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Marlborough College Chapel.

The magnificent Marlborough College Chapel,

Marlborough, Wiltshire, England.

Illustration: LIMPING TOWARDS THE SUNRISE

Marlborough College Motto:

"Deus Dat Incrementum"

(God Gives The Increase).

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Marlborough College is an Independent Boarding and Day School in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Founded in 1843 for the sons of Church of England Clergy, it is now Co-Educational. For the academic year 2015-2016, Marlborough charges £9,610 per Term for Day Pupils, making it the most expensive Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) Day School in the U.K. Fees for Full Boarders are up to £11,310 per Term - the twenty-eighth most expensive HMC Boarding School.

The Good Schools Guide described Marlborough as a "famous, designer label, Co-Ed Boarding School, still riding high." The School is a Member of the G20 Schools Group. A Sister School, in Johore, Malaysia, opened in 2012.

There are three Academic Terms in the year:

The Michaelmas Term, from early-September to mid-December (new Boys, Girls and Lower-Sixth candidates are now usually only admitted at the start of the Michaelmas Half);

The Lent Term, from mid-January to late-March;

The Summer Term, from late-April to late-June or early-July.

More information on Catholic Masses at Marlborough College

can be ascertained from MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE CHAPEL WEB-SITE

Saint Praxedes. Virgin. Feast Day 21 July.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

Saint Praxedes.
Virgin.
Feast Day 21 July.

Simple.

White Vestments.

.

The Basilica of Santa Prassede

(Saint Praxedes), 

Rome, Italy.

Photo: 18 April 2015.

Source: Own work.

Author: Livioandronico2013.

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The Feast of Saint Pius I, on 11 July, recalled to our mind Saint Pudentiana and her sister, Saint Praxedes, who placed their house at the disposal of this Holy Pontiff. Saint Pudentiana's Feast Day appears in the Cycle on 19 May, under the Reign of The Risen Lord, and Saint Praxedes's Feast Day is today, under the Reign of The Holy Ghost.

On the Tuesday of The Third Week in Lent, The Station is held at Rome in the Titular Church of Saint Pudentiana and on the Monday in Holy Week at the Titular Church of Saint Praxedes.

Pope Paschal I depicted in a mosaic in the Basilica of Santa Prassede, Rome, Italy.

He is presenting a model of the Basilica to Christ, and wears a square Halo,

which means he was alive at the time of the mosaic.

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User: Marcus Cyron.

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Saint Praxedes, a daughter of the Roman Senator, Pudens, Consecrated her Virginity to God (Epistle), and renounced her great wealth in favour of the Poor and of The Church. She thereby acquired the Treasure and precious Pearl of The Heavenly Kingdom (Gospel, Communion).

The Religious Ceremonies, which took place in her mansion, attracted the attention of the pagans. Many Christians were arrested there and led away to death.

English: The Apse,

Basilica of Santa Prassede, Rome, Italy.

Deutsch: Santa Prassede, Rom; Triumphbogen und Apsis.

Photo: 13 May 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Welleschik.

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She died under Emperor Antonius in the 2nd-Century A.D., after having besought God to deliver her from the sight of such woeful scenes. Her body was laid by that of her father and sister in the Cemetery of her grand-mother, Priscilla.

Let us Celebrate joyfully The Feast of the blessed Virgin Praxedes, in order to obtain thereby feelings of loving devotion (Collect).

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U.S. Navy Ordered To Lower Sonar Use To Protect Whales, Dolphins, Sea-Mammals.

"Look. I'm sorry to bother you, old chap.

But would you be so kind as to turn your damn Sonar down a bit ?

My wife can't get a word in with that thing going !!!"

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A U.S. Federal Appeals Court has ordered the U.S. Navy to reduce the use of its Towed Array Sensor System, as it harms marine mammals.

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in California, found that a 2012 District Court decision, which allowed the U.S. Navy to use Low-Frequency Sonar for training, testing, and operations, was not in accordance with The Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Read the full Article at NAVALTODAY.COM

Neo-Gothic. Gothic Revival.

The Lady Chapel of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, overseen by 

G F Bodley. The Lady Chapel was the first part of the Cathedral to be completed in 1910 and retains many of the Gothic features of the original design.

As Scott grew in confidence, the rest of the Cathedral was redesigned and streamlined

to arrive at a much more massive, austere style of architecture

Photo: 4 December 2005.

Source: Own work.

Author: © Andrew Dunn.

Web-Site: http://www.andrewdunnphoto.com

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Gothic Revival campus of The University of Mumbai, India, showing

the Rajabai Clock Tower still under construction in 1878.

Source: Original Photograph currently with The British Library.

Author: Unknown.

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Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, Neo-Gothic, or, Jigsaw Gothic, and, when used for School, College, and University buildings, as Collegiate Gothic) is an Architectural Movement that began in the Late-1740s in England.

Its popularity grew rapidly in the Early-19th Century, when increasingly serious and learned admirers of Neo-Gothic Styles sought to revive Mediaeval Gothic Architecture, in contrast to the Neo-Classical Styles prevalent at the time.

