There May Be Teapots

Domi, she/her A little guy and fan of many old things

[the1920sinpictures]

1928 c. Silent star Gertrude Olmstead, photographer unknown. From David Shields, Pinterest.

[medievalpoc]

Aurora Consurgens (att: St. Thomas Aquinas or “Pseudo-Aquinas”)

f. 34v: Black Female Angel

Germany (c. 1420s)

Parchment Codex with Watercolor Miniatures, 20.4 x 13.9 cm.

Zürich, Zentralbibliothek.

This is one of those manuscript miniatures that is so beautiful and strange, it’s hard to believe it’s really as old as it is. Aurora Consurgens is an alchemical treatise; a commentary on the Latin translation of Silvery Waters by Muhammed ibn Umail at-Tamîmî (Senior Zadith), attributed first to Saint Thomas Aquinas and later attributed to “Pseudo-Aquinas”.

The miniatures are unusual not only for their quality, but also for the fact that they’re tiny watercolor paintings on the parchment codex. The whole text has been digitized here, and you can read like you were holding it:

*ETA*

The link has a photo with flash in which you can see the gilded portions a bit better, as well as the ability to zoom in to see the details. For those who were curious, inside the Angel’s body is a sheathed dagger and a coiled serpent:

[pannan-art]

Queer Folk 2026

Świętokrzyskie + Kielce

Bytom (Summer clothing)

Biłgoraj-Tarnogród + Bytom

Pszczyna + Cieszyn

Lublin + Kurpie Zielone

Kaszuby (swietlicowy) + Biskupizna

Kujawy + Rzeszów

[exlibra]

ambassador garak jaunts around paris with big ass sunglasses on 24/7 not for fashion or mystique reasons but because his eyes are constantly running in the sun and he can’t be seen like that. end log entry

[katbelleinthedark]

Do not hide this in tags. Also, correct.

[exlibra]

is he pissed about the hat because a) he wanted to be invited to the game, b) he wanted to be invited to the game so that he would have the chance to turn it down, c) he was forced to sew a bunch of baseball uniforms while also codebreaking for the federation and having a mental codebreakdown, d) the hat is ugly, or e) all of the above?

[unamccormack]

All of the above plus f) he holds organised sports in complete contempt and is angry and bitter about all the complex emotions his exclusion is causing.

[hartlins]

Not the point of the original post, but speaking of, this quote from Andy lives rent free in my head:

“The baseball episode was the one I really missed doing. I complained bitterly, but to no avail.”

Would be the most Garak thing ever if he spent the episode going around the station bitching about not being included.

[exlibra]

at least give him a mic and and a speaker and set him loose. non-stop commentary but none of it is about the game: this is how the niners could still win

[unamccormack]

Breaks into the holosuite (has form), hides in the stadium roof, mysterious sniper shots take out the Logicians one by one.

[11thfempachi]

Girls just wanna have fun

[depsidase]

[garaks-padded-cell]

americans be like dude learning to drive isnt that bad but they dont know youre in ireland sharing a lane with a horse who is a bad person. And the horse and the instructor are friends and he keeps dapping the horse up through the window. And the horse called you a bitch under his breath so quiet the driving instructor is trying to convince you that you must have misheard him but you didnt. and theres a roundabout coming up and the horse didnt indicate

[theabyssofhappy]

I can no longer remember the title of the book it’s from, but here’s a quote that has remained trapped in my head for the last 8 years: “Driving in Ireland is dangerous because the roads are full of old farmers who’ve led good lives and are fairly sure they’ll get into heaven.”

[antiqueblueteapot]

All this is made significantly better when you realise the tiny, winding, rural Irish roads have a speed limit of 80 km/h. That is the same speed as a dual carriageway.

[kuv8sh5]

isn't he beautiful

[tsunflowers]

reading a historical romance novel and reflecting on the way these stories often present woke nobility for the contemporary reader. a big thing is servants. you can’t not have servants in those times but many modern readers think “but I would never have servants. it would be so weird to have servants” and in order to make the protagonists of the story more relatable they are actually friends with the servants. but flip your perspective and think of it from the side of the servants. wouldn’t it be so awful if your boss was always trying to be friends with you. a really common thing you’ll see is the woke baronet having tea in the kitchen with the servants bc he’s not like other baronets. but what if your boss wanted to hang out and talk during your lunch break every day. not so charming when you think about it that way

[greenlaughter]

Kinda ironic how properly 'woke' treatment of servants by nobles would line up pretty tidily with being well-treated today. Like,

Decent, livable wages

Proper pension

You get the medical care and aid needed when sick

Being spoken to politely

Hiring a few more servants than technically needed (if possible) so that if someone gets sick/has an emergency it doesn't leave everyone struggling to pick up the slack

Adding onto this, hiring the correct number of people required to do the intended task, not the bare minimum

Maybe some light, friendly small talk here and there. Ex: "Thank-you for the tea, Martha. May I inquire as to the continued health of your mother?" "Yes, ma'am. She is doing quite well at the moment; the doctor gave her an ointment for her leg, and she's walking on it again. We're all ever so relieved, ma'am, Father thought she might have become bedridden otherwise." "I'm glad to hear it. That will be all for now, Martha, do remind cook that we shall be dining this evening at seven, not six." "Yes, ma'am."

Et cetera

Turns out, being a good boss looks pretty similar, regardless of who you're the boss of. Who knew?

(You know, besides everyone in the service industry or who's had to work under a jerk.)

[sonoftheria]

✴︎ BETRAYED STRAYS ✴︎

[j3nbug]

Having a moment

[rosieandthemoon]

Round Tower of Glendalough, in Wicklow Mountains National Park, Ireland

[lostcryptids]

the problem with horror now is there is no men in little tank tops and booty shorts

[deadmentellnotales13]

[mint-stone]

[rosieandthemoon]

Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

[exlibra]

i have this half-baked idea about molly o’brien working on a school project on the different species and cultures on ds9 and she has to go around interviewing people about their home planets and their animals/plants/climate

worf (has barely been on qo’nos): ”the targ is a beautiful and honorable animal.” end of interview. 0/10.

jadzia: in-depth and quite disgusting explanation about how the symbiont works, including the transplantation process. way too many medical details are included but molly seems to like it. 5/10.

garak: in-depth explanation about the different animals and plants on prime with a long detour into what types of poetry have been written about each one. he goes home and drinks himself to sleep afterwards. alcohol poisoning/10.

quark: ”yeah ferenginar fucking SUUUUUUUCKS. write that down, kid. S-U-C-K-S” useless/10.

[exlibra]

odo: slithers into a drain to avoid questions about the founders and also because he’s scared of human children. slime/10

julian: HE’S GOT SO MUCH TO TELL YOU ABOUT EARTH AND ALSO BIG PUPPY EYES. irrelevant to the assignment/10

[unamccormack]

Miles: lovingly prepares a full presentation about the birdlife of Ireland; Molly doesn’t ask him. Sad/10

[ryan-sometimes]

I love how Zohran Mamdani is wearing a suit everywhere. And if he has anything else he puts it ON TOP of the suit. A basketball jersey. A high-vis vest. All worn over the suit. He’s like the mayor character in a cartoon who’s always dressed as The Mayor. If I didn’t know who he was and he biked past me in NYC I’d be like holy shit was that the mayor

[arschfrech]

[r-truth]

[gischtglas]

[hybernating-bear]

That's because this is Silmarillion

[the-commonplace-book]