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Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 15: A Holiday from Art

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28th December 20191st February 2020

… A sacred dell, Shut in with olive, vine and laurel, Where throbs the nightingale. Sophokles, Oedipus at Kolonos 16-18 One morning Leon was leaning against a pillar in the…Read More >

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 15: A Holiday from Art

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 14: Memories of Salamis

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20th December 201930th December 2019

Dark Salamis, washed by the sea, For all time famous are thy shores Wherever Greeks assemble. Sophokles, Ajax 596-599 While at the masons’ yard Leon had noted a very old…Read More >

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 14: Memories of Salamis

Grace Ernestine Holding (c. 1878-1943)

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19th December 201920th March 2020

By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Grace Ernestine Holding was born in London in around 1878.  She obtained a B. A. degree from the University of Wales, attending University…Read More >

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 13: The Marble Quarry

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13th December 201930th December 2019

… the weighty marble columns. Euripides, The Bacchanals 591 Leon was waiting outside the inn when Diokles turned up with a staff and a bag of provisions slung over his…Read More >

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 13: The Marble Quarry

From the Archive: The Road to Mykalessos

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9th December 201920th March 2020

By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) This summer, the Ure Museum team embarked on a wholesale sort through the archives.  It was an interesting and enlightening exercise, and it…Read More >

Ure Museum Archives: An initial description

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9th December 201923rd March 2020

By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Preliminiary information on the Ure Museum’s archive holdings can be found below.  For more information or research access enquiries, please email ure@reading.ac.uk. The…Read More >

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 12: The Stonemasons’ Yard

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9th December 201911th January 2020

…… column’s carven cap. Euripides, Orestes Diokles had talked about the masonry being prepared in the yards below the Akropolis and invited Leon to come and look round. He called…Read More >

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 12: The Stonemasons’ Yard

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 11: Lines, Strait and Curved

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1st December 20199th December 2019

… with cord pulled taut, The mason draws his line. Sophokles, The House of Atreus It was a hot day and Leon had climbed to the Akropolis, where the air…Read More >

Allen Seaby, Leon of Massalia, Chapter 11: Lines, Strait and Curved

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