For #FensterFreitag this is a window from the 13th century Netley Abbey not too far away from us here in Hampshire. Netley was a Cistercian abbey and it is one of the best preserved examples of its type in the south of England.

#WindowFriday #NetleyAbbey #Medieval #Gothic #Architecture #Window #Cistercian #Abbey #Hampshire

Parchment fragments catalogued & described in my article "Text und Textil. Die beschriebenen Pergamente in den Figurenornaten", in: Heilige Röcke. Kleider für Skulpturen in Kloster Wienhausen, ed. by Charlotte Klack-Eitzen et al., Regensburg 2013, p. 71-78
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Look at this #nuntastic treasure in the State Museum Schwerin (Pl. 600, c. 1500, Abbey of the Holy Cross, Rostock)! The #Cistercian nuns used #recycled parc…
https://twitter.com/CariGluchowski/status/1647862405106417666

April Fools’ Day

And so we fly into April. Tempus fugit.

I was planning on an April Fool, but didn't have enough foresight. And by the time I post this, it’ll be past the 12 o’clock deadline. So, instead, I’ll just post about the history of the tradition.

But first, my morning’s exercise. With the weather looking pretty dreich, I opted a revisit to Rievaulx Terrace as I knew the Iconic Templ ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31776

#NorthYorkMoors #Rievaulx #Cistercian #medieval

#FensterFreitag #RuinedPrioryFriday
Valle Crucis Abbey, #Cymru
#Cistercian #13thcentury #monastery #medieval

Not strictly a priory for #RuinedPrioryFriday today:
Melrose #Abbey, #Scotland
#12thCentury #Cistercian

Monochrome Monday. The Cistercian monastery of Melrose in the Scottish Borders. The abbey church, founded by David I, mostly dates from the late 12th & the 13th centuries.
#MonochromeMonday #melrose #melroseabbey #scottishborders #abbey #cistercian #bnw #monochrome #ruins #historicscotland

1960s window in memory of St Stephen Harding in #Saxon porch of #Sherborne #Abbey. 12th century monk from Sherborne who became the third Abbot of Cîteaux, writer of the #Cistercian constitution, Carta Caritatis, and mentor of Bernard of #Clairvaux. https://www.grahamkings.org/article/english-monk-who-encouraged-the-ministry-of-women/ https://brill.com/display/book/9789004469389/BP000023.xml

1960s window in memory of St Stephen Harding in #Saxon porch of #Sherborne #Abbey. 12th century monk from Sherborne who became the third Abbot of Cîteaux, writer of the #Cistercian constitution, Carta Caritatis, and mentor of Bernard of #Clairvaux.

#introduction > Hi there! I'm Catherine, and I live and work in the northeast #Atlanta metro, although I'm originally from #EasternNC. I'm an #EmployeeBenefitsSpecialist by profession and a #writer by temperament and identity. I am also a #student working on degrees in professional and creative writing.

I'm a #Catholic #revert and currently worship with the #Ordinariate, although I'm not eligible for canonical membership. I'm also #divorced and, in 2019, I was #remarried to a great Catholic man. Thus, I'm a #wife and a #stepmom to five great people, three of whom are minors. I am also currently discerning as a Lay #Cistercian.

Politically, I'm a #distributist and #NewFeminist who (mostly) agrees with the #AmSolidarity party.

In my off-hours, I enjoy #gardening, #photography, #fandom, and #cats. I'm also just dipping my toes into #genealogy and #FamilyHistory.

And yes, I use a lot of hashtags. 😏 But they're relevant, I promise!