Jan Machielsen
@janmachielsen.bsky.social
Historian of early modern religion, working on witches and saints. Loves hikes and risotto.
I imagine that this is not something that the good Protestants of England ever did? @materialwills.bsky.social @lsangha.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I imagine that this is not something that the good Protestants of England ever did? @materialwills.bsky.social @lsangha.bsky.social
An interesting coda from the Santa Maria dei Servi... A painting of St Anne teaching the Virgin to read.
October 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
An interesting coda from the Santa Maria dei Servi... A painting of St Anne teaching the Virgin to read.
Here is the full image from ca 1435.
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Here is the full image from ca 1435.
This is the sign. I don't recognize the scene either!
October 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This is the sign. I don't recognize the scene either!
Ah. Maybe they are trying to push him up rather than him going down. That would be even funnier!
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Ah. Maybe they are trying to push him up rather than him going down. That would be even funnier!
That is not to say that I didn't just have a very nice meal out in this town. 😅
October 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
That is not to say that I didn't just have a very nice meal out in this town. 😅
No, I have a meeting at the Sacred Convent tomorrow morning to see a room not usually on display.
October 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
No, I have a meeting at the Sacred Convent tomorrow morning to see a room not usually on display.
All credit to @onslies.bsky.social for coming up with that on the other place!
October 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
All credit to @onslies.bsky.social for coming up with that on the other place!