Kedi Sever
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Tourist attractions of the renaissance: beached whale near Berkhey, 1598. By Hendrik Goltzius, who died OTD in 1617.
January 1, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Tourist attractions of the renaissance: beached whale near Berkhey, 1598. By Hendrik Goltzius, who died OTD in 1617.
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For New Year’s Day 2026, a hellenistic glass vase shaped like a pomegranate. 2nd century BC - 1st century AD.
A symbol of abundance and good luck for the year ahead!
📷 Phoenix Art phoenixancientart.com/work-of-art/...
#Archaeology
A symbol of abundance and good luck for the year ahead!
📷 Phoenix Art phoenixancientart.com/work-of-art/...
#Archaeology
January 1, 2026 at 11:17 AM
For New Year’s Day 2026, a hellenistic glass vase shaped like a pomegranate. 2nd century BC - 1st century AD.
A symbol of abundance and good luck for the year ahead!
📷 Phoenix Art phoenixancientart.com/work-of-art/...
#Archaeology
A symbol of abundance and good luck for the year ahead!
📷 Phoenix Art phoenixancientart.com/work-of-art/...
#Archaeology
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Happy St. Stephen’s Day! 14th century wall painting fragments from St. Stephen’s Chapel - the Royal Chapel at the Old Palace of Westminster, largely destroyed by fire in 1834. The fragments are now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📷 My own. #StStephensDay
December 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Happy St. Stephen’s Day! 14th century wall painting fragments from St. Stephen’s Chapel - the Royal Chapel at the Old Palace of Westminster, largely destroyed by fire in 1834. The fragments are now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📷 My own. #StStephensDay
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Exquisite Roman glass cup signed by master glassmaker ‘Ennion’. AD 30-70.
Ennion was the first glassmaker to ‘brand’ his work by incorporating his name into the mould’s design, some 2000 years ago!
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria 📷 Leonardo.disimone
#Archaeology
Ennion was the first glassmaker to ‘brand’ his work by incorporating his name into the mould’s design, some 2000 years ago!
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria 📷 Leonardo.disimone
#Archaeology
![Photo of an intact Roman two-handled translucent cobalt blue glass cup dated AD 30-70. The cup has a cylindrical body with vertical sides and two narrow strap handles attached to each side as ear-shaped loops. The cup is mould-blown with relief decoration on the body which incorporates two inscriptions in Greek, one on each side of the cup. One side reads ‘ENNIWN/ENOIH/CEN’ (‘Ennion made [it]'). The other side reads ‘MNHOH/O AOPA/ZNW translated as ‘May the buyer be remembered’.
Dimensions: Height 2½ in. (6.4 cm), diameter (rim): 3% in. (9.5 cm)
Collection Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria, Italy.
Incredibly this is one of two matching cups blown from the same mould, found together in a Roman tomb at Cuora, near Adria, Italy, in the early 1900s. The matching cup is now part of the collections at the Corning Museum of Glass](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j56ydp325adovobhwpkzc6sp/bafkreieyzv5zqbzdfqwmjq2voan57tagx23eg734blorwveesickcrkg4i@jpeg)
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Exquisite Roman glass cup signed by master glassmaker ‘Ennion’. AD 30-70.
Ennion was the first glassmaker to ‘brand’ his work by incorporating his name into the mould’s design, some 2000 years ago!
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria 📷 Leonardo.disimone
#Archaeology
Ennion was the first glassmaker to ‘brand’ his work by incorporating his name into the mould’s design, some 2000 years ago!
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria 📷 Leonardo.disimone
#Archaeology
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📜 From Old Books, 19th Century
“The sigh of separation has reached me; it has burned this soul and heart.
I do not know, O Lord, does that young beloved know of it?”
“The sigh of separation has reached me; it has burned this soul and heart.
I do not know, O Lord, does that young beloved know of it?”
December 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
📜 From Old Books, 19th Century
“The sigh of separation has reached me; it has burned this soul and heart.
I do not know, O Lord, does that young beloved know of it?”
“The sigh of separation has reached me; it has burned this soul and heart.
I do not know, O Lord, does that young beloved know of it?”
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Beautiful double reflection in this still life of bread & wine by Isaack Luttichuys, whose day is today. Save this wine, you will need it later.
December 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Beautiful double reflection in this still life of bread & wine by Isaack Luttichuys, whose day is today. Save this wine, you will need it later.
