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The Triumph of the Eucharist
2008-04-24 21:47:00
"The Triumph of the Church over Ignorance and Blindness," from The Triumph of the Eucharist , circa 1626-1633Design by Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577?1640Woven in the workshop of Jan Raes II, Brussels,Wool and silk, 490 by 752 centimetres,Patrimonio Nacional, Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, Madrid"The Triumph of the Church over Ignorance and Blindness," (detail) from The Triumph of the Eucharist, circa 1626-1633Design by Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577?1640Woven in the workshop of Jan Raes II, Brussels,Wool and silk, 490 by 752 centimetres,Patrimonio Nacional, Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, Madrid"The Triumph of the Eucharist over Idolatry," from The Triumph of the Eucharist, circa 1626-1633Design by Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577?1640Woven in the workshop of Jan Raes II, Brussels,Wool and silk, 490 by 752 centimeters,Patrimonio Nacional, Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, MadridPeter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577?1640The Sacrifice of the Old Covenant (about 1626)70.5 x 8...

Blessed John Henry Newman ?
2008-04-22 21:42:00
The Times reports that the Vatican will soon announce the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman after accepting that he was responsible for a miracle in which an American clergyman was ?cured? of a crippling spinal disorder.Newman will be given the title ?Blessed ? after a ceremony later this year, leaving him one step away from full sainthood.If the church attributes a further miracle to him, Newman could be canonised as early as 2009.The last time a Briton was canonised was in 1970 when 40 martyrs from the Reformation were made saints.

St George
2008-04-22 19:45:00
Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 ? May 30, 1640)Saint George and the Dragon c. 1606Oil on canvas427 × 312 cmMuseo del Prado, MadridPeter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 ? May 30, 1640)St. George Slaying the DragonPen with brown ink and brown washH. en m 0,337 ; L. en m 0,267Musée du Louvre département des Arts graphiques, Paris It was painted in Genova, Italy.Saint George is also the patron of this city.The princess' presence on the left is included to represent the ChurchThe Saint's horse rears up, its hoofs high in the air as George strikes with his sword. Its white mane is coarse as is its tail but it is long and flying out to the side as if it were the hair of a woman, matching but diminishing that of the princess he is rescuing and running in parallel with the rising and plunging white plume of St George's helmet.It is a wonder of colour in which a flowing red cloak points towards and points up the shining black of St. George's armour.Rubens adds action, and emotion, a scene pai...

Pope visits Ground Zero to pray for 9/11 victims
2008-04-20 19:51:00
Pope Benedict XVI prayed at New York's Ground Zero on Sunday, asking God to bring healing and strength to grieving families, and direction for people "consumed with hatred.""We ask you in your goodness to give eternal light and peace to all who died here -- the heroic first-responders, our fire fighters, police officers, emergency service workers, and Port Authority personnel, along with all the innocent men and women who were victims of this tragedy simply because their work or service brought them here on September 11, 2001," the pontiff said.He greeted dignitaries, including New York Gov. David Paterson, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine.He was joined by 24 people he had invited to join him, including family members of people killed in the terrorist attacks and rescue workers who survived the attacks."We ask you, in your compassion, to bring healing to those who, because of their presence here that day, suffer from injuries and illness," he said. "...
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Pope speaks to the United Nations
2008-04-19 11:01:00
Pope Benedict XVI called on the United Nations yesterday to intervene more urgently in countries that abuse human rights or fail to properly protect their people from the effects of natural or man-made disasters.The Times writes:"In his first speech to the international body, the Pope offered a strong endorsement of action by powerful countries to alleviate suffering. While insisting that diplomatic efforts to preempt conflict should be the focus of such efforts, he also suggested that military force, within the rules of the UN, could be justified.?Every state has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences of humanitarian crises, whether natural or man-made. If states are unable to guarantee such protection, the international community must intervene with the juridical means provided in the United Nations charter and in other international instruments.?The Pope insisted that national sovereignt...
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Beauty ? It`s in the Neurones...
2008-04-18 22:52:00
Joseph Mallord William Turnerborn 23 April 1775 - died 19 December 1851Rome from Mount Aventine 1836Oil on canvas36 x 49 inches (91.6 x 124.6 cm)John Ruskinborn 1819 - died 1900The Garden of San Miniato near Florence 1845Watercolor on paperPrivate collection Why does one find a painting or other work of art "exciting" or enthralling ?Not long ago A. S. Byatt published a TLS Commentary (?Observe the Neurones?, September 22, 2006) in which she purported to explain why, since she discovered John Donne?s poetry as a schoolgirl in the 1950s, she had found him ?so very exciting?.The primary concern of her piece was to explain the poems and their effect on her by appealing to contemporary neurophysiology.A generation of academic literary critics has now arisen who invoke ?neuroscience? to assist them in their work of explication, interpretation and appreciation.Norman Bryson, once a leading exponent of Theory and a social constructivist, has described his Damascene conversion, as a result ...
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Pope Benedict - no Dr Strangelove
2008-04-18 19:35:00
The Pope `s visit to the United States would appear to have already been deemed a success.The reaction to the Pope and his acts across The Herring Pond appears to have allowed people to have developed a renewed appreciation for Pope Benedict and his message.Two articles in The Times- one a lead article on the Pope`s visit- appear to recognise this.The first is a lead article in today`s Times which hopefully will allow the past image of the Panzer Cardinal to be finally laid to rest.In Pope Benedict - no Dr Strangelove, the lead writer concentrates on Benedict`s message of "divine love" which "is surprisingly eloquent and confounds the early stereotypes"."Anybody who has ever had to stand at a podium after a gifted speaker knows how it might have been for Pope Benedict XVI this week as he has made the first papal visit to the United States since John Paul II.His predecessor was the ultimate media-savvy leader. When he came to the ultimate media-fixated nation, it was a match made in H...

