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David Jones’ beautiful inscription panels

January 24, 2014 by Lin Kerr 7 Comments

I mean, why are these "beautiful" anyway? The lettering is far from perfect... The inscription reads: "QUIA PER INCARNATI VERBI MYSTERIVM (For by the mystery of the Word made flesh) NOVA MENTIS NOSTRAE OCVLIS LVX TVAE CLARITATIS INFULSIT (the light of thy brightness has shone anew into the eyes of our mind) MINERVA JOVIS CAPITE ORTA (Minerva has sprung from the head of Jove). As an explanation Jones wrote on the reverse of the work: "From the Preface of the Mass of the Nativity used from the … [Read more...]

David Jones Between The Wars

October 8, 2012 by Lin Kerr Leave a Comment

Sorry, no images today as I try to be good about copyrighted images!But I've given you some google titles.I went to a film at one of those little art-cinemas, "The Phoenix" in Oxfordto see a film:David Jones Between The Wars: The Years of Achievement (2012) This is the second film of a trilogy by Derek Shiel about David Jones' life. Derek was at the screening and gave an introduction and answered questions afterwards.It showed his wonderful watercolour paintings, woodcuts and spoke about his … [Read more...]

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