Today's pick: The Crucifixion (c. 1445) - Rogier van der Weyden. #art #VanDerWeyden #Mary #Crucifixion #JohnTheEvangelist #DonorPortrait #TriptychWithCrucifixion

https://www.artbible.info/art/large/439.html

Shining Cross

The sun behind the summit cross on Mount Olsberg.

April 2004 (Hans Martin Köster)

#Olsberg #Jesus #Religion #Cross #SummitCross #Sun #Rays #GoodFriday #Easter #Crucifixion #Photography #Summit #Hope #Hoffnung #Kreuz #Gipfelkreuz #Sonne #Strahlen #Karfreitag #Ostern #Kreuzigung #Fotografie #Gipfel

Shining Cross

The sun behind the summit cross on Mount Olsberg.

April 2004 (Hans Martin Köster)

#Olsberg #Jesus #Religion #Cross #SummitCross #Sun #Rays #GoodFriday #Easter #Crucifixion #Photography #Kreuz #Gipfelkreuz #Sonne #Strahlen #Karfreitag #Ostern #Kreuzigung #Fotografie #Hope #Hoffnung

“Memento mori”*…

Via Matt Muir and his wonderful newsletter, Web Curios…

Do YOU want to feel INCREDIBLY OLD? I mean, I imagine you already feel incredibly old, what with, well, your age, and the terrifying pace of everything, and the fact that nothing makes sense, but if you would like to feel EVEN OLDER then you will ‘enjoy’ this site which presents a whole load of ‘XX was closer to WWII than Y’-type facts to help you realise quite how much time has passed since you’ve been alive and how transient and ephemeral your existence in fact is. You can even plug in your birthday to get personalised horrordata…

Try it for yourself at: “Another day closer to the end.” No extra points for guessing that the example illustrated in the pic above was generated with your (very old) correspondent’s birthday.

On the other hand?: “Your future self has good news: you’re doing pretty well.”

* Latin phrase: “remember that you will die”

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As we muse on mutability and mortality, we might note that this is Good Friday… and that in 1983, British scholars Colin Humphreys and W.G. Waddington used NASA research into historical eclipse to place the Crucifixion on this date in 33 CE.

From the blog:

It's #GoodFriday again - and while we're just about to start into the #Easter holodays, that's another opportunity to look at "The surprisingly rare archaeological evidence for ancient Roman #crucifixion" [CW: torture and death]:

https://trowelandpen.com/2025/04/18/the-surprisingly-rare-archaeological-evidence-for-ancient-roman-crucifixion

Good Friday 2026 Quotes: Bible Verses & Puritan Messages Commemorating Jesus Crucifixion To Share With Friends & Family

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://in.mashable.com/culture/107935/good-friday-2026-quotes-bible-verses-puritan-messages-commemorating-jesus-crucifixion-to-share-with

Today's pick: Christ on the Cross (1627) - Francisco de Zurbarán. #art #DeZurbarán #Crucifixion

https://www.artbible.info/art/large/991.html