Pope`s visit to the United States
2008-04-17 19:29:00
The coverage provided by Whispers in the Loggia for the Pope `s visit to the United States is excellent.Included are all the texts and links which you need or would want, including:Address to the US Conference of Catholic Bishops -- Pope's SpeechAddress to the US Conference of Catholic Bishops -- Questions & AnswersAddress at White House Arrival CeremonyJoint US-Holy See CommuniqueThe Homily at Nationals Park, Washington on 17th April 2008
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A Scot cannot be Pope
2008-04-17 19:17:00
Libby Purves in The Times explains why a Scot cannot be a Pope .Apparently Scotland is the only country in the world where it is still illegal for a citizen to become Pope.The Act (The Papal Jurisdiction Act 1560) was passed by the Old Scots Parliament after The Reformation and has never been repealed.The Papal Jurisdiction Act 1560, APS 1560 c.2 provides:Papal Jurisdiction Act 1560, APS 1560 c.2Concerning the jurisdictioun and autoritie of the bischope of Rome callit the PaipIn the Parliament haldin at edinburgh the tent day of Julij the yeir of God JmVc&lx yeiris and thairefter continewit to the first day of august nixt thaireftir following with continewatioune of dayis vpoun the tuenty foir day of the said monethe of augustThe thre estaitis then being present vnderstanding that the Jurisdictioune and autoritie of the bischope of Rome callit the paip vsit within this realme in tymes bipast hes bene verray hurtful and preiudiciall to our soueranis autoritie and commone weill of ...

White House crowd sings Happy Birthday to Pope
2008-04-16 20:08:00
White House crowd sings Happy Birthday to Pope .The Times reports:One of the largest crowds ever to gather on the lawns of the White House sang an impromptu chorus of Happy Birthday to Pope Benedict XVI as the pontiff, who turned 81 today, began the first full day of a visit to the United States.More than 9,000 guests packed the sun-drenched South Lawn as Benedict became only the second pope ever to visit the White House and the first in nearly 30 years. He received a 21-gun salute and heard Kathleen Battle, the American soprano, produce a haunting rendition of The Lord's PrayerBut, in election year, politics was never far beneath the surface and cheers rose from the crowd as President Bush, in his speech of welcome, noted the Church's prohibition of abortion.?In a world where some evoke the name of God to justify acts of terror and murder and hate, we need your message that God is love. And embracing this love is the surest way to save man from falling prey to the teaching of fan...
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François-Xavier Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan (April 17, 1928 to September 16,
2008-04-16 19:54:00
François-Xavier Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan(April 17, 1928 to September 16, 2002) received his Cardinal hat from the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II in Rome on 21st February 2001.Cardinals have been imprisoned. Some have been imprisoned in terrible conditions by Communist authorities.One of the cardinals who was imprisoned by the Vietnamese Communist authorities after the fall of Saigon was François-Xavier Cardinal Cardinal Nguyen Van ThuanHe was detained by the Communist Government of Vietnam in a reeducation camp for 13 years, 9 of them in solitary confinementReleased in 1988, he was allowed to travel overseas in 1991. While abroad, he was barred from returning to Vietnam.In 1994, Pope John Paul II called him to Rome.The late pope greatly admired him. Besides promoting him as the first Vietnamese prelate to hold a high Vatican office, the pope had him preach the Lenten retreat to the Roman Curia in the year 2000. On Feb. 21, 2001, Pope John Paul made him a cardinal.The Cardinal descr...

