#st michael's church

[steve-needs-a-hug]

some snapshots from Munich

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Me miserable! Which way shall I fly Infinite wrath and infinite despair? Which way I fly is hell; myself am hell; And in the lowest deep a lower deep, Still threat'ning to devour me, opens wide, To which the hell I suffer seems a heaven.

- John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667)

Fall of the Angels sits at the high altar of Saint Michael’s Church, Vienna. The high altar was designed in 1782 by Jean-Baptiste d’Avrange. But the monumental stucco alabaster Rococo sculpture Fall of the Angels was created by sculptor Karl Georg Merville. It was the last major Baroque work completed in Vienna in 1782.

It represents a cloudburst of angels and cherubs, falling from the ceiling towards the ground. In the centre the archangel Michael raises a flaming dart against the angelic rebels. Revelation 12:7 calls their leader "the dragon," but here all the fallen angels are represented anthropomorphically.

Saint Michael's Church is one of the oldest churches in Vienna, Austria, and also one of its few remaining Romanesque buildings. Dedicated to the Archangel Michael, St. Michael's Church is located at Michaelerplatz across from St. Michael's Gate at the Hofburg Palace. St. Michael's used to be the parish church of the Imperial Court, when it was called Zum Heiligen Michael.

[abybweisse]

Is ciel wearing Burberry during the murder arc?

Does our earl wear brands like Burberry?

Burberry was established in Basingstoke in 1856 (but has its HQ in London), so it was definitely around... even when Grandma P was watchdog. I find it interesting Burberry was established there because I once looked at Basingstoke as a potential area for Phantomhive Manor and its surrounding estate. Even tried to figure out whether St. Michael's Church in Basingstoke could be the reference for the parish church where Vincent and Rachel marry... and where Vicar Rathbone worked as reeve for Vincent -- because Rathbone even mentions St. Michael's Day -- but it doesn't seem to be. I still haven't definitively found the Phantomhive estate on a map of England, but the North Downs area is still promising....

I've also looked at Burberry for being the reference for Grelle's red trench coat, which I think might actually be true. (I think Abberline might be wearing an Aquascutum 🧥.)

You bring up a valid question, here. Is this:

This?

And I do believe the answer is YES. Yana-san has dressed the bunch in it, including Arthur:

And a lot of websites try to pass off similar designs, like these with extra red lines:

But true Burberry has those single red lines, like our earl and the others have donned.

Yana-san is lucky to not get sued for it, since... as I mentioned in the linked post above, Burberry also has licensing in Asia, so the brand might be looking for knockoffs or other trademark infringements there. In the west, Target (among other stores) has been sued over the years by copying the signature check pattern, sometimes even with the single red line. Target is lucky that the lawsuit was dropped after talks. Idk why it was dropped, honestly. 🤔

Anyway. Yeah.

Of course, in the Kuroverse, it might be that Nina Hopkins has made all sleuthing outfits worn by our earl and anyone else in his household. No telling where she claims to buy the fabrics she uses. 😆

But many fans recognize that iconic check.

Bonus: I searched my blog for "Basingstoke", hoping to find something about my old search for the Phantomhive estate, and lo and behold, the only post that came up was from the murders arc. But it's about Bartitsu... and Arthur accidentally calling it Baritsu. Someone says it's time to go to Basingstoke Bartitsu Irregulars. It's real. 😳😂

Now I'm back to wanting to figure out where the estate must be located.... 😭

[barringtons-wedding-cars]

One of our Imperial Viscount Landaulette wedding cars outside St Michael's church in Ditton

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[illustratus]

St Martin's Church in Braunschweig by Michael Neher

[thegirlintheblackdress]

L'Archange Saint-Michel guidant les croisés pour reprendre Jérusalem, by Gustave Doré

[lionofchaeronea]

Golgotha, Anthony van Dyck, 1630

[abybweisse]

Looked this post up for info to add to a new ask reply, and I feel the need to correct something else: Tanaka was indeed the Steward when Vincent was earl and watchdog. The household image from ch151 says so:

Am I the only one who thinks that this is pretty similar to Sebastians last name?

[bekkathyst]

Basilika St. Michael

Mondsee, Austria

[vox-anglosphere]

Location, location.. St Michael's Church perched high over Dartmoor

[thewales-family]

The Prince of Wales visits St. Michael's Church of England High School in Rowley Regis, to learn about the award-winning student-led initiatives available to pupils to support their mental health and wellbeing, in Birmingham, England -April 25th 2024.

[cyberdragoninfinity]

Oh most noble Prince of the Angelic Hierarchies, valorous warrior of Almighty God and zealous lover of His glory, terror of the rebellious angels, [...] my beloved Archangel [...] with your powerful weapon cast far from me into the infernal abysses that prevaricator and proud angel that one day you prostrated in the celestial battle. Amen.

[angel-oftheday]

The Angel of the Day is...

The Archangel Uriel

From the Testament of Solomone, 2 Esdras, Book of Enoch & Hermetic Qabalah

Thank you for 250 followers!

[huariqueje]

Saint Michael with Saint Paul, Night   -  Peter Brown Hon

British, b. 1967-

Oil on canvas ,  40 x 20 in.    102 x 51 cm.

[bylagunabay]

Unseen Warfare

SWORD OF SAINT MICHAEL

A prayer to petition Saint Michael the Archangel to wield his celestial weapon on behalf of the faithful so as to put to flight all diabolical influences in his family, grant them the grace of final perseverance and make his family worthy of Christ’s eternal promises through the power of the Holy Spirit.