John McCafferty
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Historian. Academic. Lover of archives, dead friars, old buildings and anything before 1700. Tweeting in personal capacity.
UCD, Ireland
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Whale 16th–17th century, Chumash. California. (Met Museum)
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Funeral procession of Elizabeth I, 28 Apr 1603
(Images from the British Library)
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Hedgehog, c. 1650 (Rijksmuseum)
I love its expression.
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Pendant in the form of a seated cat [waiting for the cream?] late 16th–early 17th century probably Spanish (Met Museum)
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Hedgehog, c. 1650
An old favourite from the Rijksmuseum.
I love its expression.
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When you decide to draw a zebra but rely on secondhand accounts, Antonio Tempesta c. 1650 (Rijksmuseum)
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Left front and side of a woman's embroidered linen waistcoat, c. 1615, English Silk & metal threads in a pattern of strawberries.
(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
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After 1650, a fashion for miniatures with overlays developed allowing the portrait to be 'dressed' in different costumes. These were made in the Netherlands. The first here allows the sitter 'become' a Carmelite nun. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
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Funeral procession of Elizabeth I, 28 Apr 1603
(Images from the British Library)
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Oval box (locket?) containing a woman's portrait and 13 mica transparencies painted with different costumes, c. 1642 - c. 1652 (Rijksmuseum)
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Using the old index cards this morning - pure bibliographical nostalgia.
Brings me right back. The feel of them, the serendipity.
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@maryhitchman
I was really ill once in late 1980s Poland - Latin was the only language the doctor and myself had in common.
Her: 'What impedes your triumph?'
Me: 'The stockade of this general's body is overthrown'
Both victims of De Bello Gallico...
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A tender 17thC moment caught: two women teaching a child to walk c. 1635-1637, drawn by
#Rembrandt
(BM)
I like to tweet this image regularly.
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Portrait of Swaddled Twins: The Early-Deceased Children of Jacob de Graeff and Aeltge Boelens, unknown artist, c. 1617 (Rijksmuseum)
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A tender 17thC moment caught: two women teaching a child to walk c.1635-1637, drawn by
#Rembrandt
(BM) Plucks a little at the heart strings
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When you decide to draw a zebra but rely on secondhand accounts, Antonio Tempesta c. 1650 (Rijksmuseum)
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Hedgehog, c. 1650 (Rijksmuseum)
I love its expression.
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Tobias’ Angel, c. 1590
Husayn, India
(Musée du Louvre)
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Swan pendant
The Netherlands, c. 1590
A large pearl forms the body of this swan pendant. Such large, unusually-shaped pearls were known as "baroque" and were especially popular in the 16th century.
(The Hermitage Museum)
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Hedgehog, c. 1650 (Rijksmuseum)
I love its expression.
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14 Aug 1941: d. Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan conventual, by lethal injection at Auschwitz-Birkenau having volunteered to die in place of a stranger.
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Two tender images here (c. 1630s) by Rembrandt from the British Museum of women teaching a child to walk & stand. The infant's hat is reinforced so that if it fell over, its head would be protected from impact.
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Whale
16th–17th century, Chumash. California. (Met Museum)
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So after almost two years fleeing from Covid-19 it has finally arrived at the door - official positives came in this morning for myself and household.
So far, thankfully, no-one is worryingly ill.
(Here’s St Roch, patron of plague victims. Met Museum)
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I had the privilege earlier of seeing the ancient basilica of San Clemente
#Rome
from the vantage of the choir.
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King Philip II of Spain,
Pompeo Leoni, 1580
(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
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Don Miguel de Castro. Emissary of Kongo, c. 1643 By Jaspar Beckx.
(Statens Museum for Kunst/National Gallery of Denmark)
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Woman's stays and busk of watered pink silk, probably Dutch, 1660-1680 (V&A Museum, London)
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Glove, probably made for the coronation of Frederick II in 1220. With some 14thC additions.