The Deluge and After: a Romantic View
2008-04-15 21:42:00
Francis Danby (1793-1861),The Deluge , exhibited 1840,Oil on canvas, 284.5 x 452.1 cm,Tate Gallery, London.Andreas Achenbach (German, 1815?1910)Sunset after a Storm on the Coast of Sicily, 1853Oil on canvas; 32 3/4 x 42 1/4 in. (83.2 x 107.3 cm)Catharine Lorillard Wolfe CollectionThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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The Pope`s Visit to the United States
2008-04-14 19:04:00
The Pope `s visit to the United States is at least making some news in the United Kingdom.The Times` coverage has been occasional but seems to recognise that it will be a visit of some significance.The stress has been on the Pope`s visit to Ground Zero and the significance of a call (possible) by the Pope to terrorists.The latest can be seen in The Times` article entitled Pope to pray for redemption of Islamic terrorists during US tourOf some fun to some columnists is the simultaneous visit by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown to the United States. Most agree that he will be overshadowed by the Pope. In Clash of the Titans: Gordon Brown's visit to US clashes with Pope's trip, The Times writes (tongue in cheek):"Next week a titan on the world stage will fly across the Atlantic to spend Wednesday talking war and peace with President Bush and making his mark on the American people.Unfortunately for Gordon Brown, an awkward coincidence of timing means that his final visit to President Bu...
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Henri Rousseau (The Customs Officer)
2008-04-12 16:55:00
ROUSSEAU Henri, LE DOUANIER ROUSSEAU (called) (Laval, 1844 ; Paris, 1910 )In a Tropical Forest. Struggle between Tiger and Buffalo [Circa 1908-1909 ]Oil on canvas. 46x55 cmThe Hermitage Museum, St PetersburgROUSSEAU Henri, LE DOUANIER ROUSSEAU (called) (Laval, 1844 ; Paris, 1910 )Le Repas du lion [The Lion`s Meal]1907OIl on canvas 113,7 x 160 cmThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkROUSSEAU Henri, LE DOUANIER ROUSSEAU (called) (Laval, 1844 ; Paris, 1910 )La carriole du père Junier 1908Oil on CanvasH. 97 ; l. 129Musée de l'Orangerie, ParisGroup portrait of Claude Junier, Mme Junier, Junier Léa, young girl, dog, a seated Henri Rousseau, and horse) ROUSSEAU Henri, LE DOUANIER ROUSSEAU (called) (Laval, 1844 ; Paris, 1910 )LA GUERRE OU LA CHEVAUCHEE DE LA DISCORDE (War, or The Horseman of Discord)1893-4Oil on Canvas114 H ; 195 LMusée d'Orsay, ParisAccording to Rousseau in 1894, the painting was inspired by a cartoon of the Tsar published in l'Egalité on 6th October 1889 and by the p...
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Austin in The Second World War
2008-04-11 22:27:00
Austin, Robert Sargent RA 1895 -1973Woolwich Arsenal in 19431943DrawingView of men at work inside the munitions shed at the Woolwich Arsenal, South LondonAustin, Robert Sargent RA 1895 -1973Our heritage; Winston Churchill 1943Published by London Transport, 1943Printed by The Baynard Press,Dimensions: Width: 502mm, Height: 623mm During the Second World War, Robert Sargent Austin (1895 - 1973) was an Official War Artist. (1940-44).His works during this time reflect his patriotic concerns in the war effort.He also designed posters and press advertisments for the Underground Group and London Transport 1928-1943
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Woman Praying
2008-04-11 22:09:00
Robert Sargent Austin (1895 - 1973)Woman Praying 1927-1928Engraving7 7/8 x 6 1/4 in (image) 11 3/8 x 8 1/4 in (sheet)The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

