Post by Jenny on Jan 20, 2020 15:04:36 GMT -5
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Station XIII (Sept. 25, p. 110)
THE BURREN.
Galway, Ireland was a walled and gated fort built in 1124 and a major Irish port for Spanish and French imports.
p. 112. "...--There's some good Spanish port if you like…"
p. 113. "we must leave now if we would make the gates before dark."
The Burren is 40 miles southwest of Galway. It is coastal with a large population of curlews, but most notably is the only area of Ireland that has the Daboecia heather (also known as St. Dabeoc's Heath) named after St. Dabeoc who presided over the sanctuary at St. Patrick's Purgatory on Saint's Island during the 6th century. The Burren is very rugged and barren country. In the land of the Druids, stone cathers and raths (stone ring walled forts are numerous to keep cattle safe. Cattle raiding by wolves and men was epidemic in this area during the harsh winters.
p. 111. "I heard the curlews in the heather..."
p. 111. "...I was led to a whitewashed cottage in the hills, a half day's ride southwest of town. It was rough country, where wolves and wild men roam in winter. The wall surrounding the little place was half to ruin..."
The Witch-King's Alchemist seems to be John Damian de Falcius. An alchemist and a monk (either French or Italian, his fore history is not well known). John Damian was in the employment of King James. He lived in Edinburg at Stirling Castle (aka the Seat of Arthur) and was counted among Leonardo da Vinci's friends. As court alchemist, he worked on behalf of the King to turn base metals into gold. William Dunbar (the court poet) wrote The Ballat of Abbot of Tungland, which was about Damian. Dunbar thought him a turk and accuses him of killing a French clergy and stealing his identity ("...he even played a monk." p. 111). Another Dunbar poem alludes to Damian as the "Antichrist". Damian spent a lot of the King's money traveling abroad, through Turkey and Spain (Turkish rugs, Spanish port p. 111) on his mission to make gold (the philosopher's stone p. 112). He was employed by the court until 1513, when the King lost the battle at Flodden. Damian subsequently became an outcast and was lost to history.
Station XIII (Sept. 25, p. 110)
THE BURREN.
Galway, Ireland was a walled and gated fort built in 1124 and a major Irish port for Spanish and French imports.
p. 112. "...--There's some good Spanish port if you like…"
p. 113. "we must leave now if we would make the gates before dark."
The Burren is 40 miles southwest of Galway. It is coastal with a large population of curlews, but most notably is the only area of Ireland that has the Daboecia heather (also known as St. Dabeoc's Heath) named after St. Dabeoc who presided over the sanctuary at St. Patrick's Purgatory on Saint's Island during the 6th century. The Burren is very rugged and barren country. In the land of the Druids, stone cathers and raths (stone ring walled forts are numerous to keep cattle safe. Cattle raiding by wolves and men was epidemic in this area during the harsh winters.
p. 111. "I heard the curlews in the heather..."
p. 111. "...I was led to a whitewashed cottage in the hills, a half day's ride southwest of town. It was rough country, where wolves and wild men roam in winter. The wall surrounding the little place was half to ruin..."
The Witch-King's Alchemist seems to be John Damian de Falcius. An alchemist and a monk (either French or Italian, his fore history is not well known). John Damian was in the employment of King James. He lived in Edinburg at Stirling Castle (aka the Seat of Arthur) and was counted among Leonardo da Vinci's friends. As court alchemist, he worked on behalf of the King to turn base metals into gold. William Dunbar (the court poet) wrote The Ballat of Abbot of Tungland, which was about Damian. Dunbar thought him a turk and accuses him of killing a French clergy and stealing his identity ("...he even played a monk." p. 111). Another Dunbar poem alludes to Damian as the "Antichrist". Damian spent a lot of the King's money traveling abroad, through Turkey and Spain (Turkish rugs, Spanish port p. 111) on his mission to make gold (the philosopher's stone p. 112). He was employed by the court until 1513, when the King lost the battle at Flodden. Damian subsequently became an outcast and was lost to history.