Tiglath Pileser
@tiglath-pileser1.bsky.social
Exploring the history of Byzantium, the Ottomans, and their neighbours — empires, borders, and the crossroads of civilizations.
Pinned
Bellini’s masterful sketch of a Janissary in Mehmed the Conqueror’s court.
Stoic. Silent. Eyes like polished obsidian.
What’s he thinking?
World domination?
Philosophy?
Nope—probably lunch.
If I know the Janissaries, it’s always lunch.
Stoic. Silent. Eyes like polished obsidian.
What’s he thinking?
World domination?
Philosophy?
Nope—probably lunch.
If I know the Janissaries, it’s always lunch.
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The "Return" of the Golden Sword
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The "Return" of the Golden Sword
My grandfather guarded it. The British stole it. I'm named after it—and I'm going to fight for it.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:48 PM
The "Return" of the Golden Sword
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Read about the magnificent pavement mosaics in Siena Cathedral that Giorgio Vasari described as “the most beautiful, greatest and most magnificent ever made.”
#mosaicmonday 🗃️ #arthistory 🏺 #medievalsky #renaissance
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#mosaicmonday 🗃️ #arthistory 🏺 #medievalsky #renaissance
ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/syncretic-...
Syncretic Brilliance
The power of continuous coordination
ideasroadshow.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Read about the magnificent pavement mosaics in Siena Cathedral that Giorgio Vasari described as “the most beautiful, greatest and most magnificent ever made.”
#mosaicmonday 🗃️ #arthistory 🏺 #medievalsky #renaissance
ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/syncretic-...
#mosaicmonday 🗃️ #arthistory 🏺 #medievalsky #renaissance
ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/syncretic-...
Silks from China, Persia and Central Asia, even with Arabic inscriptions and Buddhist motifs, show up in works like Paolo Veneziano’s Coronation of the Virgin in Venice’s Accademia.
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www.wheninvenice.com/along-the-si...
Along the Silk Road with Venetian Painters | When in Venice
How did the silk trade between Europe and Asia influence Venetian art?
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February 8, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Silks from China, Persia and Central Asia, even with Arabic inscriptions and Buddhist motifs, show up in works like Paolo Veneziano’s Coronation of the Virgin in Venice’s Accademia.
www.wheninvenice.com/along-the-si...
www.wheninvenice.com/along-the-si...
Ca' Loredan Vendramin Calergi is a 15th-century palace on the Grand Canal that is now a casino, or at least it was when I visited over twenty years ago. Not as glamorous as it sounds, but a great building.
📷By Didier Descouens -
📷By Didier Descouens -
February 8, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Ca' Loredan Vendramin Calergi is a 15th-century palace on the Grand Canal that is now a casino, or at least it was when I visited over twenty years ago. Not as glamorous as it sounds, but a great building.
📷By Didier Descouens -
📷By Didier Descouens -
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View of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Italy. The church is a basilica in the classical Renaissance style and its brilliant white marble gleams above the blue water of the lagoon opposite St. Mark's Square.
#photography #landscape #travel
#photography #landscape #travel
June 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
View of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Italy. The church is a basilica in the classical Renaissance style and its brilliant white marble gleams above the blue water of the lagoon opposite St. Mark's Square.
#photography #landscape #travel
#photography #landscape #travel
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Sir Thomas More and his family. Fantastic study for (alas!) now lost painting by Hans Holbein. So unusual as a family portrait, but then, this family was unusual too. Today is Thomas More's day.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Sir Thomas More and his family. Fantastic study for (alas!) now lost painting by Hans Holbein. So unusual as a family portrait, but then, this family was unusual too. Today is Thomas More's day.
From the British Museum's Samurai exhibition - Tokugawa Ieyasu chillin.
📷 mine
📷 mine
February 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
From the British Museum's Samurai exhibition - Tokugawa Ieyasu chillin.
