Our Exhibition of the Week is called After the Order of Melchizedek and is on Hebrews 7–8. It features a Romanian wall painting, a Netherlandish triptych, and a Russian icon. Read Victoria Emily Jones' comparative commentary here: thevcs.org/after-order-me…

In this Eritrean painting from the 1940s, by an Ethiopian priest whose name is not known, Jonah slides out of the mouth of the fish. Find out more in our exhibition on Jonah 3, Nineveh Relents: thevcs.org/nineveh-relent…

This relief from Sessa Aurunca Cathedral possibly depicts Jonah preaching against the city of Nineveh, although its subject might be Jonah arguing with God on account of the city. Find out more in our exhibition of the week, Nineveh Relents: thevcs.org/nineveh-relent…

Behnam Keryo’s #calligraphy uses Aramaic words, the language of Nineveh—Keryo’s homeland, and it recounts Jonah's preaching. The calligraphy forms six free-standing circles, as if they are ripples—but do they ripple inward, or outward? Find out more: thevcs.org/nineveh-relent…

Our Exhibition of the Week is called Nineveh Relents and is on #Jonah 3. It features an Eritrean painting by an Ethiopian priest, a medieval Italian relief, and Behnam Keryo’s calligraphy. Click here to read the comparative commentary: thevcs.org/nineveh-relent…

Our Exhibition of the Week is called The Woman with Nard and looks at Mary Magdalene in Matthew 26:6–13, Mark 14:3–9, and John 12:1–8. It features a thirteenth-century French manuscript, a painting by El Greco, and an illumination by Jean Fouquet: thevcs.org/woman-with-nar…

Johann Sebastian Bach’s St Matthew Passion is a rare piece of non-visual art on the VCS. Read about it in light of Matthew 23:37–39 in our exhibition of the week, Lament of the Hen: thevcs.org/lament-hen#los…

The Visual Commentary on Scripture Dr Barendina Smedley This is what I have been trying to share with you without success. Do have a look. It is a weekly offering and something I always find interesting and engaging. It was the Hen theme that prompted the share.

Frans Floris employs a highly-unusual iconography. Many sources have been connected with this painting, including a sermon by #Luther urging to seek protection ‘under the wings and shoulders of Christ’. Read about it in this week's exhibition: thevcs.org/lament-hen#win…