Ian Ebbage
@ianebbage.bsky.social
The Ancient World & more recent history. Mosaics. And, of course, birds.
East Lothian.
East Lothian.
A hunting scene with a falcon attacking a heron: 16c Franco-Netherlandish, now in the Burrell Collection in Glasgow #tapestrytuesday
December 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
A hunting scene with a falcon attacking a heron: 16c Franco-Netherlandish, now in the Burrell Collection in Glasgow #tapestrytuesday
Low tide in Port Seton harbour on Christmas Eve brings rich picking for the Gulls #tidesouttuesday #EastLothian
December 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Low tide in Port Seton harbour on Christmas Eve brings rich picking for the Gulls #tidesouttuesday #EastLothian
#thicktrunktuesday hosting mistletoe, just in time for New Year's Eve! At Ightham Mote NT in Kent.
December 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
#thicktrunktuesday hosting mistletoe, just in time for New Year's Eve! At Ightham Mote NT in Kent.
The Flight into Egypt is an important event in Christian history in Cairo: 1) in a modern mosaic in the Hanging Church in Old Cairo; 2) a map of the journey through Egypt; 3) a section of pavement, "the original ground which Jesus Christ's Holy Family walked on" #flightintoegypt #mosaicmonday
December 29, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The Flight into Egypt is an important event in Christian history in Cairo: 1) in a modern mosaic in the Hanging Church in Old Cairo; 2) a map of the journey through Egypt; 3) a section of pavement, "the original ground which Jesus Christ's Holy Family walked on" #flightintoegypt #mosaicmonday
A Festive Owl with a Friend enjoying the celebrations at the Blue Bell Inn in Arkendale, Yorkshire #owlishmonday #bluebellarkendale
December 29, 2025 at 7:20 AM
A Festive Owl with a Friend enjoying the celebrations at the Blue Bell Inn in Arkendale, Yorkshire #owlishmonday #bluebellarkendale
Male Scaup on the Nith Estuary at Carsethorn in Dumfries and Galloway #mallardmonday
December 29, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Male Scaup on the Nith Estuary at Carsethorn in Dumfries and Galloway #mallardmonday
A Velvet Scoter at Prestongrange in April #EastLothian #SuperSeaBirdSunday
December 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
A Velvet Scoter at Prestongrange in April #EastLothian #SuperSeaBirdSunday
The Annunciation, Nativity & Baptism: St Botolph's in Cambridge #stainedglasssunday
December 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Annunciation, Nativity & Baptism: St Botolph's in Cambridge #stainedglasssunday
The Flight into Egypt: from the remarkable Romanesque Abbaye de St-Pierre de Moissac (11c) in Tarn-et-Garonne #stoneworksunday
December 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The Flight into Egypt: from the remarkable Romanesque Abbaye de St-Pierre de Moissac (11c) in Tarn-et-Garonne #stoneworksunday
The Hunt for the Kalydonian Boar, depicted on this face of this 2-3c AD sarcophagus in the Eleusis Museum #sarcophagussaturday
December 27, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The Hunt for the Kalydonian Boar, depicted on this face of this 2-3c AD sarcophagus in the Eleusis Museum #sarcophagussaturday
The Nativity: a detail of the remarkable frescos (c.1500) in the Church in Fanefjord in Denmark #frescofriday
December 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The Nativity: a detail of the remarkable frescos (c.1500) in the Church in Fanefjord in Denmark #frescofriday
The Nativity with attendant Wise Men and Shepherds, by Veronica Whall, in Carlisle Cathedral. (The window is in fact a memorial to Lt Anthony Harvey Bowman who died at Arras in 1916.) A Very Happy Christmas 🎄 to all my friends, followers and contacts on BlueSky.
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Nativity with attendant Wise Men and Shepherds, by Veronica Whall, in Carlisle Cathedral. (The window is in fact a memorial to Lt Anthony Harvey Bowman who died at Arras in 1916.) A Very Happy Christmas 🎄 to all my friends, followers and contacts on BlueSky.
