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16 Oct 1660: John Cook(e) first Solicitor General of the English Commonwealth and regicide is executed #otd (NPG), his friend Hugh Peter, preacher & regicide is made watch before his own demise (NPG)
16 Oct 1660: Hugh Peter, Independent leader & preacher during the Commonwealth, proponent of the execution of Charles I & former minister of Salem Massachusetts executed as a regicide #otd
Hans Sachs, poet, 1494-1576
From Nuremberg, he was a prolific writer of 'Meisterlieder' and of plays, humorous fables, anecdotes and tales in verse. Plus he has a wonderful expression here.
(British Museum)
When you decide to draw a zebra but rely on secondhand accounts, Antonio Tempesta c. 1650 (Rijksmuseum)
Selected feasts of the month of October, French, c. 1640-1660.
Bruno, 6th. Teresa, 15th. Francis, 4th
Jude, 28th. Luke 18th. Simon 28th.
Ursula, 21st. Crispin & Crispinian, 25th. Denis, 9th.
(British Museum)
15 Oct: feast of Teresa of #Avila #nuntastic founder, #writer #mystic co-patron of #Spain (BM/JMcC) d. 1582
Madonna and Child with Saint Barbara and Saint Catherine, c. 1525.
Just look at Barbara's book.
(RISD Museum)
13 Oct 1655: d.Sir Tobie Matthew, high profile convert priest & courtier at the #English College #Ghent #otd (BM)
Translator to #English of the #nuntastic St Teresa.
Cornelis de Vos
Portrait of a Young Girl, ca. 1633-1635
(RISD Museum)
12 Oct 1586: Richard Fletcher Dean of #Peterborough [later the bishop of #London] preaches to the commissioners charged with the trial of Mary Queen #Scots #otd (BM)