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Newly scanned!
Group standing in front of Bank of Springer, C.E. Hartley’s Real Estate, and Hartley’s Meat Market, Abbott Street, Springer, New Mexico, circa 1910-1911
Glass plate negative from the Raton Museum collection, HP.2015.26.30
St. Moses the Black, Patron Saint of Ass Whooppin’
Also known as St. Moses the Ethiopian, St. Moses the Black is a saint in Catholic religion but most especially Orthodox Christianity. Born in 330AD, he lived in Egypt as an early Christian monk and priest. Before he lived a Godly life, St. Moses was outlaw, robber, bandit, and no good dirty rotten scoundrel. When his nefarious life caught up with him he was forced to take sanctuary in a Christian monastery. St. Moses grew to admire the simple, peaceful, and contented lives of the monks. At first he was reluctant to join the monastery, believing that he was too sinful for such a life, but St. Isidore , abbot of the Monastery took him to the roof one morning to watch the rising sun. Isidore told Moses, “Only slowly do the rays of the sun drive away the night and usher in a new day, and thus, only slowly does one become a perfect contemplative.”
St. Moses was known as an especially wise monk. In one incident, St. Moses was called to attend a meeting to decide the punishment of a fellow monk who had broken a monastery rule. St. Moses refused to attend. Again the monks called upon him, and once again he refused. Finally, when called upon a third time, he arrived at the meeting carrying a massive, heavy jug full of water behind his back. When asked what he was doing, he responded, “I carry behind me the burden of my sins where I cannot see them, and I come to judge the sins of my brother”. Catching the hint behind St. Moses’ actions, the other monks forgave the man.
While St. Moses was known as a wise and faithful monk, he was also known as a fearless adventurer who knew how to handle himself in the face of danger. He was especially known for conducting missions to exceptionally dangerous places. On his first mission, he was ambushed by a gang of ruthless and bloodthirsty bandits. Unarmed, St. Moses beat the snot out of the bandits, tied them up, and dragged them back to his monastery. He convinced the bandits to repent and reform their lives, and the former bandits became his first converts.
In 405 AD St. Moses was an old man (75 years), impressive considering most people were lucky to live past 30. The monastery received word that a band of Berber raiders were on their way to raid and destroy the monastery. The other monks wanted to take up arms and defend themselves, but St. Moses told them to flee instead. St. Moses stayed behind with eight other monks, welcoming the raiders with open arms. They were all martyred, but their sacrifice bought the other monks time to escape to safety.
Annie Burke was a Pomo Indian basketmaker who lived in the Mendocino area. She was well-known for her basket weaving skills during her lifetime. Against tradition, Annie asked her daughter, Elsie Allen, not to bury her baskets with her when she died. Elsie used these baskets to form the basis of the Elsie Allen Basket Collection to demonstrate the significance of their culture to others.
Annie along with her daughter, Elsie, and Edna Sloan Guerrero formed the Pomo Mother’s club, later renamed Pomo Indian Women’s Club. The mission of the club was to support their community through education and fundraising and in countering anti-Indian discrimination in California. The Club’s basketry exhibits and demonstrations were instrumental educating others about the Pomo.
Image: Annie Burke, Basket Maker (1944)
Kanesh (present-day Kültepe, Turkey), ca. 1850-1700 BC (Old Assyrian)
(4.8 x 4.4 x 1.7 cm)
Around 20,000 clay tablets were found at the site of Kültepe (ancient Kanesh). Such a large find indicates that the city had an extensive commercial quarter, where foreign Assyrian merchants lived and operated during the 19th century BC. Sent from Itur-ili in Assyria to Ennam-Ashur in Kanesh, this letter concerns the important trade in precious metals. Itur-ili, the senior partner, offers wise words of advice to Ennam-Ashur: “This is important; no dishonest man must cheat you! So do not succumb to drink!”
PLACES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD: Ur (Mesopotamia/Iraq)
UR was a city in the region of Sumer, southern Mesopotamia, in what is modern-day Iraq. According to biblical tradition, the city is named after the man who founded the first settlement there, Ur, though this has been disputed. The city’s other biblical link is to the patriarch Abraham who left Ur to settle in the land of Canaan. This claim has also been contested by scholars who believe that Abraham’s home was further north in Mesopotamia in a place called Ura, near the city of Harran, and that the writers of the biblical narrative in the Book of Genesis confused the two.
Whatever its biblical connections may have been, Ur was a significant port city on the Persian Gulf which began, most likely, as a small village in the Ubaid Period of Mesopotamian history (5000-4100 BCE) and was an established city by 3800 BCE continually inhabited until 450 BCE.
The site became famous in 1922 CE when Sir Leonard Wooley excavated the ruins and discovered what he called The Great Death Pit (an elaborate grave complex), the Royal Tombs, and, more significantly to him, claimed to have found evidence of the Flood described in the Book of Genesis (this claim was later discredited but continues to find supporters). In its time, Ur was a city of enormous size, scope, and opulence which drew its vast wealth from its position on the Persian Gulf and the trade this allowed with countries as far away as India.
