For the first time in 41 years, we will have a new face on our pound coins as King Charles III's £1 coin is due to enter circulation this week. What is the history & significance of this change? Visiting Research Fellow Dr George Gross from King's Arts & Humanities explains #KingsQs🧵🔽

If you zoom in on Millet's 'The Gust of Wind' you see a shepherd and his sheep fleeing. The work dramatises a classic Romantic struggle of man against the forces of nature. Find out more in our Exhibition of the Week on Psalm 29: thevcs.org/gods-stormy-vo…

Our Exhibition of the Week is called 'God's Stormy Voice' and is on #Psalm29. It features works of art by John Constable, Katsushika Hokusai, and Jean-François Millet. Read the Comparative Commentary here: thevcs.org/gods-stormy-vo…

Did you spot the two figures standing further up the slope watching the downward rush of the waterfall? Take a better look at Hokusai's 19th-c. Japanese print in our exhibition on Psalm 29: thevcs.org/gods-stormy-vo…

'You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltness be restored?' Pieter Claesz.' painted salt cellar, heaped with salt, is monumental, and commands our attention. Our Exhibition of the Week is called Salt and Light: thevcs.org/salt-and-light…

The word used for ‘lamp’ in the Greek text of the Gospels (lychnos) denotes a portable lamp, usually set on a stand, just like the Coptic bronze lamp featured here. Find out more about this remarkable object in our Exhibition of the Week, Salt and Light: thevcs.org/salt-and-light…

My #MaterialMysticism Comment interview with Chloë Reddaway, featuring a new Brepols book, the The Visual Commentary on Scripture , Ben Quash & much more: “The Virgin’s womb is full; the tomb is empty; and the mercy of God is wider than my imagination.” comment.org/a-wedding-in-l…

Today, many Christians celebrate #Augustine. Jaime Huguet painted this sumptuous altarpiece of Augustine’s consecration as bishop of Hippo for the Augustine friary in Barcelona. Read about it on the VCS: thevcs.org/pastures-gods-…

The monk kissing St Cuthbert's feet in this medieval miniature is believed to be the Venerable Bede. Cuthbert, whose name means ‘bright-mannered’, is depicted in episcopal garb. Read about this manuscript illumination in our Exhibition of the Week: thevcs.org/salt-and-light…

Fantastic article here comment.org/a-wedding-in-l… 'Thinking about and getting involved with materiality, sacramentality, human imaginings of the divine—these aren’t things that should be optional thinking for the fortunate.' Comment Matthew J. Milliner Ben Quash King's TRS

Our Exhibition of the Week is called 'Salt and Light' and is on Matthew 5:13–16; Mark 4:21–23; 9:49–50; and Luke 8:16; 14:34–35. It features a painting by Pieter Claesz., a miniature of St Cuthbert, and a Coptic lamp. Read the Comparative Commentary: thevcs.org/salt-and-light…

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Over fourteen years, James Hampton slowly constructed what would prove to be his only major work: The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly. Read about this extraordinary throne in our Exhibition of the Week on Isaiah 6: thevcs.org/holy-holy-holy…

My King's College London staff page is live! Very excited to be joining King's TRS! kcl.ac.uk/people/king-ho…

Giotto's frescoes in the Upper Church of the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi are among the most canonical in the history of art. In the scene of Francis’s stigmatisation, the depiction of the seraph seems to recall elements of the vision of Isaiah 6: thevcs.org/holy-holy-holy…

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Huge thanks to Oxford Faculty of Theology & Religion, Humanities Division and, of course, Christ Church for the support! I'm still recruiting participants. Maybe some of your networks may be interested in sharing the news and study link, Stephen Bullivant King's TRS The Office of the Dean SSCE Adam Willows Santi Ruiz ?

🌟Spotlight on Arts & Humanities🌟 Launching our new series highlighting the impact of research here at King's ↳ Activating the Exile Archive — a project preserving the legacy of Sudanese artist Hussein Shariffe amidst the ongoing conflict in #Sudan 👇 kcl.ac.uk/news/spotlight…

Rowan LeCompte’s stained-glass depiction of Isaiah at Washington National Cathedral represents a spiritual attitude of availability and receptivity to the command of God. Read or listen to the third commentary in our Exhibition of the Week on Isaiah 6: thevcs.org/holy-holy-holy…

Our Exhibition of the Week is called 'Holy, Holy, Holy' and is on Isaiah 6. It features a fresco of Saint Francis by Giotto, a home-made throne by James Hampton, and stained glass by Rowan LeCompte. Read or listen to the Comparative Commentary here: thevcs.org/holy-holy-holy…