A-Z-archive-X-challenge

have a look at frizztext blog to see all the other resourceful X blogs

X,  One of the letters in the alphabet that is very little in demand.

For the Romans however, it was a totally different story.

They used the X symbol  to represent the number  10

As a youngster  I chose my first watch because it had Roman numbers.

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During the period 1490 to 1650 a family  with the name van’t Sestich lived in this house and had their surname put  in the gable of the house, using Roman numbers

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this house is in Naamsestraat Leuven

once again thank you Frizz for all your challenges

21 Kommentaar (+add yours?)

  1. Toortsie
    Jun 12, 2012 @ 19:42:43

    Behalwe vir die mooi foto’s, is die inligting ook interessant!

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  2. scrapydo
    Jun 12, 2012 @ 19:56:54

    Awesome! Het nie eers aan die X(10) in tyd gedink nie. Pragtige fotos

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  3. melouisef
    Jun 12, 2012 @ 20:21:34

    Very clever!

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  4. frizztext
    Jun 13, 2012 @ 05:28:15

    I like the Roman numbers of clocks too!
    And I’m amused by the “X” commandments
    – they do not always follow …

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  5. TBM
    Jun 13, 2012 @ 09:54:23

    Love how you handled this difficult letter.

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  6. Robin Jean Marie
    Jun 13, 2012 @ 12:18:18

    This is a very clever entry for “X.” Well done!

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  8. campanulladellaanna
    Jun 16, 2012 @ 18:38:54

    @Rosa, interesting about the homes of family van’t Sestich of the 15th century. You have a complete collection of archive az “X” challenge, Thank you so much for stopping in my blog, I appreciate heel graag :P. Groetjes

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  9. Gobetween
    Jun 17, 2012 @ 04:50:53

    Beautiful clock, I love clocks with bold numbers and bold hands.

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  10. pinkpolkadotfood
    Jun 17, 2012 @ 18:29:57

    Baie oulike pos vir X!

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