Merope Atlantis: Ancient Inscriptions

Spolia from Flickr: Selinunte - Selinus - Acropolis

giricinka — 2009-01-05T17:40:30+00:00

giricinka posted a photo:

www.regione.sicilia.it/beniculturali/dirbenicult/musei/mu...

Spolia from Flickr: Selinunte - Selinus - Acropolis

giricinka — 2009-01-05T17:40:30+00:00

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www.regione.sicilia.it/beniculturali/dirbenicult/musei/mu...

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Greek) from Flickr: 02.12.2008

marcos.monelos — 2009-01-05T04:08:56+00:00

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Atenas

Inscripción en mármol

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Greek) from Flickr: 01.12.2008

marcos.monelos — 2009-01-05T01:38:13+00:00

marcos.monelos posted a photo:

Olimpia

Museo Arqueológico de Olimpia
Inscripción en la estatua del toro

Spolia from Flickr: Hram E (Herin hram)/Temple E/Tempio E - Selinunte

giricinka — 2009-01-04T18:34:26+00:00

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www.selinunte.net/

Spolia from Flickr: Hram E (Herin hram)/Temple E/Tempio E - Selinunte

giricinka — 2009-01-04T18:25:18+00:00

giricinka posted a photo:

www.selinunte.net/

Explore - Jan 4, 2009 #451

Spolia from Flickr: Hram E (Herin hram)/Temple E/Tempio E - Selinunte

giricinka — 2009-01-04T18:25:16+00:00

giricinka posted a photo:

www.selinunte.net/

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr: Pomposa

bandagufo — 2009-01-03T17:31:36+00:00

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Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr: Genoa, San Lorenzo cathedral, south face, detail

groenling — 2009-01-01T10:47:40+00:00

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Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr: Roman amphiteatre

jandudas — 2008-12-26T18:03:16+00:00

jandudas posted a photo:

erected towards the end of the 2nd century AD. The arena for gladiator combats has seated 8.000 visitors. Roman military camp of Carnuntum, Pannonia province.

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr: Fresc de l'absis de Santa Maria del Mur (sencer)

Sebastià Giralt — 2008-12-25T21:56:44+00:00

Sebastià Giralt posted a photo:

Catalonian Chapel, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Christ in Majesty with Symbols of the Four Evangelists (1150–1200) Unidentified artist (Catalan), 12th century, Fresco secco transferred to plaster and wood. This fresco is among the greatest twelfth-century European paintings in the United States. It once decorated the apse - the semicircular area behind the altar - of the small church of Santa Maria del Mur (Catalan Pyrenees). Huge eyed and solemn, the figure of Christ in majesty dominates the composition. The inscription in the book he holds reinforces Christ's centralization in Christian art and doctrine: "I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man cometh into the Father but by me." Christ is surrounded by symbols of all four Evangelists (authors of the New Testament Gospels). Lower tiers contain the twelve Apostles (the original followers of Christ) and scenes from the Bible. Description.
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Fresc romànic de Santa Maria de Mur (Pallars Jussà), s. XII. En el llibre a les mans de Jesucrist es llegeix: "Ego sum via, veritas et vita: nemo venit ad patrem nisi per me" (loan, xiv, 6).

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr: Fresc de l'absis de Santa Maria del Mur

Sebastià Giralt — 2008-12-25T21:54:48+00:00

Sebastià Giralt posted a photo:

Catalonian Chapel, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Christ in Majesty with Symbols of the Four Evangelists (1150–1200) Unidentified artist (Catalan), 12th century, Fresco secco transferred to plaster and wood. This fresco is among the greatest twelfth-century European paintings in the United States. It once decorated the apse - the semicircular area behind the altar - of the small church of Santa Maria del Mur (Catalan Pyrenees). Huge eyed and solemn, the figure of Christ in majesty dominates the composition. The inscription in the book he holds reinforces Christ's centralization in Christian art and doctrine: "I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man cometh into the Father but by me." Christ is surrounded by symbols of all four Evangelists (authors of the New Testament Gospels). Lower tiers contain the twelve Apostles (the original followers of Christ) and scenes from the Bible. Description.
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Fresc romànic de Santa Maria de Mur (Pallars Jussà), s. XII. En el llibre a les mans de Jesucrist es llegeix: "Ego sum via, Veritas et vita: nemo venit ad patrem nisi per me" (loan, xiv, 6).

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Greek) from Flickr: Ruc

Sebastià Giralt — 2008-12-25T20:33:47+00:00

Sebastià Giralt posted a photo:

Wine cup (kylix). Late Archaic or Early Classical Period, about 480 B.C. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Antiphon Painter. Attic ceramic, Red Figure. Interior: A donkey walks to the left bearing a pack-saddle and a bale of goods. As opposed to mules, which have more horse-like tails, donkeys are distinguished by their tails which have a bushy tuft as the end. Also, donkeys tend to be marked by the dark stripes on their legs in red-figure pottery. On exergue "Laches is handsome" (LAXES KALOS). In field "Nikostratos is handsome" (NIKOSTRATOS KALOS).

