Boots that belonged to Sultan Selim II (r. 1566-1574). From the Imperial Wardrobe Collection at Topkapi Palace, Istanbul. 📷 My own.

#InternationalDonkeyDay

A donkey shaped rhyton that is the stuff of nightmares! The 'lipsticked' mouth, the rolling eyes...fit for a wild Dionysian feast😳

Athenian donkey's head rhyton, representing a musician and a dancer, ca. 470 BC–460 BC. Louvre Museum, Paris.

Nemrut, Adıyaman, Turkey

There is no doubt that the people of Istanbul love their cats. Plenty of people can be seen feeding stray cats, there are small cathouses everywhere, and then there's this... street vending machines selling cat treats amongt other things that are for human consumption. Spotted…

#IstanbulCats 🐈‍⬛ Photo taken in Fatih district, Istanbul, last week.

You don’t know what you have... until it’s gone.

The fog (eventually) cleared this morning on Glastonbury Tor. This was taken as the sun broke through and the fog lifted.

Sunrise at Stonehenge today (8th May) was at 5.26am, sunset is at 8.41pm 🌤️

Boots that belonged to Sultan Selim II (r. 1566-1574). From the Imperial Wardrobe Collection at Topkapi Palace, Istanbul. 📷 My own.

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In this #cameo of #Augustus in the #BibliothèqueNationale , which we are visiting for #ReliefWednesday , we can see that he held dear his award of the Oak Crown and his appearance of #youth despite encroaching age. This work went from #Rome to #Constantinople to #Paris .

Tête de Bacchus en bronze, Ier siècle, Getty Villa, Los Angeles.

All trains cancelled until further notice. 🤷‍♀️

Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar.

I'll praise and recommend this work as long as I breathe.

It's interesting that Penguin had a series of literary works under the banner of 'King Penguin.'

Well put together editions with a sturdy yet flexible spine.

Rembrandt's mother, painted by him, detail. Those eyes ...

When you’re the last one to get to the armourer and all that’s left is an unfinished helmet that impairs your vision - 14th century, BnF Français 598, f. 19r

Richard the Lionheart Receives Communion in Hagia Sophia (1849), by Gaspare Fossati

'𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗮: 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀'
Enshrouded in the mists of time, the Hagia Sophia stands as a testament to human ingenuity and divine mystery. From angelic…

Spotted this morning, at a spice stall in the Arasta Bazaar, just behind the Blue Mosque, Istanbul. 😂

Greek Bread... 💙🇬🇷🏛️🍞🏺🇬🇷💙