In #HeavensAbove #PeterSellars leaves an astronaut trussed up in the dressing room & goes on to take over the mission. Sellars character was a far, far left Vicar.
At last election #Starmer left real Labour trussed up in Corbyn. Starmer convincingly plays a far, far right Fascist Tory pretender.
Astronomy showing the stars to a group of scholars at the beginning of Ptolemy's Almagest translated by Gerard of Cremona
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BL Burney 275; Scholastic miscellany; 14th century; France, Central (Paris); f.390v
Astrologia teaching the science of the stars
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BnF MS Latin 7900A; Various including Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Mercuri et Philologiae (ff.112-155); 9th century (end) or 10th century (beginning); Northern Italy (Milan?) f.151v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
Ptolemy, depicted as a king, pointing to the heavens
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BL Harley 334; Gautier de Metz, Image du Monde; 15th century f.95v
Heavens above:
"These are a sun and a moon and stars within this wheel."
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BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277-1324 CE; f.517
It is said Constantine saw a portent in the heavens.
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BL Harley MS 5632; Manuel Malaxos, Synopsis of Histories; 1574 CE; (Eastern Mediterranean); f.6r
Heavens above!
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München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 14300; Isidore of Seville, De natura rerum, and Sententiae; end of 8th/beginning of 9th century; Salzburg; f.14r
Ptolemy pointing at the heavens
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BnF MS Grec 1401; Claudius Ptolemaeus, Cosmographia; 15th c (end) for text & 16th c (beginning) for the title page & maps; Constantinople(?) for text, & Italy for the title page & maps; f.2r @gallicabnf.bsky.social
Balaam gazing at the heavens with an astrolabe
"A star has gone forth from Jacob"
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Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, NW Spain f.90r
Alexander and Aristotle pointing at circles of the heavens shown by an angel
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BL Add 47680; Secretum Secretorum; 14th century; England, S. E. (London); f.51v
Pointing to the heavens
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BnF MS Syriac 341; Syriac Bible: Old Testament and some pages of the New Testament; late 6th century; Iraq; f.52v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
Journey to the heavens
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Bodleian Library MS. Holkham misc. 48; Dante, Divine Comedy; 1350 CE–1375 CE; Italy (?Genoa); p.113 @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Euclides and Hermanus contemplating the heavens
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Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 304; Texts on prognostication, scribe & illustrator Matthew Paris; 13th century; England, St. Albans; f.2v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Heavens above
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BnF MS Français 135; Livre des proprietés des choses de Bathélemy l'Anglais, translated from Latin by Corbichon; 15th century; p.285 @gallicabnf.bsky.social
Observing the heavens in the initial 'V'(erba) at the beginning of Ecclesiastes
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BnF Latin 16745, Bible, 12th century, f.108r
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Studying the heavens above
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BnF MS 1186 Psalter of St Louis & Blanche de Castille; 13th century (c.1230 CE); Paris; f.1v @gallicabnf.bsky.social
"For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him." — (Psalm 103:11). #BibleVerse #GodsMercy #VerseOfTheDay #GreatIsHisMercy #FearTheLord #HeavensAbove
I review the #1963 #petersellers starring #heavensabove available to buy on #bluray #dvd and #digital from @studiocanaluk now #British #satire #rocket #spacerace
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Update: pas na opdrijven van contrast en belichting waren deze #starlink satellieten zichtbaar op de camera. Veel zwakker dan de verwachte helderheid (2.2) op #heavensabove (eerder magnitude 5, wanneer vergeleken met andere sterren op de opname; wel goed nieuws voor de astronomen, dus ;-))
Two Way Stretch (1960) and Heavens Above! (1963) - Peter Sellers Double Bill. #StudioCanal will release restored Blu-Ray editions on Aug 4. Both films are also featured in the #BFISouthbank season, 'In Character: The Films of #PeterSellers #HeavensAbove #TwoWayStretch
144/20 Communards – Communards - 1986 Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews. #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #vinylsky #Don'tLeaveMeThisWay #Disenchanted #SoColdTheNight #YouAreMyWorld #HeavensAbove
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Coming on August 4th on Blu-ray in the UK from @studiocanal.co.uk as part of their #VintageClassics line: #HeavensAbove! (1963)!
The inimitable Peter Sellers stars as John Smallwood, an idealistic Reverend appointed to the parish of an upper-class village by mistake.
The classic Peter Sellers comedy HEAVENS ABOVE! (1963) has been released on Blu-ray
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#bluray #heavensabove #petersellers #comedy #classicmovies #classicfilms @kinolorber.com
“…putting on his leatherette shoes, pointing the finger at me…”
#AstralWeeks
#VanMorrison
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Peter Sellers is wonderful in this British satire as John Smallwood, a prison chaplain mistakenly assigned to a small rural village, who outrages his conservative rural parish with his calls for the practical application of Christian values. Bit of a cop out at end though #HeavensAbove #PeterSellers
Well it's what #MAGA voted for.... Plus a generous dose of authoritarian, Christofascism propaganda.
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Heavens Above! Blu-ray Cover Art
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Coming on April 15th on Blu-ray in the US form @kinolorber.com: #HeavensAbove! (1963)!
Peter Sellers gives one of his most memorable performances in Heavens Above! (1963). He stars as Reverend John Smallwood, an idealistic prison chaplain who is accidentally assigned
