@nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.socialThis is an Enameled cristallo stem glass, made around 1500 and kept in the Louvre in Paris. Catherine would have drunk out of something similar as queen.
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@nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.socialSome of the photos of ranges that I took this year.
#ranges #Victorian #Burghley #cooker #historynerd
@cryptidboyz.bsky.socialHistorical Reptile Turns out, snakes have a *slither*-ing passion for the past! 🐍📚🧐 #HistoryNerd #SnakeFacts #Punny
@nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.socialThis is an antique curule style or X-frame folding chair, most likely inspired by Renaissance or medieval designs and probably intended as a ceremonial or high-status seat.
#furniture #renaissance #chair #historicalfiction #historynerd
@nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.socialThe painting is by Rowland Lockey after Hans Holbein the Younger, Sir Thomas More and his Family (Nostell Priory version, 1592). The sketch is by Holbein.
#thomasmore #oilpainting #handholbein #historicalfiction #historynerd
@heygf.bsky.socialGlasses on, brain fully loaded. Medieval history doesn’t study itself — unfortunately 📖 https://heygf.ai/c/aoife-connolly?ref=nip21&s=bluesky
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@archivistslantern.bsky.socialHistory is full of examples of when divine figures are changed, demoted in importance, or lost completely. Some are found in fragments; some remain lost.
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@archivistslantern.bsky.socialThe coming of the Great Heathen Army was a crucible that forged England. The man who had this dream .... King Alfred the Great.
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@archivistslantern.bsky.socialThe wonders of the ancient world survive today mainly in imagination and myth. They may not remain intact or otherwise, but their legend does.
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@nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.socialThe sill shows the Arms of Lynn supported by a pair of angels, flanked on both sides by demi-angels holding shields emblazoned with St George's flag.
@nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.socialThis is the stained glass window at the top of the stairs in the Elizabethan House Museum in Great Yarmouth UK.
#ElizabethI #Historymatters #historynerd #historicalfiction #stainedglasssunday
@nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.socialMiles Corbet was the Member of Parliament for Yarmouth and was the last signatory to the death warrant of the King. He was executed for regicide when Charles I's son, charles II came to the throne.
#Englishcivilwar #charlesl #historicalfiction #historymatters #historynerd
@archivistslantern.bsky.socialThe Hittites were a powerful civilisation of the Bronze Age. They appear many times in opposition to Egypt throughout early history.
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@archivistslantern.bsky.socialWhen we consider the warrior cultures of the ancient past usually on that list will be Sparta. Their legend still stays strong today.
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@archivistslantern.bsky.socialThe darker beings in a culture's mythology are not usually as simple as just evil; they can represent the complex nature that embodies us.
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@nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.socialThis is Binham Parish church which was once part of the priory church of St. Mary before the reformation. It has always been used as a parish church. We know this because the monks did not need a baptismal font.
@fish770.bsky.socialMaster class MLB tv crew. 😅 - #GoodStuff #HistoryNerd
@archivistslantern.bsky.socialDive into the nine realms of Norse mythology, where fire and ice meet, and Hel is where the dead are held when they don't qualify for Valhalla.
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@nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.socialPlate carrier, used for carrying plates through the long passages which often separated the kitchen from the dining room. This one is mahogany with a brass handle - 1760s.
