Bibliorum sacrorum pars prima; 1080 CE-1096 CE; Kloster Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen; f.26r
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In front of St. Paul's Cathedral. The Queen was too old, too blind, and too frail to walk up the steps and stayed seated in her coach so the people could see her. She was 78.

Barmaid Justice.

Mark Hayes Christopher Howse During his wall-building frenzies at Chartwell Clemmie would wait until he went up to London for the week, if Parliament was sitting, and stayed at their flat in Morpeth Mansions.

Buzzing by the Monument, 1937.

St Edmund's, Southwold exactly where JMW Turner stood as he sketched it in 1824. Previously known only as Scenes on the East Coast it was a huge excitement to identify them for the first time. Full story in my book 'Southwold - An Earthly Paradise.'

Vote Conservative for roofers wearing ties.

(Hands raised in worship, not surprise.)
'Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away.'

#StainedGlassSunday by Piero Travaglini in Ss Peter and Paul's church, Vira, on Lake Maggiore (Switzerland).

Round arches to pointed.

Pharaoh's men and horses sleepin' with the fishes.

2/2 The Chancel at Holy Trinity, Hull, rebadged in recent years as Hull Minster. It's the largest non-collegiate parish church in England.