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Anglo-Saxon Window, Great Hall, University of Sydney

The Anglo-Saxon window in the Great Hall of the University of Sydney is one of a number of windows along the side walls of the hall containing portraits of famous people. It includes three notable Anglo-Saxon churchmen and writers from the Kingdom of…

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MacLaurin Window, Nicholson Vestibule, University of Sydney

The MacLaurin Window was created in 1920 and can be found in the Nicholson Vestibule lighting the staircase. The window has a portrait of Sir Henry Normand MacLaurin, Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1896 to 1914, flanked by James I…

Tags: Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon, James I/VI, MacLaurin Window, navy, New South Wales, Nicholson Vestibule, NSW, ship, Sir Henry Normand MacLaurin, stained glass, Sydney, University of Sydney, viking, Wessex

The Medieval Writerâ€™s window, The Great Hall at The University of Sydney

An image of one of a series of colourful and elaborate figural windows with trefoil heads created especially for The University of Sydney by the London firm of Clayton & Bell (c. 1859-60). The window depicts three well-known medieval writers:…

'Viking ship spotted off remote NT island'

‘Viking ship spotted off remote NT island’ appeared on the online version of ABC News on September 18, 2012. The replica Viking ship was seen off the coast of ElchoIsland in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. The ship was sailed by a crew…

Tags: ABC, ABC News, Arnhem Land, article, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, dragon ship, Elcho Island, longship, news, Northern Territory, NT, replica, Russia, ship, Sydney, Tim Wethers., viking, website

Knights Templar jump from Dan Brown to Down Under

An article by Dylan Welch in The Sydney Morning Herald about the Knights Templar in Australia. The article briefly outlines the origins of the order in the early twelfth century as protectors of Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem, and its disbandment in…

Tags: Christian, Christianity, Crusades, Dan Brown, fiction, knighthood, knights, Knights Templar, literature, Military Orders, New South Wales, NSW, religion, religious, Sydney, The Da Vinci Code, The Sydney Morning Herald, war

The â€˜Advance Australiaâ€™ Arms Window in the Queen Victoria Building, Sydney

The â€˜Caxton Windowâ€™

An image of the â€˜Caxton Windowâ€™ located in the Mitchell Reading Room at the State Library of New South Wales. This stained glass window was created in a neo-medieval figurative style by John Radecki of Ashwin and Co., Sydney in 1941. It…

Tags: books, education, John Ashwin & Co., John Radecki, Margaret of Burgundy, Mitchell Reading Room, New South Wales, NSW, patronage, print, printing, printing press, Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye (1474), stained glass, State Library of NSW, Sydney, William Caxton (c.1422-1492), window

Corpus Christi Procession North Sydney, 1934

SMH 1934 Fri 1 June Corpus Christi Procession Sydney[1].pdf

The feast of Corpus Christi (Body of Christ) has been held since the 13c. The host, Blessed sacrament, the consecrated body of Christ, is brought outside of its usual place in the sanctuary of the altar and paraded amongst devoted followers and the…

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