Jill Burke
@jillburke.bsky.social
Author, historian, occasional curator - of art, material culture, bodies, beauty/cosmetics, 1400-1700 esp Italy. Research Director and founder of Historical Reconstruction Lab @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social
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The first to realise that gall wasps came from an egg was Swammerdam in 1669 (Redi dissected thousands of galls and concluded reluctantly that gall wasps generated spontaneously). He drew this picture of a wasp laying an egg. janswammerdam.org/Images/gall....
September 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The first to realise that gall wasps came from an egg was Swammerdam in 1669 (Redi dissected thousands of galls and concluded reluctantly that gall wasps generated spontaneously). He drew this picture of a wasp laying an egg. janswammerdam.org/Images/gall....
Can vouch that was completely spontaneous!
September 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Can vouch that was completely spontaneous!
Was SO delighted to hear this just now! 😊
August 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Was SO delighted to hear this just now! 😊
Delighted to be part of this gang! 🙏
August 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Delighted to be part of this gang! 🙏
such a great team to work with 👌
August 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
such a great team to work with 👌
So kinda connected even if not causal
August 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
So kinda connected even if not causal
Yes I think this is the gate where Leonardo’s lion was wheeled out for the victory over Venice
August 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Yes I think this is the gate where Leonardo’s lion was wheeled out for the victory over Venice
Could it be around 1509? Leonardo da Vinci made a mechanical lion for the King of France’s triumphant entry into Milan after the French defeat of Venice at the Battle of Agnadello. I write about it here: www.jstor.org/stable/3600494
Meaning and Crisis in the Early Sixteenth Century: Interpreting Leonardo's Lion on JSTOR
Jill Burke, Meaning and Crisis in the Early Sixteenth Century: Interpreting Leonardo's Lion, Oxford Art Journal, Vol. 29, No. 1 (2006), pp. 77-91
www.jstor.org
August 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Could it be around 1509? Leonardo da Vinci made a mechanical lion for the King of France’s triumphant entry into Milan after the French defeat of Venice at the Battle of Agnadello. I write about it here: www.jstor.org/stable/3600494
Just booked! I have Fringe bamboozlement so this is just the ticket.
July 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Just booked! I have Fringe bamboozlement so this is just the ticket.
And this is why historical training that focuses on locating and analysing primary sources is more important than ever.
July 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
And this is why historical training that focuses on locating and analysing primary sources is more important than ever.