Giotto,
St Francis Preaching to the Birds
c. 1295-1300
San Francesco, Pisa.
John McCafferty
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John McCafferty
@jdmccafferty
Historian. Academic. Lover of archives, dead friars, old buildings and anything before 1700. Tweeting in personal capacity.
UCD, Ireland
Joined September 2015
- Whale 16th–17th century, Chumash. California. (Met Museum)
- My daughter’s lavender & Earl Grey cake to kick off the long weekend.
- Human hair reworked. Band of needle lace made from human hair, England, c. 1640 - c. 1680. The thicker lines may be horse hair. (V&A, London)
- Wall Clock, so-called Plate Clock c. 1661 Gilded silver, amethyst, jasper, turquoises, wax (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
- A sapphire ring, or rather a ring of sapphire, made about 1400, possibly Venetian (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer)
- Hedgehog, c. 1650 An old favourite from the Rijksmuseum. I love its expression.
- Funeral procession of Elizabeth I, 28 Apr 1603 (Images from the British Library)
- Glove, probably made for the coronation of Frederick II in 1220. With some 14thC additions. (Kaiserliche Schatzkammer Wien)
- Cap for a man or woman of wool, England, 16thC (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
- Pendant in the form of a seated cat [waiting for the cream?] late 16th–early 17th century probably Spanish (Met Museum)
- Appearance of the Comet, 1618-1619 19 Nov 1618 (Rijksmuseum)
