Idril's Secret Way

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god - Aristotle

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[treasures-and-beauty]

Anglo-Saxon pendant, 7th century

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ZURBARÁN, Francisco de St Casilda c. 1630 Oil on canvas, 171 x 107 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

[centuriespast]

RUBENS, Peter Paul Hero and Leander c. 1605 Oil on canvas, 96 x 127 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven

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“The Fury of the Norsemen” - The Appeal of the Vikings A awesome painting of a Viking ship in the open ocean.

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A Frigga for Friday

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Heorot Hall “The men did not dally; they strode inland in a group 
Until they were able to discern the timbered hall, 
Splendid and ornamented with gold. 
The building in which that powerful man held court was the foremost of halls under heaven; 
Its radiance shone over many lands.” - Beowulf

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YOANN LOSSEL Grendel’s Mother Mare - Beowulf

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[flyse]

Still Life, Evert Collier (Dutch, 1642-1708), 1699

Oil on canvas

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[barcarole]

Detail of the artist’s signature from Still Life with a Tart and Roast Chicken, Clara Peeters, ca. 1610-15.

[centuriespast]

The Conversion of St Paul

Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)

The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

[a-wandering-minstrel]

Madame De Fer by Gerry Arthur

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John Harris