namethatsaint

Just having fun spotting saints in art. @namethatsaint on Instagram. Dates are when the saint lived unless otherwise stated.

[eileen chengyin chow @chowleen]

Sharing one of my favorite poems since childhood.

By the 12thc warrior poet Xin Qiji 辛棄疾, who was sidelined during peacetime, demoted, drifting through a decade of minor posts in remote lands.

Poetry, then, is that which is left unsaid.
“My, what a cool and lovely autumn.”

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@BA_Fogel All I've got: https://t.co/ZJLqS047BA

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Any ideas what's going on here? I don't have the full image. Jewish context.

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@BA_Fogel A shopping mall in Israel. I have no more information than that. Any thoughts?

[weird medieval guys @WeirdMedieval]

dog reading and wearing a funny hat, france, 14th century

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Any idea @last_of_england ?

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@respektor It's from the UK where class is not defined by wealth (although it often correlates). Rather it's defined by culture - social behaviour, posture, dress, use of language, relationships and experiences.

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@Wild_NEScot @jmoosman @DrSueOosthuizen And you'd think people would know that, but ... https://t.co/PggM4NhpO0

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@isisnaucratis @SarahEBond @Wikimedia *IS that right?

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@isisnaucratis @SarahEBond @Wikimedia IIRC Berenices II was blonde, as told in the poem narrated by her hair (which was written during her life.) It's that right?

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@jdmccafferty He's looking strangely and disturbingly reminiscent of the martyr Charles I 🧐. (Or maybe just the beard fashion?)

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@druidtombraider @DrJEBall @Durotrigesdig @SaveRome @archae_delle @romanarchaeouk I have walked across this aqueduct! Happy memories, thank you.

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@rijksmuseum_art It's St Catherine of Alexandria on the left, you can just make out a tiny bit of her spiked wheel.

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@SylviaPlathBot Yes. YES.

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@AleteiaEN Relic or reliquary? There is a big difference.

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@museumweirdo * He SPENT twenty years in the institution.

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@museumweirdo .. she passed him a crudely made doll. He heard the following week about the strange disappearance of the cruel carer. He cradled the doll, he alone noticing the slight muffled groans, the way its fixed eyes strained. "Don't worry. I'll take care of you."