[orpheuslament]

descriptions of dionysos in the bakkhai (tr. anne carson) that make me lose my mind a little

[from-a-spiders-web]

The apples are ripe, 1938 (detail) Ceiling mosaic in the Mayakovskaya Metro Station

[mediumaevum]

A collection of Black Books of Hours

Black Hours, ca. 1475 (Morgan Library, New York)

Horae beatae marie secundum usum curie romane, ca. 1458 (Hispanic Society of America)

Black Hours of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, ca. 1466-1476 (Austrian National Library)

[cuties-in-codices]

the morgan’s black hours is fully digitized btw :) have a look at it!

NYC, The Morgan Library, MS M.493

[upennmanuscripts]

It’s beautiful!

[amerlcanteenager]

[historicaldress]

EMERALD GREEN CUT VELVET CAPE, 1870’s - 1880’s. 

Velvet triangle having a deep floral border with cord and velvet trim having knotted fringe and quilted silk lining.

[monstermonger]

The Wyrm's Garden

[two-bees-poetry]

[juunipupu]

Knight and the enemy within

[memories-of-ancients]

Pendants uncovered near Kent, Anglo-Saxon England, 7th century

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[vetyr]

End of a season, wind from the west

Prints here! :)

[leopardheart-deactivated2023022]

thinking about the 5 laws of library science proposed by s. r. ranganathan in 1931 and how concise it is. in memory of z-library… which certainly fulfilled all these in a modern way

[thoodleoo]

full offense to everyone who made fun of poetry in my high school lit classes but if you don't let at least one poet consume your entire being then what are you doing with yourself

[thoodleoo]

this is what the greeks meant by having dionysus be both the god of theater and the god of madness i think

[fuskida]

Dolby 1998 | Dan Christensen

[naamahdarling]

IRL this thing is six feet tall and I absolutely do not want to stand in front of it.

[ghostresidues]

vibes are off. time to hold a bacchanal

[sartorialadventure]

Medieval combs (click to enlarge)

[boudicca]

[officiallordvetinari]

[twoblogger]

[skiffst]

i love when academics are like this

from the translator's introduction in my copy of antigone... she's his blorbo.... <3