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Not just a #HarryPotter #FilmLocation, #Glenfinnan is where #CharlesEdwardStuart aka #BonniePrinceCharlie hoisted the rebel flag & started the #JacobiteRebellion in 1745. After weeks of lobbying the Clans to join him, he raised his ad hoc Standard with only 200 men at #LochShiel. The Rebellion failed, but left a mark in the #HiddenHistory around us.
In Source: Glenfinnan Monument
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The #Jacobite nickname for #JamesEdwardStuart aka #ThePretender was the #Blackbird, a reference to his deposed father King James II; named ‘Black Boy’ by his Mother because of the darkness of his skin & eyes. The image of a #GoldenFlyingBird disguises the #Jacobite Blackbird symbol as the holy spirit descending to earth; also present in a #ParodyPainting inside #StClementDanes.
In Source: The Golden Flying Bird
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In 1725, #Jacobite #FreeMason #WilliamKent made an altarpiece of St. Cecilia for #StClementDanes church, who rejected it because of its likeness to the wife of #ThePretender, Maria Clementina Sobieska. In a display of loyalty to #KingGeorgeI & to squash support to the competing claim to the throne by #JamesEdwardStuart, the altarpiece was removed.
In Source: The Golden Flying Bird
In a #ParodyPainting of the controversial altarpiece by #WilliamKent, a satirical artist #WilliamHogarth painted a #Cherub & a #GoldenFlyingBird. These symbols which appear in the #Apse in #StMaryleStrand show loyalty to the #Blackbird, despite the repeated claim that these symbols & the angel playing a harp, have no connection to #ThePretender, his wife Sobieska & children.
In Source: The Golden Flying Bird
The decorative #WhiteRose in the #PlasterworkCeiling of #StMaryLeStrand is a reference to the #Jacobite movement to restore the exiled Catholic King #JamesEdwardStuart aka #ThePretender to the throne. Before the #JacobiteRebellion, Jacobites met to plot in secret & the white rose or white cockade, a flower made of ribbon, was worn to identify loyalty - also worn in battle.
In Source: White Ceiling Roses
A #GoldenTriangle with Hebrew letters for God & the #DeltaEnoch are carved into the centre of the semi-dome that covers the #Apse. It’s said, the #KnightsTemplar found the symbol in the #TempleOfSolomon & brought it to Scotland. Architect #JamesGibbs & his patron #JohnErskine used the symbol inside #StMaryLeStrand to show its #Jacobite politics and alignment with the Templars.
In Source: The Golden Triangle
#JohnErskine, 6th Earl of Mar was a Scottish aristocrat, politician & custodian of the infant #JamesEdwardStuart, James VI, Regent of Scotland. Believing his rightful place was on the throne of England James was nicknamed #ThePretender & his son, #CharlesEdwardStuart, known as #TheYoungPretender, revived the #KnightsTemplar order for battle in the #JacobiteRebellion of 1745.
In Source: The Golden Triangle
What do the crusades, Jacobites, #KnightsTemplar & #StMaryLeStrand architect #JamesGibbs have in common? Discover a #HiddenHistory of #Jacobite Symbolism & the cryptic coded meaning of: the #GoldenTriangle, a #WhiteRose in a #PlasterworkCeiling; #Carvings of Starbursts in the #Apse; the Prince behind the #GoldenFlyingBird & a #ParodyPainting for #StClementDanes church.
In Source: Jacobite Symbolism
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The #HiddenHistory of #StMaryleStrand includes its decoration which began after the #JacobiteRebellion failed. #JamesGibbs and his patron #JohnErskine worked in secret to code #Jacobite cryptic symbolism into the church to promote the cause without revealing its political meaning.
In Source: Jacobite Symbolism
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In or around #SomersetHouse? #Pennethornes #Cafe and #Bar is a classy afternoon/evening hideaway with an international #history. In the New Wing, it has been an establishment since the 1850s and its decor and cuisine takes inspiration from 19th century France, Britain and Italy. #19thCenturyLondon
In Source: Pennethorne’s
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