Re: [Goanet] ABBE FARIA'S SERMON IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL

2005-09-06 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Dear Sonia, I agree with both your points. The only thing I dare suggest(of course faceciously)is that perhaps in our reality, the caste system also pervades the world of stamps. venantius -- Venantius J Pinto wrote: Dear Sonia, My personal opinion is that the overall

Re: [Goanet] ABBE FARIA'S SERMON IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL

2005-09-04 Thread Sonia Vaze
Venantius J Pinto wrote: Dear Sonia, My personal opinion is that the overall design sensibility in India is somewhat outdated. Design is something that one lives and not merely apes. In this regard the Dutch stamps are very well designed. However,if ones goes to the the philately section at the

[Goanet] Abbe Faria's sermon

2005-09-02 Thread richard
Mr. Pinto, I think the natus in Ad majora natus sumus is incorrect if Ad majora natus sum means I was born for greater things.Did you get my point? Natus has to agree with the subject in number and gender. richard cabral

Re: Re: [Goanet] ABBE FARIA'S SERMON IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL

2005-09-01 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Dear Sonia, My personal opinion is that the overall design sensibility in India is somewhat outdated. Design is something that one lives and not merely apes. In this regard the Dutch stamps are very well designed. However, if ones goes to the the philately section at the GPO in Mumbai, one gets

Re: Re: [Goanet] ABBE FARIA'S SERMON IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL

2005-08-31 Thread Sonia Vaze
Venantius J Pinto wrote : The line portrait on the site - www.abbefaria.com would make an intriguing image on a stamp- perhaps, a narrow vertical. It would workwell either in gravure or in mixed technique printing (the IPT avoidsthis) - engraving with gravure. I have a feeling the drawing is by

[Goanet] ABBE FARIA'S SERMON IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL

2005-08-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
the pleasure of licking his stamp come May 31, 2006! :) Dom Martin ___ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:01:32 +0200 From: Alfred de Tavares [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] ABBE FARIA'S SERMON IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL To: goanet@goanet.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL

Re: [Goanet] ABBE FARIA'S SERMON IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL

2005-08-30 Thread Alfred de Tavares
Tavares, Stockholm, 2005-08-30 From: Venantius J Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Goa's premiere mailing list,estb. 1994! goanet@goanet.org To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: goanet@goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] ABBE FARIA'S SERMON IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL Date: Mon

Re: [Goanet] ABBE FARIA'S SERMON IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL

2005-08-29 Thread Venantius J Pinto
The line portrait on the site - www.abbefaria.com would make an intriguing image on a stamp- perhaps, a narrow vertical. It would work well either in gravure or in mixed technique printing (the IPT avoids this) - engraving with gravure. I have a feeling the drawing is by Dom Martin. Is t his

[Goanet] ABBE FARIA'S SERMON IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL

2005-08-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We all know that Abbe Faria was a Goan. We also all know the majestic splendor and significance of the Sistine Chapel. What we may not all know is that Abbe Faria was invited by Pope Pius VI to preach in the Sistine Chapel. The sermon on the “Advent of the Holy Spirit” was delivered in