Gothic Revival draws features from the original Gothic Style, including Decorative Patterns, Finials, Scalloping, Lancet Windows, Hood Mouldings, and Label Stops.

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The Gothic Revival Movement emerged in 19th-Century England. Its roots were inter-twined with deeply Philosophical Movements associated with a re-awakening of High Church or Anglo-Catholic Belief concerned by the growth of Religious Non-Conformism.

Ultimately, the "Anglo-Catholicism" Tradition of Religious Belief and Style became widespread for its intrinsic appeal in the Third-Quarter of the 19th-Century. Gothic Revival Architecture varied considerably in its faithfulness to both the ornamental style and principles of construction of its Mediaeval original, sometimes amounting to little more than Pointed Window Frames and a few touches of Gothic Decoration on a building otherwise on a wholly-19th-Century Plan and using contemporary materials and construction methods.

The unifying style of Parliament Hill,

Ottawa, Canada, is Gothic Revival.

Photo: 16 August 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Digging.holes.

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In parallel to the ascendancy of Neo-Gothic Styles in 19th-Century England, interest spread rapidly to the Continent of Europe, in Australia, South Africa and to The Americas; indeed, the number of Gothic Revival and Carpenter Gothic structures built in the 19th- and 20th-Centuries may exceed the number of authentic Gothic structures that had been built previously.

The Basilica of The National Vow, Quito, Ecuador.

Photo: 8 August 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Alejandro Quintanar Helgueros.

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The Gothic Revival was paralleled, and supported, by "Mediaevalism", which had its roots in antiquarian concerns with survivals and curiosities. As "industrialisation" progressed, a reaction against machine production and the appearance of factories also grew. Proponents of the picturesque,  such as Thomas Carlyle and Augustus Pugin, took a critical view of industrial society and portrayed pre-industrial Mediaeval society as a Golden Age. To Pugin, Gothic Architecture was infused with the Christian values that had been supplanted by Classicism and were being destroyed by industrialisation.

Cathedral of The Immaculate Conception

of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Moscow..

An example of Russian Gothic Architecture.

Date: 2007.

Source: http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/sdilyin/album/17739

Author: Сергей Ильин-Михальский (Sergey Ilyin-Mikhalski).

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Gothic Revival also took on political connotations; with the "rational" and "radical" Neo-Classical Style being seen as associated with Republicanism and Liberalism (as evidenced by its use in The United States and, to a lesser extent, in Republican France), the more Spiritual and Traditional Gothic Revival became associated with Monarchism and Conservatism, which was reflected by the choice of styles for the rebuilt Government Centres of The Parliament of The United Kingdom in London and Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

Saint Joseph's Cathedral, Swansea, Wales.

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Saint Joseph's Cathedral,

Greenhill, Swansea, Wales.

Photo: 2 August 2012.

Source: This file was derived from Saint Josephs Cathedral Swansea.JPG.

Author: 

Saint_Josephs_Cathedral_swansea.JPG: Wiccasha.

Derivative work: Rabanus Flavus.

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The Cathedral Church of Saint Joseph – also known as Saint Joseph's Cathedral or Swansea Cathedral – is a Grade II-Listed Roman Catholic Cathedral in Swansea, Wales. It is the Seat of The Bishop of Menevia and Mother Church of The Diocese of Menevia. The Cathedral was built in the Late-19th-Century and is located in the Greenhill area of Swansea.

Originally built as a Church, Saint Joseph's was conceived by Father Wulstan Richards, OSB, who came to Greenhill in 1875. It was designed by Peter Paul Pugin and took two years to build at a cost of £10,000. The building was officially opened on 25 November 1888 while still under construction. Built as a Church, it was converted to a Cathedral in 1987 for the redefined Diocese of Menevia. It was designated a a Grade II Listed Building on 30 March 1987.

The Nave,

Saint Joseph's Cathedral,

Greenhill, Swansea, Wales.

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The Plan of the building is that of an Apsidal Chancel, flanked by Side Chapels, with a Seven-Bay Aisled Nave, a Polygonal Tower with Spire in the North-West corner and twin Porches on the Western facade. Its walls are Coursed Bull-Nosed Masonry with Bath Stone Dressings and Red Dumfries Stone in the Nave Piers and Responds.

The Cathedral has a modern Pantile Roof and there is a Gabled Parapet, topped with a Finial, on the Western Side of the building above a small Arched Opening over a Four-Light geometric Traceried Window.

The Nave has Three-Light Clerestory Traceried Windows and the East facade has a Lower-Clerestory and a Three-Light Window under a Corbelled Gable with a Finial. The Ceiling has Radiating Ribs that extend to the Walls.

In The Choir Of Aachen Cathedral. Im Chor Des Münsters Zu Aachen.

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"In The Choir of Aachen Cathedral".

Artist: Franz Stegmann (1831–1892).

Date: 1890.

Source: Düsseldorfer Auktionshaus.

Author: Franz Stegmann (1831–1892).

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Franz Stegmann (born 16 September 1831, in Gandersheim, Germany; died 18 April 1892, in Dusseldorf, Germany) was a painter of architecture of The Düsseldorf School.

