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Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad, Iraq, c. 710 BCE / 1905 (via archimaps)
108. If a tavern-keeper (feminine) does not accept corn according to gross weight in payment of drink, but takes money, and the price of the drink is less than that of the corn, she shall be convicted and thrown into the water.
109. If conspirators meet in the house of a tavern-keeper, and these conspirators are not captured and delivered to the court, the tavern-keeper shall be put to death.
110. If a "sister of a god" open a tavern, or enter a tavern to drink, then shall this woman be burned to death.
"On Brewing" from Hammurabi's Code, c. 1772 BCE
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March Studio, Hotel Hotel / Nishi Building, Canberra, Australia, 2014 (via colossal)
Audience of the Reichskammergericht in Wetzlar, Germany, 1750
'The Reichskammergericht, or Imperial Chamber Court, was one of two highest judicial institutions in the Holy Roman Empire, the other one being the Aulic Council in Vienna. It was founded in 1495 by the Imperial Diet in Worms. All legal proceedings in the Holy Roman Empire could be brought to the Imperial Chamber Court, except if the ruler of the territory had a so-called privilegium de non appellando, in which case the highest judicial institution was found by the ruler of that territory.'
Arquitecturia, "Apse Court" of the Cathedral in Tortosa, Spain, c. 2011
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Amédée Forestier vs. George W. T. Omond, Outer Court of the Episcopal Palace, Liège, Belgium, c. 1920 (via oldbooks)
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Frank Kunert, “Small Worlds,” 2011 (via polychroniadis)
'"Small Worlds" is far from being mere photographic satire. Instead, Kunert has spent weeks, sometimes even months, working with deco boards, plasticine and paint, in order to model his thoughts in 3D.'