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Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Greek) from Flickr: Escena eròtica (1)

Sebastià Giralt — 2008-12-25T20:33:47+00:00

Sebastià Giralt posted a photo:

High-handled drinking cup (kantharos) with erotic scenes, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Archaic Period, about 520–510 B.C. Potter and Painter: Nikosthenes. Attic ceramic (red figure). Around the edge of the base the inscription. "Nikosthenes made [it]" (NIKOSTHENES EPOIE[S]EN). An orgy is in progress: the figures danced around and grab at each other. The youth at far right (on the other side) wields a sandal with sadistic intent. On the floor are shoes and a basin; on the wall a birdcage, a flute-case, and a dildo. The inscriptions in the fields are meaningless.

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Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr: DSC03741

yukatafish — 2008-12-22T00:13:53+00:00

yukatafish posted a photo:

Ostia Antica, the ancient port city of Rome

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr: DSC03654

yukatafish — 2008-12-21T23:17:32+00:00

yukatafish posted a photo:

Ostia Antica, the ancient port city of Rome

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr: DSC03653

yukatafish — 2008-12-21T23:16:54+00:00

yukatafish posted a photo:

Ostia Antica, the ancient port city of Rome

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Greek) from Flickr: Pescador

Sebastià Giralt — 2008-12-19T23:12:34+00:00

Sebastià Giralt posted a photo:

Fisherman, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Greek) from Flickr: Escena eròtica (2)

Sebastià Giralt — 2008-12-19T23:11:40+00:00

Sebastià Giralt posted a photo:

Wine cup (kylix) with erotic scene, Late Archaic Period, about 480 B.C. Douris. Attic Ceramic, Red Figure. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Cup interior tondo composition: sex scene: A bearded man bends over a woman with short hair (which may indicate her status as a slave). She braces herself on the stool in front of her which has lion-paw feet and various things piled on top of it, including her clothes. To the left is a couch (kline) which has an elaborately carved post with ionic volutes. An overstuffed striped cushion tops the kline.
Inscription: "the girl is pretty" (HE PAIS KALE) (above their heads), and "Hold still!"(HEXE HESUXOS) (issuing from the man's mouth)

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Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Greek) from Flickr: Ballant en un simposi

Sebastià Giralt — 2008-12-19T23:11:24+00:00

Sebastià Giralt posted a photo:

Wine cup (kylix), Late Archaic or Early Classical Period, about 480 B.C. Douris. Attic Ceramic, Red Figure. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Cup interior tondo composition: A bearded, nude man appears to be dancing around a wine cup (kylix), much like the one on which this image appears. The context of this dance is the drinking party known as the symposium. To the left is a couch (kline) upon which his clothes lay. Above the man's head the painter put his signature:
ΔΟRΙSΕΓRΑΦΣΕΝ "Douris painted it" (DORIS EGRAPHSEN)

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Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr: Roman Tablets

573ff1 — 2008-12-18T23:48:06+00:00

573ff1 posted a photo:

British Museum
London, UK

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Greek) from Flickr: Atleta amb disc

Sebastià Giralt — 2008-12-14T19:27:12+00:00

Sebastià Giralt posted a photo:

Drinking cup (kylix) depicting an athlete with discus. Late Archaic Period, about 500 B.C. Painter: Douris. Potter: Python. Interior: Youth about to throw diskos. Jumping weights (halteres) hang in the field and a large pickax balances within the tondo behind the athlete. At left is an inscription, "Douris painted it" (DORIS EGRAPHSEN). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Greek) from Flickr: Atleta corrent amb halters (pesos per saltar)

Sebastià Giralt — 2008-12-14T19:26:20+00:00

Sebastià Giralt posted a photo:

Drinking cup (kylix) depicting pentathletes. Late Archaic Period, about 510–500 B.C. Proto-Panaitian Group. Athens, Attic Ceramic (Red Figure). Interior: Youth with a jumping weight (halter) in each hand, running to right. He looks back over his shoulder indicating that he is probably not about to jump. Two javelins appear vertically behind him. Inscribed "Athenodotos is handsome" (ATHENODOTOS KALOS). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Greek) from Flickr: Púgil embenant-se les mans per boxejar

Sebastià Giralt — 2008-12-14T19:17:57+00:00

Sebastià Giralt posted a photo:

Drinking cup (kylix) depicting a boxer. Late Archaic Period, about 500 B.C. Onesimos. Attic Ceramic (Red Figure). Interior: Athlete (nude youth) binding his hands for boxing. A pick on the ground behind him, a pair of jumping weights (halteres) hang in the field to his left. In field inscribed: "Athenodotos is handsome"(on interior) ("ATHENODOTOS KALOS"), "Handsome"(twice on interior) ("KALOS"). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr: Christ at Bethany

Doilum — 2008-12-11T20:39:31+00:00

Doilum posted a photo:

Chichester Cathedral, C12th. Plaster cast.

