Early Christian memorial stone
Image by tigerweet
One of four (two of the others are overgrown this time of the year, the other one wasn’t as impressive) early Christian memorial stones, dating between the 5th and 7th century AD. This one has lost its top and, according to my 1982 leaflet by D.B. Hague, says
..ITERNI
..ITIGERNI
"The root word ‘Terni’ is a Celtic one meaning ‘Lord’… It might have read ‘The stone of’ (this is implied) of Conigernos ‘The son of Tigernos’.
Early Christian Nativity – date unknown
Image by cmatulewicz
It is strange the think that most early representations of the nativity are found in catacombs and slums throughout the Roman Empire, especially when we consider that there is a church every ten feet in Rome today.
(animated stereo) Monk, Monastery of St. Catherine, early 1900s
Image by Thiophene_Guy
The purpose here is not to duplicate the original image, from the Library of Congress website, but to generate an animated gif to assist viewing. Unfortunately, animation is not automatic – to animate you must view the image at original resolution (click all sizes) or simply scroll down.
The library of congress offers a multitude of historical images online, many needing no license to redistribute. The original image of The monk-artist at the Monastery of St. Catherine is from the Matson collection. The image dates to the early 20th century and has no known restrictions on publication. Library of Congress call number: LC-M32- 1645[P&P]
Read the Wikipedia page on the monastery, which is the oldest in the world.
Animated gif generated with StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes
Early Christmas Present
Image by The Rocketeer
Link to PDF Manual
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