The Fisherman
2008-04-11 22:03:00
Robert Sargent Austin (1895 - 1973)The Fisherman 1927-8EngravingThe Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Austin, born in 1895, tried to ignore the stress and turmoil ( First World War 1914-1918 & Second World War 1939 -1945 ) by holding fast to traditional, medieval modes of expression and subject matter.

Robert Sargent Austin
2008-04-10 20:39:00
AUSTIN, Robert Sargent 1895-1973Sisters of Assisi 1924From A catalogue of etchings & engravings by Robert Austin , R.E., 1913-1929. London,Twenty-one Gallery, 1930Etching and engraving, printed in black on Whatman wove paper13.2 x 10.6The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of GlasgowAUSTIN, Robert Sargent 1895-1973Comare Giulia 1924From A catalogue of etchings & engravings by Robert Austin, R.E., 1913-1929. London,Twenty-one Gallery, 1930Etching and engraving, printed in black on antique laid paper10.8 x 10.4The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of GlasgowAUSTIN, Robert Sargent 1895-1973Italian Stonebreakers. 1925Charcoal. 18x27 inches.Private CollectionAUSTIN, Robert Sargent 1895-1973The Puppet Master: Self-portrait 1926Engraving, 172 x 161 mm.,Published by the Twenty-One Gallery in an edition of 50Engraving: printed in black on ivory wove paper with margins and Signed and dated in pencilAUSTIN, Robert Sargent 1895-1973The Angelus 1922From A catalogue of...

Théodore Rousseau
2008-04-09 20:36:00
ROUSSEAU Théodore [Paris, 1812 ; Barbizon, 1867 ]BORD DE RIVIERE c. 1849Oil paint on wood boardH. 27, l. 34.5Musée du Louvre département des Peintures, Paris ROUSSEAU Théodore [Paris, 1812 ; Barbizon, 1867 ]COUCHER DE SOLEIL DANS LA FORET c.1866Oil on canvasH. 46, l. 62.5Musée du Louvre département des Peintures, Paris ROUSSEAU Théodore [Paris, 1812 ; Barbizon, 1867 ]CLAIRIERE DANS LA HAUTE FUTAIE ; FORET DE FONTAINEBLEAU, DIT LA CHARRETTE 1863Oil on canvasH. 28, l. 53Musée du Louvre département des Peintures, ParisThe changed attitude to landscape is aptly expressed in the words of Théodore Rousseau, the most controversial representative of the new school of Naturalism: "Our art can only attain pathos through sincerity."Rousseau attempted to render nature as he found it, though his melancholic temperament is reflected in the desolate panoramas and gloomy sunsets.At the same time, his close attention to detail and painstaking accuracy in the delineation of plants and grasses betray...

Harvsters Resting, or Ruth and Boaz
2008-04-08 20:56:00
Jean-François Millet, French, 1814?1875Harvesters Resting (Ruth and Boaz)1850?53Oil on canvas67.3 x 119.7 cm (26 1/2 x 47 1/8 in.)Museum of Fine Arts, Boston From 1850 to 1853 Millet worked on Harvesters Resting (Ruth and Boaz), a painting he would consider his most important, and on which he worked the longest.Ruth and Boaz was not ready for the Salon of 1852, but was submitted the following year with a different title, Harvesters Resting.In the painting, Millet again represents a Biblical story within a contemporary scene.The Old Testament story (Ruth 4: 1-22) involves the young Moabite woman named Ruth, who married into a Jewish tribe and, according to custom, went to live with her husband?s family. Shortly after the wedding, Ruth?s husband died, which legally enabled her to return to her own family. Ruth, however, chose to stay with her widowed mother-in-law, Naomi, and travel to Bethlehem, Naomi?s homeland.Ruth provided food by gleaning in the field of Naomi?s wealthy relative ...