Info by Joshua J. Mark on Ancient History Encyclopedia
Standing male worshiper. Period: Early Dynastic I-II Date: ca. 2900–2600 B.C. Geography: Mesopotamia, Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar) Culture: Sumerian Medium: Gypsum alabaster, shell, black limestone, bitumen
~In Mesopotamia gods were thought to be physically present in the materials and experiences of daily life. Enlil, considered the most powerful Mesopotamian god during most of the third millennium B.C., was a “raging storm” or “wild bull,” while the goddess Inanna reappeared in different guises as the morning and evening star. Deities literally inhabited their cult statues after they had been animated by the proper rituals, and fragments of worn statues were preserved within the walls of the temple. This standing figure, with clasped hands and a wide-eyed gaze, is a worshiper. It was placed in the “Square Temple” at Tell Asmar, perhaps dedicated to the god Abu, in order to pray perpetually on behalf of the person it represented. For humans equally were considered to be physically present in their statues. Similar statues were sometimes inscribed with the names of rulers and their families.
Papal Presentation Sword of Clement VIII
The sword has a slender blade of flattened hexagonal section, the distinctly offset ricasso featuring two short guards. At the base of the blade there’s an etched inscription “CLEMENTE VIII”, beneath two imperial orbs and another inscriptions that reads “IHS”. On the opposite side is inscribed “MISTINAL ES IHS” next to a finely etched crucifix.
The widely extended, blackened quillons has a ring guard on each side as well as finger bars. The grip retains its original leathering, and the upper end provided with a Turk’s head of copper wire. The blackened pommel is elaborately chiselled with three scallops. Pope Clement VIII, whose original name was Ippolito Aldobrandini (1536 - 1605), was elected Pope in 1592.
Source: Copyright © 2015 Hermann Historica
Hi. At first I thought the stela might be for Alexander’s one-eyed follower too, but that would put the Met’s dating off by several hundred years. The Met says the stela is from several centuries before Alexander was born. “Antigenes” was not an uncommon name through history. (Message from @howdoyoulikethemeggrolls)
You’re quite right. When anon messaged, I thought it was this grave stele:
This one also belongs to a guy named Antigenes and I know we’ve posted it before. My fellow admin made a post on another grave stele belonging to an Antigenes last night, but it’s hard to know which one Anon meant since they didn’t specify. Both options would, date wise, rule out Antigenes (the general of Alexander) as the owner of the stele. This one is probably for a man with the same name, and the one posted last night is likely to be in reference to the General.
Basically we’re confused as Anon didn’t specify the exact stele they wanted information on, and it’s hard for us to find posts in our archive that we may have made years ago!
Emma Lazarus, “New Colossus,” 1883
Emma Lazarus, whose famous poem is on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, died on November 19, 1887 at the age of 38.
Ms. Lazarus was the daughter of Portugese Jews to emigrated to the United States before the American Revolution. She became interested in writing at a young age and wrote not only poetry but also verse and dramas.
She became an advocate for Jewish refugees after reading George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda and receiving news of pogroms against Jews in Russia. She also became an early Zionist, advocating for a Jewish nation-state.
“New Colossus” was written in 1883 placed on the Statue in 1903. It has become relevant once again as the Syrian refugee crisis dominates the news and politics.
Series: National Child Labor Committee Photographs taken by Lewis Hine, ca. 1912 - ca. 1912. Record Group 102: Records of the Children’s Bureau, 1908 - 2003
Taken by investigative photographer Lewis Hine 105 years ago, this photograph is one of a series of black-and-white prints given to the Children’s Bureau by the National Child Labor Committee.
Today at the Museum! Meet paleoanthropologist and explorer Dr. Lee Berger on Thursday, November 19 from 12-3 pm in the Sackler Educational Lab.
Dr. Berger recently led the Rising Star Expedition to recover an amazing collection of fossil hominins deep in a South African Cave. Up to 1,200 fossil fragments were discovered, consisting of at least 15 different individuals of a new species within our genus: Homo naledi.
We will have 3D prints of the fossil fragments in the lab and Dr. Berger will address any questions you may have about this fascinating recent discovery.
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Black Virgin of Le Puy (Vierge Noir du Puy)
France (17th century, replaces Medieval work)
France, Haute-Loire, Le Puy. Located on the main altar of the cathedral of Notre-Dame of Le Puy; originally located in the chapel of St. Maurice; crowned by Pope Pius IX in 1856; replaces a medieval statue destroyed during the French Revolution.
Photographer: William Keighley (American, 1889-1984).
The Image Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Original data, New York University - Institute of Fine Arts, Visual Resources Collection.
The cover on this 1851 copy of The Odd-fellows offering is so striking! It may look a little rough around the edges, but the inside still displays some vibrant illustrations. There is even some metallic gold detailing, that unfortunately is not properly captured by the camera.
-Lindsay M.
Swiss flintlock pistol, mid 17th century.
