TomSQC
@thomassqc.bsky.social
Bibliophile. Would-be linguist. Ardent moderate.
Ubi amor et caritas Deus ibi est.
'Pour que de notre amour naisse la poésie'
(Mountain Laurel by Donal)
Ubi amor et caritas Deus ibi est.
'Pour que de notre amour naisse la poésie'
(Mountain Laurel by Donal)
Blessed John Duns Scotus (born 8 November 1308), oil on panel, painted by Justus van Gent, circa 1472; currently located at the Palazzo Barberini in Rome.
November 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Blessed John Duns Scotus (born 8 November 1308), oil on panel, painted by Justus van Gent, circa 1472; currently located at the Palazzo Barberini in Rome.
John Henry Newman, oil on canvas, painted by John Everett Millais, 1881, currently on display at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
November 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
John Henry Newman, oil on canvas, painted by John Everett Millais, 1881, currently on display at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Saint Luke, oil on canvas, 1605, by El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos), currently on display at the Toledo Cathedral, Toledo, Spain.
October 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Saint Luke, oil on canvas, 1605, by El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos), currently on display at the Toledo Cathedral, Toledo, Spain.
Dear Lord, grant me the life expectancy to read all 11 volmes of A History of Philosophy by Frederick Copleston, SJ.
October 15, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Dear Lord, grant me the life expectancy to read all 11 volmes of A History of Philosophy by Frederick Copleston, SJ.
Portrait of Saint and soon-to-be Doctor of the Church John Henry Newman (whose feast day is October 9), oil on canvas (1881), by Sir John Everett Millais, National Portrait Gallery, London.
October 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Portrait of Saint and soon-to-be Doctor of the Church John Henry Newman (whose feast day is October 9), oil on canvas (1881), by Sir John Everett Millais, National Portrait Gallery, London.
The Virgin of the Rosary, oil on panel, by Quentin Matsys (1466 – 1530), currently on exhibit at the Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid.
October 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Virgin of the Rosary, oil on panel, by Quentin Matsys (1466 – 1530), currently on exhibit at the Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid.
Portrait of a family fleeing violence in their native country: Flight into Egypt, fresco by Giotto Di Bondone, circa 1395, Scrovegni Chapel, Padua.
October 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Portrait of a family fleeing violence in their native country: Flight into Egypt, fresco by Giotto Di Bondone, circa 1395, Scrovegni Chapel, Padua.
Saint Francis preaching to the birds, fresco (1299) by Giotto di Bondone, Basilica of Saint Francis, Assisi.
October 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Saint Francis preaching to the birds, fresco (1299) by Giotto di Bondone, Basilica of Saint Francis, Assisi.
Thérèse de Lisieux as Jeanne D’Arc, January 1895.
October 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Thérèse de Lisieux as Jeanne D’Arc, January 1895.
San Michele Arcangelo e il drago di Piero del Pollaiolo, circa 1465, tempera on canvas, Museo Stefano Bardini, Florence.
September 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
San Michele Arcangelo e il drago di Piero del Pollaiolo, circa 1465, tempera on canvas, Museo Stefano Bardini, Florence.
The Flight into Egypt, Giotto di Bondone, fresco, circa 1305, Scrovegni Chapel in Padua.
September 19, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The Flight into Egypt, Giotto di Bondone, fresco, circa 1305, Scrovegni Chapel in Padua.
Recommended: The Ghost Stories of Edith Jones Wharton.
September 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Recommended: The Ghost Stories of Edith Jones Wharton.
Madonna and Child, anonymous Spanish Mechelen (Flemish) master – circle of Gil de Siloé – polychrome, gilded wood sculpture c. 1500. Simply beautiful. Location unknown.
August 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Madonna and Child, anonymous Spanish Mechelen (Flemish) master – circle of Gil de Siloé – polychrome, gilded wood sculpture c. 1500. Simply beautiful. Location unknown.
Attended another splendid music event @fishercenterbard: Bohuslav Martinů’s brilliant, absurdist/surreal opera, Julietta (1938). With its magnificent score performed by the American Symphony Orchestra–Leon Botstein conducting, powerful singers, and opera buffa counterpoints, it was, well, a dream.
August 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Attended another splendid music event @fishercenterbard: Bohuslav Martinů’s brilliant, absurdist/surreal opera, Julietta (1938). With its magnificent score performed by the American Symphony Orchestra–Leon Botstein conducting, powerful singers, and opera buffa counterpoints, it was, well, a dream.
The Assumption of the Virgin by Bernardo Daddi, tempera on wood panel, gold ground, completed 1337 – 1339, possibly created as the upper half of an altarpiece for a chapel in the Cathedral of Prato. Currently on exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Gallery 952). One of my favorite paintings.
August 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The Assumption of the Virgin by Bernardo Daddi, tempera on wood panel, gold ground, completed 1337 – 1339, possibly created as the upper half of an altarpiece for a chapel in the Cathedral of Prato. Currently on exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Gallery 952). One of my favorite paintings.
Saint Clare, detail from a fresco (circa 1320) by Simone Martini, Basilica di San Francesco d'Assisi.
August 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Saint Clare, detail from a fresco (circa 1320) by Simone Martini, Basilica di San Francesco d'Assisi.
Saint Francis Mourned by Saint Clare, fresco by Giotto di Bondone (1266 – 1337), Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi.
August 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Saint Francis Mourned by Saint Clare, fresco by Giotto di Bondone (1266 – 1337), Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi.
Transfiguration of Christ, Fra Angelico (circa 1440), fresco secco, Convento di San Marco, Florence. Fresco depicts Jesus with (counter-clockwise) Moses, Mary, Saint Peter, St. James the Elder, St. John the Evangelist, St. Dominic, and Elijah.
August 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Transfiguration of Christ, Fra Angelico (circa 1440), fresco secco, Convento di San Marco, Florence. Fresco depicts Jesus with (counter-clockwise) Moses, Mary, Saint Peter, St. James the Elder, St. John the Evangelist, St. Dominic, and Elijah.
In honor of the feast day of Saint Mary Magdalene, “Noli Me Tangere,” Fra Angelico, tempera and fresco painting, circa 1442, Basilica di San Marco, Florence
July 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
In honor of the feast day of Saint Mary Magdalene, “Noli Me Tangere,” Fra Angelico, tempera and fresco painting, circa 1442, Basilica di San Marco, Florence
Pentecost by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), oil on canvas, circa 1596, currently in the Museo del Prado, Madrid.
June 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Pentecost by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), oil on canvas, circa 1596, currently in the Museo del Prado, Madrid.
Here's my copy. This is a moving, courageous book.
May 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Here's my copy. This is a moving, courageous book.
L’Ascensione, Giotto di Bondone, fresco, circa 1305,
Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua, Italy
Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua, Italy
May 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
L’Ascensione, Giotto di Bondone, fresco, circa 1305,
Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua, Italy
Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua, Italy
Christ Handing the Keys to St. Peter by Pietro Perugino (circa 1482), fresco, Cappella Sistina.
May 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Christ Handing the Keys to St. Peter by Pietro Perugino (circa 1482), fresco, Cappella Sistina.
"Nothing is little in God's service."
The Country Parson, George Herbert, 1652.
The Country Parson, George Herbert, 1652.
April 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
"Nothing is little in God's service."
The Country Parson, George Herbert, 1652.
The Country Parson, George Herbert, 1652.