Shrine of the Three Kings, Cologne Cathedral Der Dreikönigsschrein 1180-1225, rare Mosan Romanesque gold-plated silver reliquary, holding relics of The Magi: Caspar, Melchior & Balthasar; set with gems & ornamented with 74 high-relief figures. #ThreeKingsDay #Epiphany

Jean de Montluçon, Illuminated initial from a manuscript with the Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1500, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Very pleased to report that *I* found the little plastic king in the Dreikönigskuchen today. (Similar concept to Galette des Rois, but sweet yeast buns baked together in a circle.) Glad I had them pack the crown in at the bakery because I'm going to wear it ALL evening. 👑 👑 👑 👸 #Epiphany

This is absolutely awful. Municipality did not follow through on its responsibility to inspect the fire safety compliance at Le Constellation in Crans-Montana. 1/2

Keen to know more about 'Thermal horizons: energy and infrastructures of British global power, c. 1830–1900'? Join us to discuss Alex Bremmer's paper on Tuesday 13 January either in person at the Institute of Historical Research, London or on Zoom, 5:30 GMT. Free and open to the public.

Der Romanist Karl Vossler 1930: „Das Gefühl, dass etwas Niedriges und Rohes im Antisemitismus steckt, ist mir zum erstenmal in den Knabenjahren aufgegangen, als ich sah, wie ein grundgutmütiger Jude, der einzige in unserer Klasse, 1/

Happy New Year! Auch dieses Jahr schreibt das #ZentralinstitutfürKunstgeschichte wieder #Förderpreise, #Fellowships und #Stipendien aus! Bewerbungsfrist: 28. Februar 2026 Hier findet Ihr die aktuellen Ausschreibungen: www.zikg.eu/aktuelles/au...

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a short review of my book on the urban history of Black spaces in St. Louis. #STL @stltoday.com @umissouripress.bsky.social

Attention architectural historians: Vincent Scully's house is for sale... @langealexandra.bsky.social @christinecipriani.bsky.social @bgoldst.bsky.social www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

So many people have taken down their trees & Christmas decorations. We wait until Twelfth Night (Jan 6). Was always the tradition in our family. 🎄

I don’t believe any country has ever been invaded for its offshore wind turbines.

Gorgeous brickwork there in Texas at the lower right.

Great bibliography on American architecture of the past 250 years compiled by @hawthorne.bsky.social. Perfect for folks like me with a good background in architectural history but who are not specialists in American #architecture. #USA250 #USsemiquincentennial www.punchlistmag.com/p/american-a...

Just absolutely horrendous and despicable actions by Trump and his crazed circle. Evil, evil. I don’t know what else to say

📣 We are thrilled to announce that the Winter 2025 issue of Renaissance Quarterly (vol. 78.4) has been published online. You can view it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #RenTwitter #earlymodern #Renaissance @universitypress.cambridge.org

Humanity's intellectual bankruptcy continues unabashed in 2026.

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Chicago’s annual snowplow naming contest is underway and Mayor Brandon Johnson is backing the name “Abolish ICE.” blockclubchi.co/4pi3DA4

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31 December 1960: New Year's Eve celebrations reach fever pitch in Berlin-Spandau (via Bundesarchiv)

Here’s a New Year. The stove wins a special commendation.

Isaac Barrow & John Wallis introduced the young Isaac Newton to the concept of mathematical physics and the new continental mathematics #histsci thonyc.wordpress.com/2025/12/31/f...

This is great opportunity for those interested in art librarianship. guides.library.yale.edu/kressfellows...

You can see the Packard Plant water tower and the plant itself disappearing in the background of this

**Top Ten Images of the Year · #5 of 10** ✨ One of my favourite windows — a lovely 15th-century depiction of a wren hunting a spider in the Zouche Chapel at York Minster.

Woo hoo! My essay on Catholic chapel-building in Ireland 1780s- 1820s is now available as #OpenAccess - so if you want to read it, you can just click right through. GRMA to the IReL agreements for that! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📢 Reminder: Nachwuchs-Reisestipendien für den 38. Deutschen Kongress für Kunstgeschichte 📍 25.–28. Februar 2026 in München 📅 Bewerbungsschluss: 4. Januar 2026! @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de kunstgeschichte.org/...

Gebloggt: Leseliste 2025. ankegroener.de/blog/?p=41851

Table, by Germany, Berlin After a design by Friedrich Gilly (German, born Prussia [present-day Poland], 1772–1800) c. 1800 More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/180740

855 years ago Monday, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket was hacked to death inside his own cathedral. If you want to mark the anniversary, you can always listen to my 2-part podcast with Dr. John Jenkins (U of York) on the life, death and cult of Thomas. carleton.ca/aah/2021/hta...

Lake Garda

An important work from a rediscovered artist has been absent from public view since the 1970s. A New York curator is hunting for it. n.pr/4qfSDVj

America has the mother of all reckonings next year. #250

Census Fellowship in the Reception of Antiquity Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Bibliotheca Hertziana & @warburginstitute.bsky.social are pleased to announce a fellowship offered at either the predoctoral or postdoctoral level. Apply by 31 Jan 2026 #Skystorians www.rensoc.org.uk/event/2026-c...

Art history books IN Russian and Polish and Bulgarian. If you have an institution or library or university that wants that, that's AMAZING, would love to talk, but that's the big hurdle from here in northeast Missouri.

Juan Bautista Maíno, Adoración de los pastores, 1612–14, @museodelprado.es

My spouse @lawrencehurley.bsky.social won Christmas this year. Look at the amazing Fall of Rome candle he gave me

Merry Christmas 🎄

HAPPY HOLIDAYS Wilson Creek, WA

North Pole airport code is XMS! Currently tracking flight R3DN053! 🦌 🔴 🎅 🎄

Also, great Burns bibliography compiled by Ilaria Abbondandolo. These kinds of bibliographies are invaluable historiographic tools down the line. Thanks so much @thesahgb.bsky.social! www.cambridge.org/core/service... #architecture #earlymodern #Renaissance #Palladio

Really lovely group of tributes to Howard Burns. #earlymodern #architecture #Renaissance www.cambridge.org/core/service...

Nativity Scene, from Giulio Aleni, "Illustrated Life of the Lord of Heaven", 天主降生出像經解, Fuzhou, 1637