📷 mine
📷 mine
The original Manga
📷 mine
📷 mine
February 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
The original Manga
📷 mine
📷 mine
If you live in the UK and have a chance to visit the British Museum, do not miss the Samurai exhibition.
📷 mine
📷 mine
February 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM
If you live in the UK and have a chance to visit the British Museum, do not miss the Samurai exhibition.
📷 mine
📷 mine
Dagger with jade hilt inlaid with emeralds and rubies in gold; velvet-covered sheath; steel blade; tassels and jade disk from the Mughal dynasty, India - c17th century.
📷 © The Trustees of the British Museum
📷 © The Trustees of the British Museum
February 6, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Dagger with jade hilt inlaid with emeralds and rubies in gold; velvet-covered sheath; steel blade; tassels and jade disk from the Mughal dynasty, India - c17th century.
📷 © The Trustees of the British Museum
📷 © The Trustees of the British Museum
It's cat Friday!
February 6, 2026 at 5:41 PM
It's cat Friday!
"The Battle With Torches" by Romanian painter Theodor Aman. It depicts the The Night Attack of Târgovişte, a skirmish fought between forces of Vlad III the Impaler of Wallachia and Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire on Thursday, June 17, 1462.
February 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
"The Battle With Torches" by Romanian painter Theodor Aman. It depicts the The Night Attack of Târgovişte, a skirmish fought between forces of Vlad III the Impaler of Wallachia and Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire on Thursday, June 17, 1462.
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The most compelling explanation of the composition of Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper. A skilful blend of Renaissance art, geometry and symbolism, revealing the inner message of the Last Supper.
geometrylastsupper.com
#WeeknightWriters #booksky
geometrylastsupper.com
#WeeknightWriters #booksky
Welcome to the Geometry of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper
Geometrylastsupper.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:30 AM
The most compelling explanation of the composition of Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper. A skilful blend of Renaissance art, geometry and symbolism, revealing the inner message of the Last Supper.
geometrylastsupper.com
#WeeknightWriters #booksky
geometrylastsupper.com
#WeeknightWriters #booksky
The wonderful half-finished cathedral in Bologna is the Basilica di San Petronio, located in the heart of the city in Piazza Maggiore. It is famous for its unique, abruptly unfinished facade, which is partially covered in white marble on the bottom and exposed, raw brick on the top.
📷 mine
📷 mine
February 5, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The wonderful half-finished cathedral in Bologna is the Basilica di San Petronio, located in the heart of the city in Piazza Maggiore. It is famous for its unique, abruptly unfinished facade, which is partially covered in white marble on the bottom and exposed, raw brick on the top.
📷 mine
📷 mine
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#HumansOfBlueSky #Türkiye #G+Circle #Photography #CityScape #StreetPhotography #urbanphotography #EastCoastKin #Bluesky #Istanbul
February 5, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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Inside of City Palace in Jaipur, India
February 5, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Inside of City Palace in Jaipur, India
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The Plaza de España in Seville, Spain
February 5, 2026 at 7:10 AM
The Plaza de España in Seville, Spain
The Battle of Focchies was a significant naval engagement that took place on 12 May 1649 in the harbour of Focchies, Smyrna, between a Venetian force and an Ottoman fleet, resulting in a crushing victory for the Venetian fleet. The Ottomans loss is the arts gain, courtesy of Abraham Beerstratenm.
February 4, 2026 at 2:55 PM
The Battle of Focchies was a significant naval engagement that took place on 12 May 1649 in the harbour of Focchies, Smyrna, between a Venetian force and an Ottoman fleet, resulting in a crushing victory for the Venetian fleet. The Ottomans loss is the arts gain, courtesy of Abraham Beerstratenm.
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Gold scythian belt title from Mingachevir, Azerbaijan.
