In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in america. Hospitals in england are set to receive £850 million in funding for upgrades to outdated facilities and equipment. We are starting here in boston, with 21 million going into the a e. That really helps to expand the space they have in the a e. A teenager is being questioned after a six year old was allegedly thrown from the tenth floor of the tate modern gallery. An eyewitness describes the commotion as a six year old boy was allegedly thrown from the tenth floor of londons tate modern art gallery. The fellow who was being accused was being punched and we pushed him over to the side of the wall where he was then standing, and continued to say yes i did it. Tomorrows planned strike by more than 4,000 staff at heathrow has been called off after the Airport Group and the union unite reached a deal over pay. In reached a deal over pay. A momen
Jeaneatte reyes ice shouts down the vine street subway for for hours. The eagles get the match for the playoffs, the falcons and their locally born quarterback, but it is another accu weather alert day, the cold will eventually ease up eventually. However, weve got other winter tree concerns, lets go to chris sowers. Chris we got to get to the bad before the good i think im actually getting kind of used to think i feel pretty good out here, and temperatures are still in the teens. Look at the morning lows this morning, i took the worst numbers put them on this graphic, minus ten in lakehurst, minus six in millville this morning, the poconos down minus six, Atlantic City minus three, and doylestown minus three and self of my followers on twitter and facebook sense me in tweets and little notes on facebook, telling me how cold it was in their neighborhood, several locations minus four, five, six, it was brutally cold morning, especially considering where were situated in the midatlantic.
The valois dukes of burgundy established one of the strangest and most extravagant courts of late medieval europe. From their base in burgundy, by marriage and diplomacy, they acquired large areas of the netherlands to build an extensive, though fragmented state of vast wealth. In 1404, duke philip the bold died at the stag inn near brussels. 20 years earlier his royayal sculptors had begun work on philips tomb. One of them carved these images of the funeral procession which transported his body back to burgundy. Clothed in the habit of a carthusian monk philips embalmed body was sealed in a lead coffin and carried in a funeral cortege whh took nearly seven weeks to wind the 250 miles from brussels to dijon. Accompanied by his sons, his chaplains, and members of his royal court the hearse was drawn by six horses in black with the blue banners of burgundy fluttering at its corners. At dijon, it was received not only by the weeping clergy but by 100 chosen townspeople and 100 poor also c
In 1404, duke philip the bold died at the stag inn near brussels. 20 years earlier his royayal sculptors had begun work on philips tomb. One of them carved these images of the funeral procession which transported his body back to burgundy. Clothed in the habit of a carthusian monk philips embalmed body was sealed in a lead coffin and carried in a funeral cortege whh took nearly seven weeks to wind the 250 miles from brussels to dijon. Accompanied by his sons, his chaplains, and members of his royal court the hearse was drawn by six horses in black with the blue banners of burgundy fluttering at its corners. At dijon, it was received not only by the weeping clergy but by 100 chosen townspeople and 100 poor also clad in black at the dukes expense. As with the other great royal and ducal rituals of the later middle ages death itself could be turned into public theater. Philips tomb itself lay just outside dijon at the carthusian monastery of champmol. It took nearly 30 years to complete a
And carried in a funeral cortege whh took nearly seven weeks to wind the 250 miles from brussels to dijon. Accompanied by his sons, his chaplains, and members of his royal court the hearse was drawn by six horses in black with the blue banners of burgundy fluttering at its corners. At dijon, it was received not only by the weeping clergy but by 100 chosen townspeople and 100 poor also clad in black at the dukes expense. As with the other great royal and ducal rituals of the later middle ages death itself could be turned into public theater. Philips tomb itself lay just outside dijon at the carthusian monastery of champmol. It took nearly 30 years to complete and was finished in 1414. Three sculptors worked on it. Among them was a forgotten genius of european art the man who conceived this remarkable evocation of that funeral procession claus sluter. He came from haarlem in the netherlands and worked for the duke of burgundy for 20 years. Sluters most impressive carving was a monument k