November 11, 2008

Eleven Eleven (Martinmas)


Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (191-1915). Vulture I. Circa 1912-13. Tate Collection.

November 11. The feast day of Martin of Tours, a Roman soldier. Martinmas. The final butchering of animals prior to the onset of winter. The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. The end of the Great War. The Great Slaughter.

(Thoughts from Jonathan Martin)

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  1. Cooper Renner on November 11th, 2008 at 10:10 pm

    Thanks for posting this. Lovely drawing.

    “It was in and about the Martinmas time
    When the green leaves were a-fallin’
    That Sir John Greene of the West Country
    Fell in love with Barbara Allen.”

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