c.i. hasn't been to Cologne (this time).
Only, when dys and Diane where on their way (back) to Frankfurt, I've shot three or four there, posted on my thread.
I read through this thread, for the first time, this fine Sunday morning.
Wonderful pictures, c.i., and a noble effort in posting them.
You brought back memories of Malta and Medina for me; I like that place a lot.
Your pictures of the floral displays in Amsterdam are just terrific.
Thank you once again, for the whole thread. Long may the path wind before you, beckoning you on.
McT
Thanks, Walter. (I didn't want c.i. to start doing personal requests, anyway.)
Hi c.i., This is a quote from a site I found re the painting "mystery"..............
------re. 'Baptism of the Eunuch'------------
An angel has requested the deacon Philip to take the road to Gaza. He meets with an Ethiopian eunuch, treasurer to the Queen of Ethiopia, who was returning from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. He is reading the book of Isaiah in his chariot, but the meaning of the text eludes him. Philip joins him in his chariot, and taking the Old Testament text as his point of departure preaches the Gospel of Christ. When they came to a certain water, Philip baptised the eunuch at his request. Although in the Bible the Book of Acts (chapter 8) says that they went into the water, Rembrandt follows the opinion of Calvin that sprinkling with water is sufficient for baptism. In the Middle Ages this theme was seldom depicted; under the influence of the Reformation, which recognised Baptism and the Lord's Supper, only two of the seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church, it became more popular.
Really didn't stop in Cologne, except for a change of train from Cologne to Brussels on my return. I took one picture of the bridge with the cathedral in the background, but I'll have to look for it.
danon, That's a good one, but it's not the one I'm look for.
Interesting information, that; didn't know about submersion and sprinkling for baptisms during that period. It's probably a not too well known mystery, because the museum curator told me about it. I would not have known otherwise. He saw me taking another picture without flash - which he gave me the "okay" sign, and then directed me to the painting, and 'revealed' the mystery.
Well, c.i. - I think you have a good mystery. I have looked at the painting and see only the usual artist's conceptual aspects except for a couple of things - ie., the fur on the Ethiopian, not too many people from that area wore fur - but his is working for the royal family. Hmmm, the topmost rider in the cart actually resembles Rembrandt (but he did that a lot). The only other oddity is the hem of the skirt of the kneeling man - it may symbolically represent something, but I know not what.
I shall wait for your 'revelation' - grin
danon, You got it! Both men in the background are self-portraits. Didn't know he did that alot; but I thought it was pretty funny when the curator told me about it.
Congrats on finding the 'mystery.'
I saw those muscari, but didn't take any pictures of them - sorry to say. However, I did take this one red tulip with a background of all white ones which required some contortion on my part to take.
This is the only picture I took in Cologne.
If you don't mind, c.i. - I've worked a bit on that :wink:
(That's not Cologne main station ('Hauptbahnhof') btw, must have been the station 'Deutz-Messe', I think.)
Thanks Walter; the scene looks much clearer.
It's not the main station, but it didn't make any difference for my 'transfer.'
c.i. and walter,
Thanks for responding. I didn't expect it. I thought it was silly to be making personal requests. (I was born in Cologne.)
Walter's photo on his thread looks like most of the photos I've taken. It's impossible to get the entire cathedral in one shot. c.i.'s perspective turned out to be more successful than any I have taken.
(Walter, in the photo you took, Dys looks uncomfortable standing in front of a cathedral. You should have taken him to the chocolate museum.)
We only passed the chocolate museum - and Diane and dys really had seen within a rather short time a lot: they were - understandable - glad to be driven to their airport hotel without more sightseeing :wink:
wand, I know that during WWII, the steeple of the Koln cathedral was a landmark most soldiers used in one way or another.
(Should be no problem to get [nearly] the complte cathedral on a photo with one of my wide angle lenses.)
c.i.,
Is that the largest church you've ever seen? (It is for me.)
Probably; but I've seen so many churches/cathedrals in my travels, I'm not sure.
