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5 July 1597: Tobie Matthew, son of the bishop of #Durham takes MA at #Oxford #otd Later on high profile convert & exile - and translator to English of #nuntastic St Teresa of Avila (BM)
Tulip [Tulipa], Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610
(Rijksmuseum)
4 Julu 1594: Bl. John Cary Dublin-born servant to the Bosgroves at Chideock Castle Dorset having been arrested for abetting a priest executed at Dorchester #otd.
Kissed the noose & said: 'O precious collar'.
Snake's head fritillary [Fritillaria meleagris] & an apple, Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610 (Rijksmuseum)
3 July 1449: Mary of Guelders & James II of #Scots wed #otd at Holyrood.
The engraving below is of a tableau vivant depicting their marriage mounted in 1642 at Queen Henrietta Maria’s entry to #Amsterdam (BM)
Terracotta vase in the form of a pig
6th century B.C.E.
(Met Museum)