HISTORIC
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Oswald
King, and later Saint Oswald, ruled over the kingdom of Northumbria from 634AD to 642ND. How he became king was Tolkien’s inspiration for the character of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings. Oswald’s end was however a bloody affair and he didn’t ‘live happily ever after’. |
Codex
The children of Jarrow and Wearmouth (now called Sunderland), joined forces to create a modern version of the Codex Amiatinus. They presented copies to both the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Pope in 2016. The original version, the oldest extant version of the Holy Bible, was created by the Monks of Jarrow – Wearmouth in the 7th century and is kept in the monastery of Amiata in Italy. |
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Old Inks from Arthur Best on Vimeo. |
Old Inks
Shooting at Lindisfarne, as part of my St Cuthbert project, my visit coincided with a day of demonstrations of ancient ‘graphics’ by a group of Irish monks. Lucky or what! |
St Cuthbert
Visiting Durham Cathedral one day I was fascinated by a poster showing a map purporting to illustrate the journey of Cuthbert’s relics as his followers fled from the Viking invaders. As this flight was largely through land already settled by the Vikings I became suspicious! |
The story of St Cuthbert from Arthur Best on Vimeo. |
Prodigal Font from Darlington Camcorder Club on Vimeo. |
Prodigal Font
Polished Frosterly marble is a dramatic material found in many, mainly religious, locations throughout the world. The font in the church at Frosterly is an excellent example with an interesting story to tell. |
Costa del Durham
The ancient county of Durham is a wonderful place, with many attractions, but particularly the miles of empty, scenic roads that we natives so cherish. It was with some reticence therefore that I produced this quick glimpse, but confident that it would not be viewed so widely that the world, in its ignorance, would flock here and spoil it all. |
Costa del Durham from Arthur Best on Vimeo. |
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The Great Goodbye
The original 1825 Stockton to Darlington railway line passed through Shildon, (why? –well that’s another story), and Shildon was its engineering centre. In its ‘heyday’ run by that unsung engineering giant, Timothy Hackworth. A fitting place to celebrate the re-union of the remaining A4 Pacific engines, including the world record holding Mallard. |