The Tree of Jesse Window in Selby Abbey. The original of 1340 was destroyed by fire in 1906, and this is a faithful reconstruction based on paintings done after a refurbishment in the 1890s #windowsonwednesday
December 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The Tree of Jesse Window in Selby Abbey. The original of 1340 was destroyed by fire in 1906, and this is a faithful reconstruction based on paintings done after a refurbishment in the 1890s #windowsonwednesday
A Bar-tailed Godwit titivating itself in Musselburgh #EastLothian #waderwednesday
December 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
A Bar-tailed Godwit titivating itself in Musselburgh #EastLothian #waderwednesday
A camel at the pyramids at Giza beautifully dressed up in its finery for a day's work #textiletuesday
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A camel at the pyramids at Giza beautifully dressed up in its finery for a day's work #textiletuesday
An Oak Tree catching the Winter sun in Clumber Park NT, in the Dukeries in North Nottinghamshire, part of the ancient Sherwood Forest #thicktrunktuesday
December 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM
An Oak Tree catching the Winter sun in Clumber Park NT, in the Dukeries in North Nottinghamshire, part of the ancient Sherwood Forest #thicktrunktuesday
An owl in the grounds of Wallington House NT in Northumberland. (One of the sculptures made from trees that fell victim to Storm Arwen) #owlishmonday
December 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
An owl in the grounds of Wallington House NT in Northumberland. (One of the sculptures made from trees that fell victim to Storm Arwen) #owlishmonday
A female Mandarin on the lake in Gosford Pleasure Grounds in #EastLothian #mallardmonday
December 22, 2025 at 7:07 AM
A female Mandarin on the lake in Gosford Pleasure Grounds in #EastLothian #mallardmonday
An #AdventAngels bonanza in Michaelhouse in Cambridge. The East Window (Hardman 1872) is devoted to angels, and the scenes surrounding the tableau of Christ in Majesty are all of angelic interventions in the Old Testament. How many can you identify? (Tap to see the full picture) #stainedglasssunday
December 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
An #AdventAngels bonanza in Michaelhouse in Cambridge. The East Window (Hardman 1872) is devoted to angels, and the scenes surrounding the tableau of Christ in Majesty are all of angelic interventions in the Old Testament. How many can you identify? (Tap to see the full picture) #stainedglasssunday
A Great Black-backed Gull on Belhaven Bay in #EastLothian #SuperSeaBirdSunday
December 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
A Great Black-backed Gull on Belhaven Bay in #EastLothian #SuperSeaBirdSunday
Replica VR postbox in the Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells #postboxsaturday
December 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Replica VR postbox in the Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells #postboxsaturday
I don't know where these once led ... #staircasesaturday at Ightham Mote NT in Kent
December 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I don't know where these once led ... #staircasesaturday at Ightham Mote NT in Kent
The Blue Bell in Arkendale near Knaresborough decorated for the Festive Season. A very welcoming village pub with an outstanding restaurant and six extremely comfortable bedrooms. Our favourite place for an overnight stop on journeys south to see the family #pubfrontfriday
December 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The Blue Bell in Arkendale near Knaresborough decorated for the Festive Season. A very welcoming village pub with an outstanding restaurant and six extremely comfortable bedrooms. Our favourite place for an overnight stop on journeys south to see the family #pubfrontfriday
An Angel pointing out the star to the Three Wise Men, in one of the extensive series of 19c wall-paintings in the Church of the Panagia in Lindos on the island of Rhodes #frescofriday #AdventAngels
December 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
An Angel pointing out the star to the Three Wise Men, in one of the extensive series of 19c wall-paintings in the Church of the Panagia in Lindos on the island of Rhodes #frescofriday #AdventAngels
17c Belton House NT in Lincolnshire #adoorablethursday
December 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
17c Belton House NT in Lincolnshire #adoorablethursday