Naturalism: Landscape vs People
2008-04-08 19:45:00
Jean-François Millet 1814?1875Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields, 1864Oil on canvas81.1 x 100 cmThe Art Institute of ChicagoThe Naturalists were based mainly in the French town of Barbizon. Like Gustave Courbet and other Realists, they tried to depict the world around them without the overt idealization or sentimentality of the Romantics.While his Barbizon colleagues focused on landscape, Millet documented the daily toil of peasants.He said:"To tell the truth, the peasant subjects suit my temperament best; for I must confess, even if you think me a socialist, that the human side of art is what touches me most. and if I could only do what I like,--or, at least, attempt it,--I should do nothing that was not an impression from nature, either in landscape or figures. The jolly side never shows itself to me. I don?t know where it is. I have never seen it?You are sitting under a tree, enjoying all the comfort and quiet of which you are capable; you see come from a narrow pat...
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Going to Work
2008-04-08 18:58:00
Jean-François Millet (1814-1875),Going to Work , ca. 1850-1851.Oil on canvas, 21 7/8 x 18 1/8 in.Glasgow Museums, Art Gallery and Museum, KelvingroveIn City vs. Country, 38-9, and Peasants and ?Primitivism,? Robert Herbert argues that Going to Work (1851) was a present day expulsion from the Garden of Eden and writes:?There is a nearly primeval innocence in these peasants setting out in the morning to dig potatoes, carrying their tools and a jug of water: a nineteenth-century Adam and Eve or a couple from Theocritus.?He argues that Millet ?secularises? the Expulsion story by dressing the peasant couple in contemporary garb and depicting them as a pair dignified through their stance and emotional composure, yet maintains the primeval theme of Adam?s curse.

The Sower
2008-04-08 18:48:00
Jean-François Millet, 1814?1875The Sower 1850101.6 x 82.6 cm (40 x 32 1/2 in.)Oil on canvasThe Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The Forest of Fontainebleau, some thirty-five miles southeast of Paris, is where French landscape painting and photography took root.The forest was regarded as an example of nature in its purest state.A portion of the forest was set aside in 1861 as the first nature preserve in history.During the 1820s and 1830s, painters such as Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Théodore Rousseau helped to transform the nearby villages of Barbizon and Chailly into informal artists? colonies and the forest into an open-air studio.An outbreak of cholera in Paris prompted Millet in 1849 to join his new friends at Barbizon. From this time on, he devoted himself mainly to subjects from rural life.Millet and his family lived as frugally as their neighbours. In 1863 his second wife, Catherine gave birth to their ninth child.Unlike his fellow painters at Barbizon, he did not respond to t...

Angelus
2008-04-07 21:12:00
Jean-François Millet (4 October 1814 - 20 January 1875)The Angelus 1857 - 1859Oil on canvas21 3/4 x 26 inches (55.25 x 66.04 cm)Musée d'Orsay, Paris The painting was first commissioned by a wealthy American, Thomas G. Appleton, and completed during the summer of 1857. The initial title of the work, was Prayer for the Potato Crop. When Appleton did not pay and take possession in 1859, Millet made some changes. He added a steeple and changed the title of the work, to The Angelus.It depicts a man and a woman standing alone in a in a huge empty plain. They are farmers. He holds his cap reverently as he stands with bowed head. She is in a white cap and long blue apron over her dress and clasps her hands. Their faces are left in shadow. They pause in prayer for the Angelus. It is the evening Angelus. It is a moment of respite, a short break before the toil re-starts.At the woman's feet is a basket of potatoes, and at her far side rests a wheelbarrow full of empty sacks. At the side of t...

A Broad Church ?
2008-04-07 19:15:00
Have you seen these people in your Congregation ? The Religious Affiliation of Comic Book Characters website discusses the religious affiliations of all the comic book super heroes and supervillains that we used to read about (and perhaps some of us still do).According to the detailed research carried out by the authors, both Batman and The Hulk are lapsed Catholics. Hopefully they have now returned.Perhaps of more interest is the large list of Catholic "villains", or at least lapsed Catholics: Venom (enemy of Spider-Man); Bushwacker (former Catholic priest and enemy of Daredevil); Black Tom Cassidy (foe of the X-Men); Mr. Zero / Mr. Freeze (foe of Batman ); The Kingpin (archenemy of Daredevil); and Silver Dagger also known as Isaiah Curwen, a former Roman Catholic Cardinal and foe of Dr. Strange.By the way, Superman and Supergirl are Methodists. But Lois Lane is Catholic.
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I do not understand
2008-04-03 20:53:00
Cheik Ledy 1962 - 1997I Do Not Understand 1995Non comprendreAcrylic on canvassupport: 1425 x 1940 mmThe Pigozzi Collection, Geneva

