# seafever

New stamp, Sovereign of the Seas, built Woolwich Dockyard 1637 as personal project of Charles I, richly decorated, designed by dramatist Thomas Heywood;⛵️= long career with action in Anglo-Dutch Wars; destroyed by fire1697 283/365 https://t.co/RoMiQRsIw8

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2019-10-10

Jonah & the Whale, Folio from Jami al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles), c1400. Jonah, released from belly of fish + gourd vine sent by God to protect him from elements + angel with colourful spreading wings offers him a garment 83/365

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2019-03-24