Word: pilgrim
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Folk the world over have been journeying to sacred sites since the Bronze Age, and a new exhibition could tempt latter-day pilgrims to make the journey to Oxford, England. "Pilgrimage: The Sacred Journey" runs at the Ashmolean Museum until April 2. It includesa 15th century illuminated manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and the 13th century casket that once held the relics of Canterbury's martyr St. Thomas Becket, as well as rare objects such as a 5th century sandstone head of the Hindu god Shiva and a 13th century Buddhist plaque from Burma, above. Pilgrim mores...
Folk the world over have been journeying to sacred sites since the Bronze Age, and a new exhibition could tempt latter-day pilgrims to make the journey to Oxford, England. "Pilgrimage: The Sacred Journey" runs at the Ashmolean Museum until April 2. It includes a 15th century illuminated manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and the 13th century casket that once held the relics of Canterbury's martyr St. Thomas Becket, as well as rare objects such as a 5th century sandstone head of the Hindu god Shiva and a 13th century Buddhist plaque from Burma, pictured. Pilgrim...
...come by so that I could be swiped in. Several crimson-colored sweatshirts passed me by before I found a gentleman wearing a white t-shirt with a picture of a bulldog copulating, “doggie style,” with a somewhat distressed-looking pilgrim in crimson. I knew I was in luck. After a polite request, he walked up to the door and positioned his posterior in front of the card reader. Magically, the door clicked open. I was amazed, and inquired how such a feat could be accomplished. “I don?...
...color, and since that time crimson has become the most visible symbol of Harvard. It is not only the shade of Harvard apparel, but also the title of the daily newspaper. Most interestingly, Crimson—usurping the place of our official mascot, the “pilgrim-like” John Harvard—now serves as the name of our athletic teams and, by extension, the nickname of the entire student body. It should come as no surprise that there has been little enthusiasm for a mascot that adds nothing to the school’s aura. Clergyman...
...know, the one where the portly Bulldog has its back facing you, the viewer, while presumably performing some sort of oral favors for the cowboy-looking pilgrim...