OK then: our latest Classics books give-away! Just RT this message, and on Sunday 6 August we will draw *three* names from our followers: the first picks 25 books; the second 15; the third the rest (unless they don't want some, which will be raffled off at random!)
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Terezija and I are privileged to have our friends @KathrinEMMeyer and Martin in beautiful Zagreb! I call this photo: venue shopping. Hello to everyone at @theIHRA PO, we miss you. #FORtheIHRA
Something interesting I encountered in the Museum Hof van Busleyden in Mechelen: Charles V as King of Spain, made by Jan Van Battel in 1517/18. Feat. the coats of arms of Hungary, Dalmatia and Croatia, among others.
St Sylvester and the Dragon
c. 1380-1385
Agnolo Gaddi, died 1396
Pope Sylvester I (d. 335 - feast #otd 31 Dec) binds the mouth of a dragon, sealing off its poisonous breath, and revives the two victims who lie in the foreground.
(Philadelphia Museum of Art)