(1) John The Baptist Icon

Location: Volos, Greece

Age: Unknown

Composite: Papier-mâché

Collected by: Jackal

***“Can it be possible that the painters make John the Baptist a Spaniard in

Madrid and an Irishman in Dublin?”***

• Mark Twain

Luke 3:11

***“Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has

food is to do likewise.”***

• John The Baptist

Example of a makeshift church in Greece, Rhodes Island.

(2) Pottery shard

Companion piece

Location: Knidos, Turkey

Age: c 2000 years old

Composite: Glazed pottery

Collected by: Lennie Repina

Knidos is an ancient city located on the Western most point of Asia where the Aegean Sea meets the Mediterranean Sea. It was a vitally important trading port

and was especially known in the days of Ancient Greece for a “scandalous” but also

sacred sculpture of a naked Athena displayed in the centre of the city.