If we look around God of Living it’s every where and if you hungry always look around God it’s a Provider of Care and Support of everything.. Friday Blessing to you all 🤩
Here’s a Monday morning wake-up call from a 2000-year-old alarm clock ⏰
This carved piece of basalt is a fragment of a clepsydra – an ancient Egyptian water clock which measured the passing of time using the flow of water from a vessel ow.ly/Fj6k50MXOma
ALT A large black stone fragment engraved with three Egyptian figures. The figure on the left wears a crown and makes offering to the other two, who are gods.
The knight would secretly visit his lover at night, and she would send her dog outside to signal that the coast was clear to enter her chambers.
🐶 Can you spot the small carved canine hiding in the panels? ow.ly/cNc650N9Mkm
“As it chanced in Burgundy to a valiant and brave Knight, and to the Lady of Vergi, whom the Knight loved so well …” ⚔👸
This casket tells the story of a doomed love affair between a knight and the Duke of Burgundy’s niece, the Chatelaine of Vergi ow.ly/cNc650N9Mkm
ALT The lid of a white rectangular ivory box, which has been separated into eight squares. Each one has a different scene of medieval courtly life. In one scene a couple embrace on a bed while a small dog sits beside them.
Due to industrial action taking place across the public sector, the Museum may have to close galleries at short notice today, Wednesday 15 March.
This is not a decision taken lightly and we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
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Katsushika Ōi was also Hokusai’s collaborator during the final two decades of his life and may have even worked as his ‘ghost brush’.
Learn more about the relationship between Katsushika Ōi and her father in our blog: ow.ly/2w1e50N0JKA
Katsushika Ōi was not just the daughter of master printmaker Hokusai – she was also an astounding artist in her own right 🖌
Hokusai said ‘when it comes to paintings of beautiful women, I can’t compete with her’ ow.ly/PhmC50N0z2I
ALT Eleven women in colourful kimono are standing together in a room. In the centre is a large table richly decorated with flowers.
ALT Eleven women in colourful kimono are standing together in a room. In the centre is a large table richly decorated with flowers.
💐 Tag someone who deserves this beautiful bouquet today 💐
Made in 1856, this idyllic scene uses a combination of multiple wood-engraved blocks printed in colour over an intaglio key plate.
Can you spot three bird’s eggs, a wasp and a pear in the image? ow.ly/SxU050NgBxj
ALT A vase of colourful flowers stands on a table inside a shed. Surrounding the vase is a range of fruits and a small bird’s nest. In the background a lake and mountains are visible through the open door.