Surprised by Time

Iris by Jacopo Bellini This is the 341st post for Surprised by Time since we began in June 2008 and there is a finite amount o...

Burning Plethon photocopies. Burning a book is not easy in the normal course of events. Several years ago I needed to dispose of...

Frontispiece, I Fatti e le Prodezze di Manoli Blessi, Strathioto by Antonio Molino, 1561. Having seen two blogs in the past...

The dynatoi at dinner. Outer narthex of the Katholikon, Vatopedi Monastery, Mt. Athos. In Emperor or Manager: Power ...

Dedicatory inscription, Archangel Michael, Polemitas , Mani. 1278. I've recently come across some fascinating articles (see be...

Holograph manuscript of George Gemistos Plethon, Marciana, Venice. A great deal of twaddle has been written about Mistra and Pl...

Probable representation of an archon,  Andreas Pavias, Crucifixion, late 15th C. Archons essentially disappear in 1460 with t...

Captain Williams, my brother Peter (age 6) and me (nearly 12) in King Tom, Freetown, Sierra Leone (between White Man's Bay and Kroo...

Adoration , by Brian Kershisnik Ἐγένετο: it happened.  That’s how stories begin: Once upon a time, In the beginning, In the days w...

Circumstances have made it impossible to write an entry for this week.  So I thought it might be amusing to post here an excerpt fro...