(ancient Scythian kingdom), Azerbaijan, 7th-4th century BC
📸 Urek Meniashvili
#AncientBlueSky #Artwork
(ancient Scythian kingdom), Azerbaijan, 7th-4th century BC
📸 Urek Meniashvili
#AncientBlueSky #Artwork
December 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Gold scythian belt title from Mingachevir, Azerbaijan.
(ancient Scythian kingdom), Azerbaijan, 7th-4th century BC
📸 Urek Meniashvili
#AncientBlueSky #Artwork
(ancient Scythian kingdom), Azerbaijan, 7th-4th century BC
📸 Urek Meniashvili
#AncientBlueSky #Artwork
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A 14th-century manuscript of the Romance of Alexander (the Great) that I saw in the Treasured exhibition at the Weston Library. [Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264; fols. 43v-44r].
January 23, 2026 at 8:12 AM
A 14th-century manuscript of the Romance of Alexander (the Great) that I saw in the Treasured exhibition at the Weston Library. [Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264; fols. 43v-44r].
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#ReliefWednesday
Fragment of a #Roman marble relief depicting a stylised fortification with gates and towers, used as a wreath encircling a victorious Eagle atop a globe and sceptre.
Photo by Guy de la Bedoyere
#Archaeology #History #art
Fragment of a #Roman marble relief depicting a stylised fortification with gates and towers, used as a wreath encircling a victorious Eagle atop a globe and sceptre.
Photo by Guy de la Bedoyere
#Archaeology #History #art
February 4, 2026 at 10:54 AM
#ReliefWednesday
Fragment of a #Roman marble relief depicting a stylised fortification with gates and towers, used as a wreath encircling a victorious Eagle atop a globe and sceptre.
Photo by Guy de la Bedoyere
#Archaeology #History #art
Fragment of a #Roman marble relief depicting a stylised fortification with gates and towers, used as a wreath encircling a victorious Eagle atop a globe and sceptre.
Photo by Guy de la Bedoyere
#Archaeology #History #art
The Koimesis mosaic in the Chora Church or Kariye Mosque (Turkish: Kariye Camii) in the Edirnekapı neighbourhood of the Fatih district, Istanbul, Turkey.
Koimesis (the Dormition of the Virgin; ascending to Heaven). Jesus is holding an infant, symbolic of Mary's soul.
📷By Dosseman
Koimesis (the Dormition of the Virgin; ascending to Heaven). Jesus is holding an infant, symbolic of Mary's soul.
📷By Dosseman
February 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The Koimesis mosaic in the Chora Church or Kariye Mosque (Turkish: Kariye Camii) in the Edirnekapı neighbourhood of the Fatih district, Istanbul, Turkey.
Koimesis (the Dormition of the Virgin; ascending to Heaven). Jesus is holding an infant, symbolic of Mary's soul.
📷By Dosseman
Koimesis (the Dormition of the Virgin; ascending to Heaven). Jesus is holding an infant, symbolic of Mary's soul.
📷By Dosseman
The Chora Church or Kariye Mosque - Kariye Camii - is a Byzantine church, now converted to a mosque in the Edirnekapı neighborhood of Fatih district, Istanbul, Turkey. It is famous for its outstanding Late Byzantine mosaics and frescos.
February 3, 2026 at 10:29 AM
The Chora Church or Kariye Mosque - Kariye Camii - is a Byzantine church, now converted to a mosque in the Edirnekapı neighborhood of Fatih district, Istanbul, Turkey. It is famous for its outstanding Late Byzantine mosaics and frescos.
The Viking siege of Constantinople (860).
20,000 Vikings attacked Constantinople.
They met walls they couldn’t climb
and a sea that burned.
20,000 Vikings attacked Constantinople.
They met walls they couldn’t climb
and a sea that burned.
February 2, 2026 at 1:52 PM
The Viking siege of Constantinople (860).
20,000 Vikings attacked Constantinople.
They met walls they couldn’t climb
and a sea that burned.
20,000 Vikings attacked Constantinople.
They met walls they couldn’t climb
and a sea that burned.