Pearls of the Dragon

IG: caitiffwretch

[gyossefka]

Detail of “The Man of Sorrows” by Hans Memling, edited by Robin Isely.

[latmus]

A chandelier make of bones, Sedlec Ossuary, Czechia, 2005

[nemfrog]

Toads. Exploring nature with your child. 1952. 

[noirlac]

[nevver]

Šemeš, Marc Burckhardt

[thinkingimages]

Kawanabe Kyōsai (河鍋 暁斎, May 18, 1831 – April 26, 1889)  Skeleton with Flowers (Kawanabe Kyosai Memorial Museum Collection)

[cuties-in-codices]

demon being punished by an angel

in the "ottheinrich-bibel", vol. 8, illuminated in 1530 by mathis gerung

source: Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 8010(8, fol. 303 verso [detail].

[deathandmysticism]

The Toad of Death, 19th century

[aqua-regia009]

Skeleton Dancing, 2021 - oil on canvas. — Miles Cleveland Goodwin (American, b.1980)

https://www.milesclevelandgoodwin.com/

[deathandmysticism]

Gunshot injuries, how they are inflicted, their complications and treatment, 1916

[oldshowbiz]

Channel 13 on the fritz 

[deathandmysticism]

Dinosaur models under construction at Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins’ studio in Sydenham, Illustrated London News, 1853

[psammo]

[thefae]

by Asako Eguchi

[cuties-in-codices]

portrait of abbess st. madelbertha with a demon

from a german manuscript depicting various saints, ca. 1514-1519

source: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. Ser. n. 4711, fol. 7 recto [detail].

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Suicide of Judas. Cathedral of Saint-Lazare, Autun, 1120s.

[mosertone]

gluttony