Stegmann was the son of a Magistrate in the Duchy of Brunswick, Germany. He spent three years studying architecture in Braunschweig. Then, he switched to painting and attended the Academies in Brussels (1854 at CA Wauters), Munich (1855-1857), as well as Dusseldorf, where he settled in 1857 and joined the Malkasten Artists' Association. He also joined the Kunstverein München.

Stegmann undertook Study Tours to Italy, France and The Netherlands. He also exhibited in Berlin, Hanover and Dusseldorf.

Aachen Cathedral,

Germany.

Photo:: 13 April 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Christian Wehrle.

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English: Saint Joachim, Saint Anne (with Mary and Jesus, as children), Saint Joseph.

Statues on the exterior of Aachen Cathedral, Germany.

Français: Saint Joachim, Sainte Anne (avec l'enfant Jésus et Marie), Saint Joseph, statues au dessus d'un porche de la cathédrale, Aix-la-Chapelle, Allemagne.

Photo: 21 December 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Jebulon.

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Aachen Cathedral, also referred to as The Kaiserdom (Imperial Cathedral) of Aachen,

is a building of great historical, architectural and religious importance. Built by Charlemagne in 805 A.D., its unique design was highly influential on German Church architecture and it was a site of Imperial Coronations and pilgrimage for many Centuries.

Photo: 6 June 2010.

Source: originally posted to Flickr as Aachen Cathedral And Palatine Chapel - Germany.

Author: Jim.

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Aachen Cathedral (German: Aachener Dom), Traditionally known in English as The Cathedral of Aix-la-Chapelle, is a Roman Catholic Church in Aachen, Germany. It is the oldest Cathedral in Northern Europe and was constructed by order of The Emperor Charlemagne, who was buried there in 814 A.D. For 595 years, from 936 A.D. to 1531, the Aachen Chapel was the Church of Coronation for thirty German Kings and twelve Queens. The Church has been The Episcopal Seat of The Diocese of Aachen since 1802.

Charlemagne began the construction of The Palatine Chapel around 796 A.D., along with the building of the rest of the Palace structures. The construction is credited to Odo of Metz. The exact date of completion is unclear. However, a Letter from Alcuin, in 798 A.D., states that it was nearing completion, and, in 805 A.D., Pope Leo III Consecrated the finished Chapel. A Foundry was brought to Aachen near the end of the 8th-Century A.D. and was utilised to cast multiple bronze pieces, from doors and the railings to the horse and bear statues.

Charlemagne was buried in the Chapel in 814 A.D. It suffered a large amount of damage in a Viking raid in 881 A.D., and was restored in 983 A.D. After Frederick Barbarossa Canonised Charlemagne, in 1165, the Chapel became a draw for pilgrims. In order to sustain the enormous flow of pilgrims in the Gothic period, a Choir Hall was built, in 1355, and a two-part Capella Vitrea (Glass Chapel) which was Consecrated on the 600th Anniversary of Charlemagne's death. A Cupola, several other Chapels and a Steeple were also constructed at later dates. It was restored again in 1881, when the Baroque stucco was removed. In 1978, it was one of the first twelve items to make the entry into the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites, as the first German, and one of the first three European, historical ensembles.

English: Illuminated Apostle Cycle on the occasion of The 600-Year Festival,

in The Gothic Choir Hall of Aachen Cathedral, Germany.

Deutsch: Illuminierter Apostelzyklus anlässlich der Festwoche

„600 Jahre gotische Chorhalle“ des Aachener Doms.

Français: Cycle d'Apôtres illuminés à l'occasion de la semaine de fête

„600 ans hall de chœur gothique“ de laCathédrale d'Aix-la-Chapelle.

Nederlands: Verlichte Apostel cyclus op het festival

„600 jaar gotische koor hal“ van de Dom van Aken.

Photo: 14 September 2014.

Source: Own work.

Author: ACBahn.

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The Cathedral uses two distinct architectural Styles, with small portions of a third Style, First, the core of the Cathedral is the Carolingian-Romanesque Palatine Chapel, which was modelled after San Vitale at Ravenna, Italy, and is notably small in comparison to the later additions. Secondly, the Choir was constructed in the Gothic Style. Finally, there are portions that show Ottonian Style, such as the area around The Throne.

Between 1355 and 1414, on the initiative of the Marienstift and the Mayor of Aachen, Gerhard Chorus (1285–1367), a Gothic Choir was built to the East of The Octagon. Before this, there must have been a rectangular Carolingian Choir.

The Gothic Choir measures twenty-five metres in length, thirteen metres wide and thirty-two metres high. Its external wall is broken, as much as possible, by windows - the surface area of the glass is more than 1,000 m² and led to the name Glashaus (Glass House). This was conceived as a Glass Reliquary for The Holy Relics of Aachen and for the body of Charlemagne.

The design is arranged on the model of The Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France; likewise a space for important Relics and a Royal Palace Chapel. For the protection of the Vault of The Choir, iron rods were built in at the time of construction, to counter the lateral force on the narrow Stone Supports and to allow as much space as possible between them for window space.