Imperial Nuisance

aesthetic/writing blog for Anberlin Parish of Balmung

[erebussociety]

[wehadfacesthen]

Barbara Goalen and Wenda Parkinson modeling coats at the National Gallery, London, 1949, photo by Norman Parkinson

[gemma-antiqua]

Parthian gold and garnet earrings, dated to the 2nd century CE. Source: Gorny & Mosch Auctions.

[fuckstruckswan]

[mappplethorpe]

Other things - naked, sputtering, indelible in their horror - are too terrible to really grasp ever at all.It is only later, in solitude, in memory that the realization dawns: when the ashes are cold; when the mourners have departed; when one looks around and finds oneself - quite to one’s surprise - in an entirely different world.

― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

[a5xc]

1932 — A ring with two small, but very sharp, blades. The rings were confiscated after the owner attacked and wounded multiple people with the weapons in Berlin, Germany.

[apocrypha-rp]

Apocrypha is hosting its next auction!

Come admire unique alchemy themed objects, from ingredients to items.

Balmung Server July 29th 8:30 pm EST Mist Ward 6 Plot 6

The list of items will be posted the day before.

#balmung rp #Apocrypha #ffxiv

[engineeringhistory]

Margaret Hamilton, lead Apollo flight software engineer, in the Apollo Command Module, circa late 1960s.

[thestandrewknot]

The French Crown Jewels exhibited in the Galerie d’Apollon at the Musée du Louvre, Paris.

[classicarte]

« En Aranjuez con tu Amor » (pour harpe) – Joaquín Rodrigo

Une femme jouant de la harpe par Daniel F. Gerhartz.

[last-picture-show]

André Kertész, Moise Kisling’s Studio with his Friend Modigliani’s Death Mask, 1933

[dungeonlust]

[bhelni]

@parishxiv // Her blueprints

[fancybottttt-deactivated2018013]

[the-garden-of-delights]

“A Summer Afternoon in the Garden” (detail) by Isaac Snowman (1874-1947).

[homochondriac]

remarkable

[anneboleyns]

[museum-of-artifacts]

Burmese bronze cannon in the form of a dragon. Dates from 1790 #gun #cannon #history #museum