As it's a wet and windy day in the UK, I wanted to be reminded of Istanbul in the spring.

Taking a closer look at this mosaic of "Virgin Caressed by her Parents" and "Birth of the Virgin" ⛪️ 🕌 #turkey #istanbul #istanbulphotography #turkiye #ottoman #culture #eastmeetswest #islamic #exploringtheworld #travelphotography #mosque #church #christianity #biblical #religious

Exploring the kitchens at Hampton Court #hamptoncourt #tudor #tudors #henryviii

The Catalan Atlas, created by the Jewish cartographer Abraham Cresques around 1375, is a masterpiece of medieval cartography, notable for its detailed representation of the known world and its blending of nautical and geographical information.

More details Barbarossa's Ottoman fleet wintering in Toulon, 1543–44

Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha defeats the Holy League of Charles V under the command of Andrea Doria at the Battle of Preveza in 1538

Hayreddin Barbarossa (born Khidr; c. 1478 – 4 July 1546) was a legendary Ottoman admiral and privateer whose naval brilliance established Ottoman supremacy in the Mediterranean during the 16th century.

Interior of a mausoleum in the Khanqah-Mosque of Faraj ibn Barquq, Cairo. 📷By Manadily

The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari 📷 Met Museum

On Burges’s suggestion Marks decorated a section near the base of the cabinet with figures from Greek mythology, including a concert of the Pierides. In Greek mythology the Pierides were the nine daughters of King Pieros of Emathia who lived in Macedonia, north of Greece. 🎵 🎵 WA1933.26

The word cashmere is an anglicisation of Kashmir. A luxury product traded from India to Europe, the Kashmir shawl was a fashionable item of clothing in the late 1700s and early 1800s in Europe. 🧥 Victorian surcoat made of Kashmir shawl pieces, mid-19th century, India. EA2000.39

Mosaic Pavement https://www.wikiart.org/en/byzantine-mosaics/mosaic-pavement-527

Hırami Ahmed Paşa Mescidi, formerly the Middle Byzantine church of St. John Prodromos in Troullo Photo by Arthur Kingsley Porter (c. 1918)

I appear on this week’s episode of Kent Chronicles on KMTV, looking at Thomas Wyatt and courtly love. You can watch the show here: www.kentonline.co.uk/kmtv/video/k... #kentchronicles #thomaswyatt #courtlylove #tudor #tudors

Looking up at this mosaic called, “Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the Temple” ⛪️ 🕌 #turkey #istanbul #istanbulphotography #turkiye #ottoman #culture #eastmeetswest #church #travelphotography #religious #byzantineart #mosaicart #architecture #history #exploringtheworld

Thank goodness for William Dalrymple 🙏🏼 @willdalrymple.bsky.social

New on The Writer’s Bookshelf: eight questions about writers, books and reading with medieval historian @helencarr.bsky.social. mathewlyons/p/the-writers-bookshelf-helen-carr?r=210m2m&utm_medium=ios

Journalist Fatih Altaylı was jailed partly for saying Turks are a nation that strangled its own sultan. The presidential palace found it threatening. That tells you the memory of the "cumhur" still has power — and they know it.

I meant “out on Thursday “. I will post a link! M

Read and share all over..he nails it

Hagia Sophia 📷 mine

Still standing

There is music in the air! 🎶 Our summer lecture series "Music in the Ottoman Empire, Iran, the Caucasus & Central Asia" brings together an international group of scholars exploring musical cultures, sound, and exchange across regions. Details coming soon — stay tuned!

“As things went from bad to worse all men came to learn by experience that man's innate wickedness knows no limit: when it feeds on the knowledge of the past, and when the licence which impunity bestows encourages it to victimise all whom it encounters.” ― Procopius, The Secret History

This is so soothing. Oh to be a floating bear!

Time for an AI version of an Ottoman Siphai charging into the flames for some unknown reason, towards who knows who.

Michael V (r. 1041-1042 AD) was proclaimed emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire after Michael IV (r. 1034-1041 AD). He was succeeded by Zoë Porphyrogenita , who was then succeeded by Theodora Porphyrogenita. #ButIAmYourServant www.linkedin.com/pulse/michae...

#OnThisDay - 19 January - in AD 379 Theodosius was elevated to the rank of 'Augustus' with the approval of Gratian, taking responsibility for the Eastern Empire. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC IX Constantinople 71A; Münzkabinett Berlin (18268558). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

“You don’t have to turn this into something. It doesn’t have to upset you. Things can’t shape our decisions by themselves.” – Marcus Aurelius #stoic #philosophy #wisdom

Lost in the wonder of the frescoes in the Chora Church now Kariye Mosque ⛪️ 🕌 #turkey #istanbul #turkiye #church #exploringtheworld #travelphotography #mosque #church #byzantinemosaics #architecture #historicalarchitecture #sacredspaces #wanderlust #beautifuldestinations

Outside: the sword associated with the Prophet Muhammad. Inside: the Crucifix and instruments of the Passion. This shield was likely used by a Christian knight in a “Hungarian style” tournament, dressed in "Ottoman fashion" and fighting with a sabre. 📷 Met Museum

Sarcophagus of Helena - This red porphyry sarcophagus is believed to have held the remains of Helena, mother of Constantine the Great. 📷 By Gaspa

The interior of the Hagia Sophia is a sight to behold 🕌 #turkey #istanbul #hagiasophia #architecture #travel #ottoman #historic #islamic #culture #ayasofya #travelphotography #landmark #byzantium #mosque #eastmeetswest

#quotes #books #booksky #excerpts #citations #byzantium #herrin #byzantine #charles #charlemagne #emperor #pope #9thCentury #christianity #earlychristianity #ritual #europe #holyromanempire

Dalrymple & Fry! Talk about 2 people in happy to have on Bluesky!

For #caturday a medieval snail cat! 🐌 🐈 📕 This remarkable creature is depicted in the Maastricht Hours – an illuminated devotional manuscript produced in the Netherlands during the early 1300s. 🗃️ #arthistory #medievalsky #art #cat #cats #design #booksky

Gold background of the Deesis Mosaic at Hagia Sophia

Portions of a Cuirass Turkish, late 16th–17th century On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 379

The Bizarre Tale Of The Enchanted Golden Mosque Near the Aral Sea thehistorianshut.com/2019/08/12/t... #history

Robert of Anjou sitting on his throne, with inscribed fleurs-de-lis in the background; miniature of the personification of Italy as a mourning woman. From Carmina Regia.

From the Regia Carmina

I don't think you should be checking your iPhone when centaurs attack.

Persian Gold. 📷 mine

“Norman minds dissolved in the vapors of Muslim culture” is a banger of a sentence lmao