04-09-2020, 06:56
Je me fais le relais d'une photo que vient de partager un photographe écossais dont j'adore le travail, Michael Bryant :
https://www.mjbryantphotography.com/
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"Speak friend and enter"
These were the words spoken by Gandalf the Grey to unlock the Doors of Durin, the western or Elven gate, to enter Moria in The Fellowship of the Ring.
These medieval parish church doors in England, flanked by two ancient Yew trees, are believed to be the inspiration for the imaginary door created by J.R.R. Tolkien.
They are the west entry of St. Edward's Church in Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. This is a cotswold stone Norman church dating from the 11th-14th century built on the location of an older wooden Saxon church.
In the legendary story by the famous Cath author, the Doors of Durin were the dwarf-built and elf-embellished secret doors that made the west gate leading to the land of Moria in Middle Earth. The password was the phrase (in elven) "Speak friend and enter."
The inscription reads: "Ennyn Durin aran Moria. Pedo mellon a minno" – "The Doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak, friend, and enter."
C'est assez impressionnant je trouve !
https://www.mjbryantphotography.com/
"Speak friend and enter"
These were the words spoken by Gandalf the Grey to unlock the Doors of Durin, the western or Elven gate, to enter Moria in The Fellowship of the Ring.
These medieval parish church doors in England, flanked by two ancient Yew trees, are believed to be the inspiration for the imaginary door created by J.R.R. Tolkien.
They are the west entry of St. Edward's Church in Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. This is a cotswold stone Norman church dating from the 11th-14th century built on the location of an older wooden Saxon church.
In the legendary story by the famous Cath author, the Doors of Durin were the dwarf-built and elf-embellished secret doors that made the west gate leading to the land of Moria in Middle Earth. The password was the phrase (in elven) "Speak friend and enter."
The inscription reads: "Ennyn Durin aran Moria. Pedo mellon a minno" – "The Doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak, friend, and enter."
C'est assez impressionnant je trouve !