#palestrina

[alsadeekalsadouk]

sestertius of #Caracalla

This sestertius of Caracalla, struck at Rome in AD 213, celebrates the emperor’s public benefactions and military prestige through a magnificent architectural type — a detailed depiction of the Circus Maximus, the largest stadium in ancient Rome. The coin’s reverse captures the vitality of Roman public life: chariots racing around the spina, spectators filling the galleries, and monumental structures crowned with divine and triumphal imagery. Beyond its numismatic beauty, the coin served as imperial propaganda, linking Caracalla’s reign with the prosperity, entertainment, and grandeur of the Eternal City.

[caecilian]

Italy

Vernazza - Hadrians Villa - Pompeii - Palestrina - Rome

[ad-crucem]

Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, ita desiderat anima mea ad Te, Deus.

Just as a hart longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for Thee, my God.

[beatricecenci]

Oswald Achenbach (German, 1827-1905)

Beerdigung in Palestrina

[rossodimarte]

Formerly attributed to Michelangelo, Pietà di Palestrina, c. 1550

[shredsandpatches]

Every once in a while I get obsessed with this little renaissance motet. It's just so absolutely soaring within its small space, and it's perfect. This is what it feels like to be sunlight streaming through the window of a gothic cathedral.

(Also it's really fun to sing alto in)

[volumina-vetustiora]

siiiicuut ceer- siiiicuut- siiiicuut ceervus desiderat ad foontes aquaAaAarum, AaAaAaAAquaruuuum!

[turangalila]

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)

Missa Viri Galilaei [Missarum cum quatuor, quinque, & sex vocibus. Liber duodecimus (Venezia, Girolamo Scotto , 1601)]

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Kyrie. Gloria. Credo. Sanctus. Agnus Dei.

_ Palestrina – Missa Viri Galilaei Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès. Ensemble Vocal Europeén de la Chapelle Royale: Philippe Herreweghe. (1992, Harmonia Mundi – HMC 901388)