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Madonna Lily - Lilium Candidum
Jacques Le Moyne, c. 1585
(British Museum)
Kitchen Scene
1687
Cornelis Dusart
(Met Museum)
Herring, butter and bread are on the menu. But the larder has other treats in store.
A young couple reading a book together, possibly by Esaias van de Velde, 1625 - 1630 (Rijksmuseum)
The secret lives of 17th century #owls (BM) Reading by candle light in 1625, and out on a skate date in 1644.
Four Pinks - with buds and foliage.
Herman Saftleven, 1682.
(British Museum)
26 Feb 1556: Thomas Cranmer signs his 5th statement of recantation & asks for absolution #otd
Henry Siddall, a priest, who had also recanted then gave the archbishop reassurances that his life would be spared.
25 Feb 1308: At his coronation at #Westminster Abbey #otd Edward II swears to uphold the laws of St. Edward the Confessor
Bathsua [Reginald] Makin, 1600-c. 1675, scholar, linguist & promoter of education for women.
Advocate of the methods of Comenius & correspondent with Anna Maria van Schurman.
"the greatest scholler, I think, of a woman in England" - Simonds D'Ewes, 1622.
(British Museum)