Malcolm Stoneman

Malcolm Stoneman

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Interests - Walking, Cycling, Travel, History, Nature. Retired Head of Humanities, European. 🇪🇺

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Verbena bonariensis - 📷 15.10.2026 Budapest, Hungary Roof gardens above the “Museum of Ethnography”, together with flower borders & paved square. These all frame & highlight the “Memorial to the October 1956 Hungarian Revolution - columns of different heights that unite in a wedge shape.

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Budapesti Történeti Múzeum The History Museum has a collection of stone sculptures discovered in 1974. These came from a major sculpture workshop for the large-scale (but unfinished) palace construction of King Sigismund of Luxembourg c. 1410-1420. #MedievalMonday

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Seascape Mosaic (detail) 3rd Century CE Roman Aquincum. c. 41 - 409 CE. At times, capital city of Roman province of Pannonia Inferior & headquarters of Emperors. The mosaic came from the central hall of the bath in the northern wing of a palace. Aquincum Museum, Budapest, Hungary #MosaicMonday

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Seascape Mosaic (details) 3rd Century CE Aquincum - a Roman military & civilian site c. 41 - 409 CE. The mosaic contains a dolphin, fish & a duck. Aquincum Museum, Budapest, Hungary #MosaicMonday

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Draco - dragon standard Bronze. 190-260 CE Niederbieber, Germany The dragon head had coloured material attached, which whistled in the wind, like the dragon’s howl. From Landesarchäologie Außenstelle Koblenz Legion: life in the Roman army exhibition, British Museum #RomanSiteSunday #archaeology

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Basilique Saint-Michel, Bordeaux, France "The Coronation of the Virgin". 1963 Work of the Painter-Glazer Jean-Henri Couturat of the Parisian workshop, Daumont Tournel. #StainedGlassSunday

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To bring a smile to your face, here’s a c. 4,500 year-old clay vase in the shape of a little hedgehog holding a bowl! 🦔 ❤️ From Chalandriani, Syros, Greece. Early Cycladic II period. National Archaeological Museum, Athens, 📷 ArchaiOptix #Archaeology

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Former Posta, Dob utca, Budapest, Hungary Opened 1939 as a Postal Palace & Erzsébet Telephone Exchange. The figures above the entrance by the Hungarian sculptor, Gábor Boda, feature King István I & other historical people. Outside is a Hungarian postbox. #PostboxSaturday

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Building stone - 2nd Legion Augusta. Milecastle 38 (near Hotbank Farm), Northumberland. The inscription references the Emperor Hadrian, the Second Legion Augusta (builders) & Aulus Platorius Nepos, Governor of Britain. Now in Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle #RomanSiteSaturday #archaeology

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Stephansdom, Wien St. Stephen's Cathedral's massive south tower was built 1368 to 1433. This 19th Century model was carved at a time when the medieval Gothic structure needed to be studied before restoration work. Now in Wien Museum #SteepleSaturday

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‪For #FindsFriday a pendant dating to the Viking Age: a woman is pulling her pretzel-like braids. The hair pulling gesture can be compared to the gesture of mourning known from classical antiquity. It’s unknown if there is a connection to the Viking age imagery.It has been suggested... 🧵1/2 📷️ me

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Zoomorphic Vase - early Neolithic c. 4800 BCE “Bull shaped” vessel found in fragments during 2003 rescue archaeological dig The museum suggests it is a rare discovery, nothing has been found like it in Western Europe Musée d'Art, Histoire et Archéologie, Évreux, France #FindsFriday #archaeology

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Gare du Nord, Paris France Signpost for Métro station on Lines 4 & 5, together with advertising board & cast iron railings. Designed by Hector Guimard from 1900. #FingerpostFriday #ArtNouveau #Architecture

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Gare du Nord, Paris France Art Nouveau style entrance to the Métro in cast iron & glass. Now protected as a historic monument. Designed by Hector Guimard from 1900. #Architecture #ArtNouveau #AdoorableThursday #IronworkThursday

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Gare du Nord, Paris France Signpost for Métro station on Lines 4 & 5, together with advertising board & cast iron railings. Designed by Hector Guimard from 1900. #FingerpostFriday #ArtNouveau #Architecture

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Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Luxembourg Baptismal font carved by the French sculptor Georges Hilbert in 1937. The symbols of the evangelists are carved around the bowl - here is the winged lion of St Mark. #FontsOnFriday

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Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Luxembourg Angel of St Matthew, lion of St Mark, oxen of St Luke & eagle of St John - winged representations of the evangelists Baptismal font carved by French sculptor Georges Hilbert in 1937. Domed golden font cover & latin inscription around bowl. #FontsOnFriday

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Foraging flock of at least 30 Cirl Buntings, with females and juveniles predominating at Berry Head this morning. Pic 4 shows one with the Napoleonic era South Fort behind it.

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Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart, Germany View of shelfing in the main part of the library. Around the outside of this central area are the different collections of the library - art, literature, the world.

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The central (meditative) space within Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart. bsky.app/profile/malc...

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Yes, totally. It was wonderful taking the lift to the top floor & working down. I kept making new discoveries around every turn - art, history, the world. Then there’s the “heart” - the meditative space in the centre of the library. What an amazing place!

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Stadtkirche St. Dionys, Esslingen am Neckar, Germany. Details of a camel & a women on the oak choir stalls. Carved by Esslingen masters Hans Wech & Antonius Buol in 1518. #Woodensday #WoodCarvingWednesday

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Church of St Andrew, Moretonhampstead, #Dartmoor, Devon Stained glass window In memory of the 36 years service of the local Doctor William David Glynn Jones. It not only includes the church, but also, cricket stumps & a football goal, because the doctor loved these sports. #StainedGlassSunday

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Church of St IA, St Ives, Cornwall Built 1410 - 1434 as a Chapel-of-Ease. West tower of 1500 has four stages with buttresses set away from corners. The pinnacles are supported on corbels, which project out from the tower. #SteepleSaturday

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👀 Church of St Mary, Kelling, Norfolk 15th century octagonal Font which bears many emblems e.g. crossed swords. The inscription round the rim in Latin translates to - 'Pray for the souls of Lord William of Kelling and Beatrice his wife, who had this font made'. #FontsOnFriday

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Eglise Saint - Ayoul, Provins, France The 13th Century royal gateway was damaged during the French Revolution. But, since 1983 the portal has been restored. In 1990, the Dormition of the Virgin, by Georges Jeanclos, was incorparated into the tympanum. #Architecture #Gothic #AdoorableThursday