can't believe i have to make this post, but since bigots keep interacting with this blog: TERFs are not welcome here, nor are racists, misogynists, homophobes, anti-Semites, Islamaphobes, or any other people who hold hateful opinions. i know that the ancient Mediterranean and (for the most part) general history have been co-opted to spread hate, but i, as the owner of this blog and a professional archaeologist and historian, actively endeavor to make these fields more accepting and accessible. so fuck off.
this bracelet came with the original letter
addressed to ’ pet ‘
christmas 1884.
flies
Bartholomeus Anglicus, ‘Livre des propriétés des choses’ (French translation of Jean Corbechon), Paris 1447
Amiens, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 399, fol. 144r
Shoes by Philips Shoes
c. 1925-1935
The National Museum of Norway
Ink stone in the form of a turtle, China, 6th-7th century
from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Floor tiles from the North Berwick Nunnery, 12th century
inspired by a VERY excited tag someone left on a pic of a minoan-style squid
Medusa head, Basilica Cistern, Istanbul, Turkey
A collection of Black Books of Hours
- Black Hours, ca. 1475 (Morgan Library, New York)
- Horae beatae marie secundum usum curie romane, ca. 1458 (Hispanic Society of America)
- Black Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, ca. 1466-1476 (Austrian National Library)
aquatic creatures (stella, zytiron, serra marina, equus marinus, monachus, scilla)
illustrations from a manuscript copy of thomas of cantimpré's 13th c. liber de natura rerum, bavaria, c. 1424
source: Vatican, Bibl. Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 1066, fol. 110r-125v
A COLLECTION OF GREEK AND ROMAN GLASS FRAGMENTS
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D.
The late 19th century small wood collectors cabinet with glazed lid and five drawers, filled with a quantity of glass fragments including core-formed, mosaic glass vessels, bead and inlay fragments, jewellery fragments, plain and marbled glass fragments and plain glass intaglios.
Christie’s
inspired by a VERY excited tag someone left on a pic of a minoan-style squid
Dress, 1840-49
Fairy Tale Tile, Caroline Risque, American, 1883–1952, c.1911, Saint Louis Art Museum: Decorative Arts and Design