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr: Inscription

Alun Salt — 2008-12-10T16:58:01+00:00

Alun Salt posted a photo:

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr: Inscription

Alun Salt — 2008-12-10T16:57:41+00:00

Alun Salt posted a photo:

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr: Zuidbroek, Groningen, Petruskerk, vault

groenling — 2008-12-09T10:09:08+00:00

groenling posted a photo:

Als men scref dusent vier honder yaer/
dar na acht end tachtich opcref/
do woert dusse kercke ge stoffert/
als god inden hemel asc[end???]eert/
de do kerckher was het her hermen/
her p'oebo vicar~ vá de meden

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr: Zuidbroek, Groningen, Petruskerk, vault

groenling — 2008-12-09T10:08:52+00:00

groenling posted a photo:

Her · ido syn eerste mysse sanck/
de keck vogede sint d[risyt? nant]/
[?]ypo ellyk~ seer val bekét/
tybbo siben~ ock myt frau [...]/
egge fokens god sye bened[...]

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Greek) from Flickr: Tihna el Gebel - Greek inscription

Stefan Geens — 2008-12-08T13:00:00+00:00

Stefan Geens posted a photo:

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Greek) from Flickr: Tihna el Gebel: Group shot in front of the bat cave

Stefan Geens — 2008-12-08T12:54:31+00:00

Stefan Geens posted a photo:

There is also a Greek inscription above the bats.

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Greek) from Flickr: Joves saltant en una dansa atlètica

Sebastià Giralt — 2008-12-06T23:55:26+00:00

Sebastià Giralt posted a photo:

Two-handled storage jar (pelike) depicting young athletes jumping, Archaic Period, about 520–510 B.C., Circle of Euphronios (Euthymides or Oltos), Attic Ceramic (Red Figure). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Greek) from Flickr: Circe dóna la poció màgica als companys d'Ulisses, que es tornen animals

Sebastià Giralt — 2008-12-06T01:04:07+00:00

Sebastià Giralt posted a photo:

Wine cup (kylix) depicting scenes from the Odyssey, Greek, Archaic Period, about 560–550 B.C., by the Painter of the Boston Polyphemos, Attic Ceramic, Black Figure, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Circe and the companions of Odysseus, eight figures. Circe appears in center mixing her potion for Odysseus' men. The men have animal heads and arms, but retain their human lower bodies. Eurylochus escapes the scene at far right and Odysseus enters at far left.

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Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr: Inscripción en verso

ovando — 2008-12-01T18:22:01+00:00

ovando posted a photo:

Yeso alabastrino, hallado en el recinto del Foro de Caesaraugusta.

Parece un texto tardío, del siglo IV, quizá un epitafio de ambiente cristiano dedicado por un varón a una joven.

[...]SORACV++STI++R urbem
[...]+++[..]ELICITEIVSSA
[...]++++ONTIS+[.]+
[...]+++A[..]urbibusA++
[...]ECERE++AT[.]A[.]M
[...]++[...]++ENCIS
[...]VIA PECODIBVS
[...]RSA PER CAMPVM
[...]RAS CALCANTE++
[...]VCTISEST[..]+LIS
[...]E liquores
[...]paniae princeps
[...]elicior aeuo
[...]ndus in aula

Conjeturas y texto según F.Beltrán Llorís y J. Gómez Pallarés.

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr: tourismos

jorge dragón — 2008-12-01T11:00:25+00:00

jorge dragón posted a photo:

epigrafía | en sta maría del naranco

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr: Brescia

@lly83 — 2008-11-29T17:05:46+00:00

@lly83 posted a photo:

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr: Brescia

@lly83 — 2008-11-29T17:05:04+00:00

@lly83 posted a photo:

Visible Words/Visible Parlare (Latin) from Flickr: Latin Inscriptions

owilybug — 2008-11-27T21:11:50+00:00

owilybug posted a photo:

Spolia from Flickr: Iglesia de San Xoán de Meaño

FreeCat — 2008-11-25T17:12:37+00:00

FreeCat posted a photo:

Sillar reutilizado en el muro del recinto con una curiosa talla que nos muestra claramente un hombre con arco.

Spolia from Flickr: Iglesia de San Xoán de Meaño

FreeCat — 2008-11-25T17:12:11+00:00

FreeCat posted a photo:

Sillares reutilizados en el muro del recinto con unas curiosas tallas.