Myths and Legends : 2026 Flower Festival
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The magnificent St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney, started in 1137 by the Norse Earl Rognvald to celebrate the sainthood of his uncle, Earl Magnus, who had been killed in 1117. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kirkwall/stmagnus/index.html
The magnificent St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney, started in 1137 by the Norse Earl Rognvald to celebrate the sainthood of his uncle, Earl Magnus, who had been killed in 1117. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kirkwall/stmagnus/index.html
Feast Day of #StRognvald 20th August
St Rognvald’s Chapel https://theorkneynews.scot/2024/04/05/st-rognvalds-chapel/ #Architecture, #Chapel, #Culture, #NorseEarls, #Orkney, #ReynaldEunson, #StMagnusCathedral, #StRognvald, #StanleyCursiter
Feast Day of #StRognvald 20th August
Earl Rognvald: Orkney's Warrior Poet https://theorkneynews.scot/2024/07/30/earl-rognvald-orkneys-warrior-poet/ #Culture, #EarlRognvald, #Earls, #FionaGrahame, #MartinLaird, #Norse, #Orkney, #Saga, #StMagnusCathedral
Been working on an illustration of Bishop William the Old, who suddenly lost his sight and had it miraculously returned to him by Saint Magnus. For a forthcoming Orkney News iScot article.
I might do more work on this but there's always the risk of making it worse.
#mastoart #ScottishHistory #miracles #undead #StMagnusCathedral #indiaink #drawing
Is currently out working in the field where, due to an overabundance of vegetation, half the gravestones have turned green!
Here's a somewhat #psychedelic #musicvideo I created to accompany a new version of an old #Scottish #folk #ballad.
I Once Loved A Lass (#Orkney #Blackening):
#sikkersnapper #kdenlive #blender #synth #violin #fiddle #guitar #trippy #music #stmagnuscathedral #kirkwall
“If anywhere there exists an ecclesiastical building bearing the marks of neglect and decay, it certainly is this.” A 19thC Visit to Orkney
#archaeology #Orkney #StMagnusCathedral
https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/06/05/if-anywhere-there-exists-an-ecclesiastical-building-bearing-the-marks-of-neglect-and-decay-it-certainly-is-this-a-19thc-visit-to-orkney/
The magnificent St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney, started in 1137 by the Norse Earl Rognvald to celebrate the sainthood of his uncle, Earl Magnus, who had been killed in 1117. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kirkwall/stmagnus/index.html
#Scotland #StMagnusCathedral #Cathedral #Kirkwall #Orkney #UndiscoveredScotland