Pope John Paul II: Three Years On
2008-04-03 20:35:00
Under the headline Pope Benedict praises 'supernatural' John Paul II The Times reports on Pope Benedict XVI`s mass in St Peter's Square, marking the third anniversary of John Paul's death"[T]he Pope said: "Among many human and supernatural qualities, he had an exceptional spiritual and mystical sensibility."Pope Benedict, who shortly after his election put John Paul on the path to sainthood by waiving the five year waiting period before a beatification cause can be opened, said: "We relive with emotion the hours of that Saturday evening when the news of his death was announced to the great crowd which filled St Peter's Square ... Let us give thanks to the Lord for having given to the Church this faithful and brave servant." ...The Vatican is reported to be considering moving John Paul's tomb from the crypt of St Peter's to the Basilica above, and may exhume the body for display to pilgrims in a glass casket after beatification is approved. However, Father Federico Lombardi, t...
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Frances Richards
2008-04-02 20:05:00
Frances Richards 1903-1985Pentecost 1929-80from The Acts of the ApostlesIntaglio print on paperimage: 190 x 140 mmTate Gallery, LondonFrances Richards 1903-1985Peter in Prison 1929-80from The Acts of the ApostlesIntaglio print on paperimage: 165 x 127 mmTate Gallery, LondonFrances Richards 1903-1985The Shipwreck 1929-80from The Acts of the ApostlesIntaglio print on paperimage: 152 x 140 mmTate Gallery, LondonThe works and career of Frances Richards [1903-1985] were and are overshadowed by the career and works of her more famous husband, Ceri Richards [1903 - 1971].Richards met Frances Clayton in 1927 and they married two years later. A gifted artist herself she had won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art from Burslem, near Stoke-on-Trent, where she had worked as a designer at the Paragon China Works. In the early years of their marriage she was a frequent model.In 1929 Stanley Morison commissioned Frances Richards to produce an engraving illustrating the Acts of the Apostles f...
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Francesco Hayez
2008-04-01 20:05:00
Francesco Hayez (February 10, 1791, Venice - December 21, 1882, Milan)The Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem 1867Oil on canvas painting183 × 252 cmGalleria d'Arte Moderna, Venice Francesco Hayez (February 10, 1791, Venice - December 21, 1882, Milan) was the leading artist of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories and exceptionally fine portraits.His early works show the influence of Ingres and the Nazarene movement. His later work participates in the Classical revival.The Second Temple was built after the return from the Babylonian Captivity, around 536 BC (completed on March 12, 515 BC). This Temple was desecrated by the Roman general Pompey, when he entered it after taking Jerusalem in 63 BC. According to Josephus, Pompey did not remove anything from the temple or its treasury.Herod's Temple was a massive renovation of the Second Temple including turning the entire Temple Mount into a giant square platform. He...
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Pontius Pilate and Caiphas
2008-04-01 19:03:00
The Cradle of Christianity is the title of one of the online exhibitions in the website of The Israel Museum in Jerusalem.Two of the exhibits caught my eye.One was an inscription to Pontius Pilate Latin dedicatory inscription of Pontius PilateStoneRoman theatre at Caesarea, 26?36 CEIsrael Antiquities Authority, 61-521Photo: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem The inscription reads:...]S TIBERIVM...PON]TIVS PILATVS...PRAEF]ECTVSIVDA[EAThe inscription is the only known artifact bearing Pontius Pilate?s name. It is a dedicatory inscription of a building, probably a temple, constructed in honor of the emperor Tiberius. The inscription was discovered in secondary use in a staircase of the Roman theater at Caesarea, the Roman administrative center for the province of Judea and the seat of the procurators. The procurators visited Jerusalem only on special occasions, or in times of unrest.The other is the Ossuary of the High Priest Joseph Caiaphas StoneJerusalem, North Talpiot, 1st century CEIsrae...