velvet bones.

30 ❤️‍🔥✨ sideblog: @bargraffitiarchive

[knightedangel-deactivated202412]

No guillotine could take away the head I would give you btw

[dahlia-molinas]

if christopher nolan was really the visionary and ground-breaking director everyone claims he is he would have cast ben affleck as penelope

[malglories]

i do think i’m superior to everyone currently knee deep in the discourse trenches about the odyssey because i haven’t seen it yet so i can’t have an opinion. and thus i’m the last pure tumblrina left

[museum-of-artifacts]

Parchment holes in manuscript repaired using embroidery circa 1417, currently in University Library Uppsala, Sweden

[handmadehistorypodcast]

What wait WHAT

[mydonkeyfeet]

I love seeing parchment / vellum mended with stitching! Here are some more.

[noctipotent]

@malglories

[64mpg]

unironically when i’m sick i just chant this shit in my head until it’s over

[commonplacebuddhism]

From The Upajjhatthana Sutta ("Subjects for Contemplation"). I was unable to determine whose translation this is. It differs quite a bit from the scriptural versions I am used to seeing and I like it!

[daenerys-stormborn]

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Season 3 Episode 5 — "Unbowed and Unbent"

[rosieandthemoon]

I am cordially inviting all of you to post this in the comments/reblogs of any and every Al post you come across, on any platform. Especially useful for accounts who “teach” people how to use Al.

[yoursummerhaven]

[rosieandthemoon]

Hand Fan, from the John and Carolyn Grossman Collection. C. 1900

[littlegirlinvisible]

ILYA ROZANOV WEEK: DAY FOUR FAVORITE TRAIT   ↪ HIS EMPATHY AND KINDESS 🥺💕

“When our childhood homes are chaotic and dangerous, we learn that the way to stay safe is to always be on alert — hypervigilant. Our nervous system never calms down because it’s constantly on the lookout for the next bomb that is going to explode [...] As the show goes on, we will learn that underneath Ilya’s extremely hard shell is the heart of a squishy teddy bear wrapped in a warm blanket, but it takes YEARS for Shane to see it. When we look at Ilya through the lens of what he learned as he grew up, it makes sense why he behaves the way he does. We can even have empathy for the level of hypervigilance and fear he lives with. I like to lay things out this way because it’s usually a hell of a lot harder to give ourselves that same grace. We have an idea of who we “should” be in our heads, and when we don’t live up to that we assume it’s because we’re a failure, a useless waste of space. None of that is true: we are behaving in ways that make complete sense when we understand how our nervous system was trained to respond to our environment.” — Reading Ilya Rozanov through the lens of trauma.

[taxi-boi]

every time someone treats Feeling Love™ as Political Praxis i want to beam this whole Moses Sumney quote into their head

[in-a-mellow-tone]

RESILIENCE-“LIVING IN A PANDEMIC SINCE 1492”

This Plague Doctor mask and headdress was designed to remind Native American people that they are survivors and warriors. Sickness and plagues are nothing new to Native people. Ever since first contact, Natives have faced new illnesses never before seen. Through it all, our people survive and thrive today. This work of art commemorates the fighting spirit of Native Americans.

The mask is made from premium Wicket and Craig tooling leather, and is hand sewn. The mask is done in a ledger art style. Written on the mask are various diseases that Native people have faced such as smallpox, cholera, typhoid, tuberculosis, and COVID-19. The lenses are wrapped in sweet grass and hand sewn as well. The plants and flowers are actually medicinal plants used by Native Americans for centuries. Marsh Marigold (yellow); Pokeweed (cone shape with purple berries); Purple Coneflower (lavender color with orange center); Skunk Cabbage (burgundy with bright green).

The headdress is made from hand painted imitation eagle feathers, ermine pelts, red wool, red horse hair, and buckskin leather. The band hand tooled, painted and also made from Wicket and Craig tooling leather. The cap is made from a re-purposed Buffalo felt hat, just as many real Plains headdresses are made.

[nevver]

Excavations, Karen Knorr

[shesnake]

Hamnet (2025) dir. Chloé Zhao

[malglories]

i play with my hands, my rings, my nails a lot and i noticed my nail polish was pulling away from the edges of my nails. thought it was the polish itself but i think it’s because i like to line up my nails and run them over my skin. ugh. it just feels so nice

[medievaljournalist]

idgaf about palace intrigue just let me chill

[yudrilsthira]

can you at least not eat poisoned food when you have been told in advance its poisoned

[medievaljournalist]

juat let mw chj

[lolanca]

Melissa Haro and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley photographed by Ellen von Unwerth.