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Skull (vanitas!); human body anatomized (ditto!); celestial globe and collection of works by Rembrandt & Lievens. Plus Simon Luttichuys, hard at work & reflected in glass sphere. It's his day.
December 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Skull (vanitas!); human body anatomized (ditto!); celestial globe and collection of works by Rembrandt & Lievens. Plus Simon Luttichuys, hard at work & reflected in glass sphere. It's his day.
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📷 Souvenir Studio Photo of a Group of #Children, c. 1900
“In this classroom of the universe, the assembly of humans,
If observed, each one is like a separate bound book.”
✏️ Yusuf Nâbi (1642-1712)
“In this classroom of the universe, the assembly of humans,
If observed, each one is like a separate bound book.”
✏️ Yusuf Nâbi (1642-1712)
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
📷 Souvenir Studio Photo of a Group of #Children, c. 1900
“In this classroom of the universe, the assembly of humans,
If observed, each one is like a separate bound book.”
✏️ Yusuf Nâbi (1642-1712)
“In this classroom of the universe, the assembly of humans,
If observed, each one is like a separate bound book.”
✏️ Yusuf Nâbi (1642-1712)
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Like a time capsule: a #Roman tile marked with #finger lines, hobnail #shoe prints, #dog's paw prints, and a #stamp of the LEG(io) XIIII G(emina). Tiles with imprints are very common, since tiles were laid out to dry in the open air ahead of firing, where...🧵1/2
#TilesOnTuesday 🏺
#TilesOnTuesday 🏺
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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📷 One of the Oldest Photos of Istanbul, 1843
October 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
📷 One of the Oldest Photos of Istanbul, 1843
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A 3,500 year-old Egyptian glass cosmetic jar with two little duck heads!
Glass was a relatively new material at that time, so this jar would have been a precious possession.
From Merit’s beauty case, found inside Theban tomb (TT8) of Merit and her husband Kha in 1906. 📷 Museo Egizio
#Archaeology
Glass was a relatively new material at that time, so this jar would have been a precious possession.
From Merit’s beauty case, found inside Theban tomb (TT8) of Merit and her husband Kha in 1906. 📷 Museo Egizio
#Archaeology
October 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
A 3,500 year-old Egyptian glass cosmetic jar with two little duck heads!
Glass was a relatively new material at that time, so this jar would have been a precious possession.
From Merit’s beauty case, found inside Theban tomb (TT8) of Merit and her husband Kha in 1906. 📷 Museo Egizio
#Archaeology
Glass was a relatively new material at that time, so this jar would have been a precious possession.
From Merit’s beauty case, found inside Theban tomb (TT8) of Merit and her husband Kha in 1906. 📷 Museo Egizio
#Archaeology
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#MosaicMonday - The 'Striding Lion' mosaic from Harbiye (Daphne), ca. 5th Century AD. Some 70 smaller sections surround the lion, decorated with depictions of other animals and plants. #Roman #Archaeology 🏺
Image: Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA 1937.139). Link - collection.artbma.org/objects/24826/
Image: Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA 1937.139). Link - collection.artbma.org/objects/24826/
October 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
#MosaicMonday - The 'Striding Lion' mosaic from Harbiye (Daphne), ca. 5th Century AD. Some 70 smaller sections surround the lion, decorated with depictions of other animals and plants. #Roman #Archaeology 🏺
Image: Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA 1937.139). Link - collection.artbma.org/objects/24826/
Image: Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA 1937.139). Link - collection.artbma.org/objects/24826/
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I don't normally like glasses which obscure the colour of the wine but am loving this 17th century one from the Rijksmuseum.
October 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I don't normally like glasses which obscure the colour of the wine but am loving this 17th century one from the Rijksmuseum.
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Roman hair pins made of bone were widely used by women to secure and decorate their hair. These pins typically featured a tapered shaft and could be plain or ornately decorated with heads shaped like busts, animals, plants, or geometric forms. Hair pins are ... 🧵1/2
🏺 #archaeology
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
📷 me
September 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Roman hair pins made of bone were widely used by women to secure and decorate their hair. These pins typically featured a tapered shaft and could be plain or ornately decorated with heads shaped like busts, animals, plants, or geometric forms. Hair pins are ... 🧵1/2
🏺 #archaeology
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
📷 me
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Grouper, drawn by John White, 1585-93
(British Museum)
(British Museum)
September 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Grouper, drawn by John White, 1585-93
(British Museum)
(British Museum)
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#ReliefWednesday - Panel from an ivory diptych showing the personification of Constantinople standing within an aedicule. Traces of wax on the reverse of the panel indicate that they once served as writing tablets. 🏺
Image: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (X 38). Link - www.khm.at/en/artworks/...
