John McCaffertyさんのイラストまとめ

Laughing Bumblebee Orchid [Ophrys bombyliflora], Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610

(Rijksmuseum)

Pomegranate, Jacques Le Moyne, c. 1575

(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

4 Mar 1324: Symon Symeonis #Irish Franciscan pilgrim reaches #Alexandria #Egypt #otd (BM)

4 Mar 1193: d. Al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub or Saladin at Damascus

Woman in a state of melancholy:

'When hearing, seeing, tasting, smelling's past'

John Garrett, 1630-1640

(British Museum)

2 Mar 1606: baptism of Cecil Calvert - the future 2nd baron #Baltimore (named after Baltimore, Co. #Cork) & proprietor of the #Maryland colony #otd (BM). The largest city in today's US state of Maryland shares the name.

2 Mar 1551: John Redman first Master of Trinity College #Cambridge preaches at Martin Bucer's funeral #otd (EdinburghU/BM/eebo)

2 Mar 1600: Gervase Babington Bishop of #Worcester preaches for Elizabeth I #otd at #Whitehall - his fawning glances at the Earl of #Essex result in him being barred from the pulpit (BM)

2 Mar 1561: b. John Overall future bishop of #Norwich #otd at Hadleigh #Suffolk (NPG)

He would go on to question double predestination at the Hampton Court conference at the start of the reign of James I

2 Mar 1543: William Taylor Lollard priest burnt at the stake in Smithfield #London #otd (British Museum)