(Kaiserliche Schatzkammer Wien)
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My father is 82 today. His 13 year old granddaughter made this for him. He’s going to like it.
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Hans Holbein, Portrait of a young merchant, 1541 It's so striking, so fresh. You can easily transpose that face to a modern suit and tie.
(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie)
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Head of a dog in profile, by Annibale Carracci, 1575-1609 (British Museum)
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Portrait of a Noblewoman Dressed in Mourning c. 1600 by Jacopo Chimenti, called Jacopo da Empoli.
(Art Institute Chicago)
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Angel holding an olive branch Hans Memling, born c. 1430, d. 11 Aug 1494 (Musée du Louvre)
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Brooch depicting lovers 1430-1450, made for the Burgundian Court.
(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
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Doll, of a woman in her birthing bed, from the Dollhouse of Petronella Dubois, c. 1676 (Rijksmuseum)
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Embroider your own image of Winter
Pattern after Federico de Vinciolo, 1589.
(Musée du Louvre)
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Incomplete set of playing cards, made c. 1684. BM catalogue notes: 'The cards are accompanied by an envelope inscribed in pen and ink "These cards were used to play on the ice at Westminster when an ox was roasted in front of the Houses of Parliament"'. (British Museum)
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Nine heads of women with different headdresses, 1546
Heinrich Vogtherr (Musée du Louvre)
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Hans Holbein the Younger,
Portrait of Simon George of Cornwall, c. 1535 – 1540
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
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Whale
16th–17th century, Chumash. California. (Met Museum)
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On my 57th birthday, it’s the little things that are best. Especially blood oranges & tulips! And cinnamon waffles & bees.
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When I die. As I will.
Please don’t say I passed or have passed.
Just say that I died.
Thank you in advance.
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Brooch featuring a couple, c.1430/50, Burgundian.
Just 5cm in diameter.
(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
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17th century, painting of 'A Turkish woman' by an unknown artist (Wellcome) The hat, the pattens, the handkerchief, the ermine trim ... it's all happening
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The Liffey
#Dublin
looking out towards the sea about an hour ago.
Today I am 55, and the sun is shining.
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Rosary, c. 1500–1525, German
Each bead has the bust of a well-fed man or woman on one side, & a skeleton on the other. The terminals, even more graphically, show the head of a dead man, with one half eaten away from decay. (Met Museum)
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My eldest was proposed to tonight on Baginbun beach. And she accepted! We’re celebrating. We’re all delighted.
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Tobias’ Angel, c. 1590
Husayn, India
(Musée du Louvre)
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14 Aug 1941: d. Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan conventual, by lethal injection at Auschwitz-Birkenau having volunteered to die in place of a stranger.
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22 Mar 1618 : A depressed Walter Ralegh writes: 'my braines are broken', he was executed on 29 Oct 1618 (NPG)
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The five volumes of the Oxford History of Catholicism in Britain & Ireland, 1530-2021 of which I was co-general-editor with
@monksinmotion
just arrived in my office. Huge thanks to all the wonderful volume editors & contributors!
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A work bag, English make, dated 1669, Marked with the initials I.S and the words "Age 10." (Met Museum) Linen worked with wool thread. 47 x 61 cm - excluding the cords.
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Amulet Seal in the Form of a Bull, c. 3250 BCE. Mesopotamia, Sumerian, Iraq.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Pendant, ca. 1630 Made in Hungary Gold with garnet, beryl, and pearl (RISD Museum)
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Portrait miniature of an unknown woman, Isaac Oliver, c/ 1605-1625
(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
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An early modern anti-multi-tasking emblem and slogan...
“We cannot all do everything”
Jacob Hoefnagel, 1634
(British Museum)
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Left front and side of a woman's embroidered linen waistcoat, c. 1615, English
Silk & metal threads in a pattern of strawberries.
