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💀Skulls and Sheets👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 1d

St. Nicholas of Abbots Bromley opened!

arent these beautiful?
1000 year old antlers on 16/17th century (approx) heads

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 19d

On the feast of St. Jerome #otd, 30 Sept, here he is having a quietly tender moment extracting a thorn from his lion's paw.

Lucas Cranach, 1515. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 20d

'Sherry Bar Portrait', Ravenscourt Arms, Hammersmith (c.1964) by Ruskin Spear

(Private collection)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 19d

Brooch depicting lovers 1430-1450, made for the Burgundian Court.

(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

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Nina Antonia @ninaantonia13.bsky.social · 22d

The belief that butterflies were the departing souls of the dead dates back to ancient Egypt. In 1810, folklorist Eleanor Hull recorded the case of a young Irish girl being told off by her friends for chasing a butterfly in case it was her recently deceased grandfather.

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 29d

I love these weird lil guys

Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 29d

The Roos Carr figures are dating to the Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age. They were inadvertently unearthed by laborers during ditch maintenance at Roos Carr in 1836.
Approximately two meters beneath the surface, the workers discovered a collection of well-preserved...🧵1/3

📷 me

#archaeology 🏺

Two elongated wooden figurines with white stone eyes stand upright on a boat carved with a serpent-shaped head, displayed against a dark background.

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Aine Corr @ainecorrart.bsky.social · Aug 29

Guilty as sin

Aine Corr @ainecorrart.bsky.social · Aug 28

‘There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse." — Quentin Crisp This is my thought of the day before I tackle a massive pile of cleaning. Is it worth it #cleaning #home

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Aine Corr @ainecorrart.bsky.social · Aug 28

A brilliant choice. So much symbolism and detail

Aine Corr @ainecorrart.bsky.social · Aug 28

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting
13/20
#lucascranachthelder

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Aine Corr @ainecorrart.bsky.social · Aug 24

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting
12/20
#stanleyspencer

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Aine Corr @ainecorrart.bsky.social · Aug 23

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting
11/20
#louislebroquy

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Aine Corr @ainecorrart.bsky.social · Aug 22

I agree. I’ll look her up

Aine Corr @ainecorrart.bsky.social · Aug 22

This is stunning. Tell me more?

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John Vigar @johnevigar.bsky.social · Aug 22

Fourteenth century wall painting of St Mary Magdalene at Turvey Church, Bedfordshire

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Aine Corr @ainecorrart.bsky.social · Aug 22

In all seriousness the UK may not be perfect (no where is) However, I’m confident that I will not be forced into practising any religion. Not sure what your sources for this are. But you should take them with a massive pinch of salt.

Aine Corr @ainecorrart.bsky.social · Aug 22

Very funny 👍

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Aine Corr @ainecorrart.bsky.social · Aug 22

American politics is a carnival shit show atm. From whatever side you’re looking at it from.

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Aine Corr @ainecorrart.bsky.social · Aug 22

Really enjoying your posts. It’s a treat to be able to see the corbels in detail

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · Aug 21

This is Tuffy. He is the only example of taking up the whole sidewalk that is not only justifiable, but encouraged. 14/10 (IG: mypittuffy)

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Aine Corr @ainecorrart.bsky.social · Aug 22

Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. #blueskyartchallenge #art #painting
10/20
#sherbornemissal

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Aine Corr @ainecorrart.bsky.social · Aug 22

Buy it! ❤️

Aine Corr @ainecorrart.bsky.social · Aug 22

Strange times 🤯

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Aine Corr @ainecorrart.bsky.social · Aug 22

Article from 2024?

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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · Aug 20

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