feijoa crumble

in Xanadu did Kubla Khan

[hinducosmos]

Jade-hilted and jeweled khanjar - Mughal, 18th–19th century

Kapoor Galleries Inc. wrote : The present khanjar features a pale green jade hilt of ‘pistol-grip’ form, exquisitely detailed with emerald and ruby stones mounted in gilt settings arranged into foliate designs. The double-edged straight steel blade exhibits a wootz fuller with carved arabesques at either end and the gilded inscription ‘ya Ali’ (‘Oh Ali’) at the base of the blade. Such lavish detailing exemplifies both the high level of artistry as well as the extravagance that the Mughal Empire was renowned for.

A similarly decorated jade-hilted Mughal dagger can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection (acc. 36.25.658), which displays the same method of inlaying stones into a gilt-foliate design.

(via Instagram: Kapoor Galleries Inc.)

[uhhhhmandart]

Seaweed pressed in between the pages of a book bound inside a scallop shell.

[bumpscosity]

[sanminzhuyi]

Two young people reading in the Purple Bamboo Park of Beijing, 1957-59.

Photo by Brian Brake.

[shitter]

absolute gold on Reddit today

[an-ruraiocht]

which of these classical texts have you read?

the iliad, the odyssey, and the aeneid

the iliad and the odyssey, not the aeneid

the iliad only

the odyssey only

the aeneid only

the aeneid and the iliad, not the odyssey

the aeneid and the odyssey, not the iliad

I have read none of these

Remaining time: 1 day 18 hours

"what if I've read part of it" if it's a large enough part that you would consider yourself to Have Read It in general contexts, then it counts. if it's not, then it doesn't. only you can be the judge of that, but I'm not giving you a nuance button.

any translations count, but abridged retellings don't

obviously, there are lots of other classical texts out there. you might have read none of these and be an expert on greek tragedy. I'm not judging your classical knowledge so you don't need to tell me all that. I'm just curious about combos of these specific texts and their popularity, bc a post i just saw got me thinking about it

[comicalwenger]

england when it's time to play a meaningless game for consolation points:

[lonelyroommp3]

and so javert you see it’s true this man bears no more guilt than you. who am i?

[ps192]

$6 coffee oh ill see myself out

[clottedblog]

[04k96]

[evardstentacles]

fuck everything. whats the media people ASSUME youre into. what are people surprised that you havent watched/played/whatever

[alivingtypo]

you can pry starting sentences with 'and' or 'but' out of my cold, dead hands

[today-till-tomorrow]

op how does it feel to be the most correct person on earth

[feijoacrumble]

"His time is short, and the pleasure a man has had cannot be taken from him."

[hellagross]

[thomas-mvller]

[call-me-moby-dick]

[cheaphalloweencostume]

all movies are for children because the moving image is inherently juvenile. to be entertained by it even moreso

[cheaphalloweencostume]

did we like, all forget about telling jokes

[cheaphalloweencostume]

its gigglebait. its hehebait

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[Image ID: Tumblr reply from laurawlb reading: wtf this is clear ragebait /End ID]