(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
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Tobias and Sara on their Wedding Night, c. 1520
(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
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Pair of leather gloves with embroidered satin, silk and lace,
Made in England, 1600-1625
A rose, birds, flora. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
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This unusual sculpture depicting Saint Anne lying on the birthing bed with the swaddled Virgin Mary probably came from the lower section (predella) of the late Gothic altarpiece dedicated to Saint Anne in the parish church at Ebern, c. 1480 (Met Museum)
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Hedgehog, c. 1650 (Rijksmuseum)
I love its expression.
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Habited fox (perhaps a Capuchin?) from the Tale of Reynard the Fox, Allaert van Everdingen, c.1636-1675
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Hans Holbein, Portrait of a young merchant, 1541
It's so striking, so fresh. You can easily transpose that face to a modern suit and tie.
(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie)
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Portrait miniature of an unknown woman, Isaac Oliver, c. 1605-1625 (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
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Woman's boned bodice, 1660s, ivory satin, trimmed with bobbin lace with parchment & coloured silk
(V&A Museum, London)
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Irish reliquary dated to the 8th century now in the Museo Civico Medievale, Bologna, a part of the university's collection.
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Oval box (locket?) containing a woman's portrait and 13 mica transparencies painted with different costumes, c. 1642 - c. 1652
(Rijksmuseum)
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My mother has found the watch I was given for my First Communion in 1973. And it works!
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Bianca degli Utili Maselli, holding a dog and surrounded by six of her children by Lavinia Fontana of Bologna, 1552-1614 (Sotheby’s)
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Booklet of embroidery and drawnwork early 17th century Portuguese (Met Museum)
Many small pieces of fabric in this booklet were seamed together and loosely bound, to create a kind of glossary for a seamstress of coloured and monochrome openwork patterns. An amazing object.
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Hedgehog, c. 1650 (Rijksmuseum) I love its expression.
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This is Helena Parr [née Sankenborg] Marchioness of Northampton.
She was a favourite of Elizabeth I and died in 1635 at the age of 86.
At her death she had 92 descendants.
(Tate)
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This: “Trinity has an obligation to protect the Book of Kells which is a national treasure”.
It costs €19-25 to see it.
Derrynaflan chalice, Faddanmore Psalter &c &c: cost to see - €0
I am sure the National Museum will take care of it for you if it's a burden.
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This is Helena Parr [née Snakenborg] Marchioness of Northampton. She was a favourite of Elizabeth I and died in 1635 at the age of 86. At her death she had 92 descendants. (Tate)
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Tomb of Philippe Pot, Grand Seneschal of Burgundy, [d. c. Sept15, 1493]
(Louvre, Paris)
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Heart-shaped brooch, c. 1400-1464
Found at Fishpool, Notts
‘Je suy vostre sans de partier’ (I am yours without leaving)
(British Museum)
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Finger ring with built-in clock
2nd quarter of the 17th century by Johannes Butz, Augsburg
(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer)
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This bagpipe playing bear is just irresistible
(Monogrammist CG, German, c. 1534, Rijksmuseum)
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When you decide to draw a zebra but rely on secondhand accounts, Antonio Tempesta c. 1650 (Rijksmuseum)
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Horizontal Sundial in the Shape of a Lute, late 16thC 6.3 cm x 2.7 cm (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
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When I mentioned I wouldn’t be on here for an indefinite number of days, some of you sent lovely messages.
I had a small operation and am fine now. Thanks for your kindness!
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Mourning Woman, made of walnut, polychromy and gilding c. 1480, South Netherlandish (Met Museum)
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The Unicorn Rests in a Garden, from a series known as the Unicorn Tapestries, 1495–1505 (Met Museum)
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Oval box (locket?) containing a woman's portrait and 13 mica transparencies painted with different costumes, c. 1642 - c. 1652 (Rijksmuseum) This is an amazing and striking survival.
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Loose gown made of Italian brocaded silk which would have been worn by a woman in the early 17th century as part of a formal day ensemble.
(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
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Pendant, early 17th century, Spain ”Ecce Agnus Dei”
The Lamb, of baroque pearl, rests on a codex.
(British Museum)
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