Nicholas Hilliard was born in Exeter in 1547. His father was a goldsmith and Hilliard trained to be one (goldsmith/painters same guilds). Throughout his career, he was plagued… Read more “Hilliard’s Portraits of Matthew & Diana”
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Season 2: What I’m Watching For
It’s that time again! We’re close to the premiere of the second season so I figured I would do a quick run down of what I am… Read more “Season 2: What I’m Watching For”
2020 All Souls Con Bibliography: Selected Sources
Presentation Artworks: Hieronymus Bosch, Visions of the Hereafter, c.1489. Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights, c.1480-1490. Hieronymus Bosch, The Field Has Eyes, The Forest Has Ears, c.1500. Hieronymus Bosch, The Last… Read more “2020 All Souls Con Bibliography: Selected Sources”
All Souls Con 2019
For those that missed it, or need a review: the video of my talk is now available! Slides are below the video! As always, if you have… Read more “All Souls Con 2019”
Real Time Reading
For those participating in the A Discovery of Witches Real Time Reading, here is the reading schedule merged with suggested blog posts. As always, only those that are… Read more “Real Time Reading”
Digitised Manuscripts
Below is a selection of digitised manuscripts that might be of interest. I’ll update it every so often as I come across new material! If you notice… Read more “Digitised Manuscripts”
Face Jugs
Its tall, rounded shape was pale gray, and two handles curved away from its narrow spout. On the front was a face – my face, though distorted… Read more “Face Jugs”
All Souls Con 2019 Bibliography
As I promised, some resources to follow-up from my Cardiff paper! (As soon as the video links are made public, I’ll post those on the blog as… Read more “All Souls Con 2019 Bibliography”
Three Objects to Timewalk: May the Past Protect and Guide Us
Spoilers, Part Three (Or Ten…) Finally (a bit late…), I want to talk about the importance of art and material culture to the narrative in terms of… Read more “Three Objects to Timewalk: May the Past Protect and Guide Us”
On Congregations, Real & Shadow
Picking up with the other major theme of Episode 8: The Congregation. Once again we see the inner workings of the Congregation and the associated disagreements which… Read more “On Congregations, Real & Shadow”