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NEW VIDEO on the Byrga Geniht YouTube channel.
This was a real marathon to animate and edit, but worth it for the fascinating building it describes - the Monument at Braxted Park Estate. Check it out via the link below.

Tomb of Christ in an English Garden | The Monument at Braxted Park In this video, BYRGA GENIHT explores the connection between Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and one of Essex's favourite country houses. This miracle of La...

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A public lecture will given in the City of London on the Shakespeare and Soulton/Old Sir Rowland connections.

📅 18 January.
⏰️ 1600
📌 St Mary Abchurch (a Christopher Wren building referencing Soulton Hall )

Tim Ashton MA (Oxon) MSc (Harper Adams) and an heir of Sir Rowland Hill will deliver the paper.

He woud like to acknowledge the support in putting this into public discourse in the consultation and professional coaching of James D. Wenn of Byrga Geniht, as well as Christine Schmidle lately of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

He also wishes to pay tribute to the late Michael Schutzer-Weissman, an extraordinary teacher.

Thie lecture will be repeated in our own community in Shropshire as soon as possible after this in Ss Peter and Paul Church, Wem.

📷 "Shakespeare" a work by art students of Shrewsbury School

New lecture on YouTube

The talk by James D. Wenn on 17 August is now available to watch on the BYRGA GENIHT YouTube channel.

Thank you to the Farmers' Club for agreeing to host it.

Garnet as Emblem of Goodness | Philosophical architecture from Henry II to George III Recorded at the Farmers' Club, Whitehall on 17 August, James D. Wenn explored how the rhombic dodecahedron - the natural shape of the garnet crystal - is ref...

https://www.byrga.co.uk/almandal-completed

Exciting news - the Almandal is finished!

Almandal Completed | BYRGA GENIHT | Country House Consultancy 3 August 2023

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NEW LECTURE: 17 August 2023

Please note that we have a new venue for a lecture on 17 August. The lecture will now take place at the Farmers' Club, Whitehall, and the content adjusted slightly to suit the venue.

This lecture addresses the hidden geometry behind some of England's most intriguing buildings and icons, and will include historic documents, 3D animations and a variety of visual aids.

Title: Garnet as Emblem of Goodness: Philosophical architecture from Henry III to George III by James David Wenn

Time: Thursday 17 August, 4:00pm

Venue: The Farmers' Club, 3 Whitehall Ct, London SW12 2EL

Dress code: Jacket and tie.

We look forward to seeing you there.

NEW VIDEO: Our vision for a reconstruction of the Romano-Celtic temple in Essex.

Help us to make Harlow the UK's City of Light.

The Romano-Celtic temple at Harlow, Essex This reconstruction brings cutting-edge research to bear on our understanding of the Harlow Roman Temple, a Romano-British temple complex in present-day Harl...

Glow-worms, one of the marvels of the kingdom of the East Saxons.

From one barrow in Essex to another in Shropshire (Soulton Long Barrow)

England's traditions are feeling more timeless than ever.

The stage for our lecture this afternoon, and some slightly unconventional (but highly relevant) table dressing for the event.

Huge thanks to Soulton Hall for all their help in hosting - a packed house and a huge success.

To accompany today's lecture, this article takes a deeper dive into the symbolism and geometry at the heart of our discoveries.

The Garnet Code James D. Wenn reveals the significance of garnet geometry (the rhombic dodecahedron) in Anglo-Saxon and later English art, taking us on a journey from Plato to Sutton Hoo, to Repton and the Coronation Theatre of Westminster Abbey.

Anglo-Saxon Temple Discovered A lost temple from the time of Sutton Hoo? Analysis of a Staffordshire Hoard sword fitting, vis. Saxon churches & towers incl. Repton crypt / Mercian coronation baptistry & Roman / Celtic temples might rewrite history of medieval sacred architecture

Secrets in the Stones Chapter 2: Follow the Lozenges Strange jewellery from the age of Offa signposts a trail from gold & garnets to coins, textiles, illuminated insular & Celtic manuscripts like Lindisfarne & Kells, to stone sculpture and architecture. Why were Anglo-Saxons so obsessed with lozenges?

Byrga Geniht has been working in collaboration with the Thegns of Mercia on this series. The intellectual property contained also forms the basis of our upcoming book, to be published later this year.

From Egypt to East Anglia: design in the Sutton Hoo scabbard bosses How Ancient Egypt, Greece & Rome shaped the Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon treasure.

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