Image: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (X 38). Link - www.khm.at/en/artworks/...
September 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
#ReliefWednesday - Panel from an ivory diptych showing the personification of Constantinople standing within an aedicule. Traces of wax on the reverse of the panel indicate that they once served as writing tablets. 🏺
Image: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (X 38). Link - www.khm.at/en/artworks/...
Image: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (X 38). Link - www.khm.at/en/artworks/...
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Portrait of a Woman c. 1490-1530
By a follower of Gentile Bellini
(Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)
By a follower of Gentile Bellini
(Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)
September 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Portrait of a Woman c. 1490-1530
By a follower of Gentile Bellini
(Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)
By a follower of Gentile Bellini
(Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)
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York Minster’s Doomstone. A rare survival from the Norman Minster on the site, it depicts the mouth of Hell, with sinners being pushed into a boiling cauldron by demons. #yorkminster #doomstone #mouthofhell #medieval
September 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
York Minster’s Doomstone. A rare survival from the Norman Minster on the site, it depicts the mouth of Hell, with sinners being pushed into a boiling cauldron by demons. #yorkminster #doomstone #mouthofhell #medieval
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Two Franciscan friars seen through Japanese eyes from:
Kano Naizen's "Arrival of the Southern Barbarians Screen" c. 1600 (Kobe City Museum Collection)
Triple-knotted cinctures, bare feet, rosaries, hoods. Nicely observed. And linen shirts under the habit too.
Kano Naizen's "Arrival of the Southern Barbarians Screen" c. 1600 (Kobe City Museum Collection)
Triple-knotted cinctures, bare feet, rosaries, hoods. Nicely observed. And linen shirts under the habit too.
September 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Two Franciscan friars seen through Japanese eyes from:
Kano Naizen's "Arrival of the Southern Barbarians Screen" c. 1600 (Kobe City Museum Collection)
Triple-knotted cinctures, bare feet, rosaries, hoods. Nicely observed. And linen shirts under the habit too.
Kano Naizen's "Arrival of the Southern Barbarians Screen" c. 1600 (Kobe City Museum Collection)
Triple-knotted cinctures, bare feet, rosaries, hoods. Nicely observed. And linen shirts under the habit too.
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Old Man Lighting a Pipe c. 1660
Johann Carl Loth, called Carlotto Bavarese
German, 1623-1698 (Art Institute Chicago)
Johann Carl Loth, called Carlotto Bavarese
German, 1623-1698 (Art Institute Chicago)
September 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Old Man Lighting a Pipe c. 1660
Johann Carl Loth, called Carlotto Bavarese
German, 1623-1698 (Art Institute Chicago)
Johann Carl Loth, called Carlotto Bavarese
German, 1623-1698 (Art Institute Chicago)
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September
Print made by Elias Holl II,
Nuremberg, c. 1638.
(British Museum)
Print made by Elias Holl II,
Nuremberg, c. 1638.
(British Museum)
September 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
September
Print made by Elias Holl II,
Nuremberg, c. 1638.
(British Museum)
Print made by Elias Holl II,
Nuremberg, c. 1638.
(British Museum)
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Le tres victorieux roy de France as the frame announces: Charles VII, portrayed in around 1450 by court artist Jean Fouquet. His day is today.
September 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Le tres victorieux roy de France as the frame announces: Charles VII, portrayed in around 1450 by court artist Jean Fouquet. His day is today.
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Self-portrait - Giuseppe Cesari d'Arpino
c. 1630
(British Museum)
c. 1630
(British Museum)
September 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Self-portrait - Giuseppe Cesari d'Arpino
c. 1630
(British Museum)
c. 1630
(British Museum)
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Artist’s painting of a hippo on a flake of limestone 🦛❤️
Perhaps a practice sketch, or just for the joy of painting 3,500 years ago!
From Deir el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt, c. 1479–1425 BC. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
Perhaps a practice sketch, or just for the joy of painting 3,500 years ago!
From Deir el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt, c. 1479–1425 BC. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
August 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Artist’s painting of a hippo on a flake of limestone 🦛❤️
Perhaps a practice sketch, or just for the joy of painting 3,500 years ago!
From Deir el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt, c. 1479–1425 BC. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
Perhaps a practice sketch, or just for the joy of painting 3,500 years ago!
From Deir el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt, c. 1479–1425 BC. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology