[fawnvelveteen]

Pearl, diamond and plique-a-jour enamel Art Nouveau style ring, c1910.

[rosieandthemoon]

devforst, instagram

[wifegideonnav]

“bits to use in everyday conversations”

[bugshroom]

my mind palace is not up to code

[hellenicgoddess]

Portrait of an Ancient Greek Man

[blondebrainpowered]

Cat paw prints in the medieval floor tiles of the 12th century CE St Peter Church in Wormleighton, England

[tinsil]

music for bugs 2: sacred boogaloo

[teathattast]

[cowabummer97]

Thank you hen of prosperity

[theredheadfromvirginia-deactiva]

[rosieandthemoon]

Nancy Crystalworks Luxor perfume bottle, 1920s

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold and garnet disc brooch, England, early 7th century

from The MET

[blueiscoool]

The Ara Pacis Augustae

The Ara Pacis Augustae (Latin, "Altar of Augustan Peace"; commonly shortened to Ara Pacis) is an altar in Rome dedicated to the Pax Romana. The monument was commissioned by the Roman Senate on July 4, 13 BC to honour the return of Augustus to Rome after three years in Hispania and Gaul and consecrated on January 30, 9 BC. Originally located on the northern outskirts of Rome, a Roman mile from the boundary of the pomerium on the west side of the Via Flaminia, the Ara Pacis stood in the northeastern corner of the Campus Martius, the former flood plain of the Tiber River and gradually became buried under 4 metres (13 ft) of silt deposits. It was reassembled in its current location, now the Museum of the Ara Pacis, in 1938, turned 90° counterclockwise from its original orientation so that the original western side now faces south.

Photos by Steven Zucker.

[athanza]

From Veronica Tucker via Pinterest

[tuherrus]

happy pride month once again, here’s a redraw of this iconic medieval art

[home--farm]

If you like my tumblr you might also like my etsy shop. It's where all the flowers that don't go into bouquets are going!

[werewolf-transgenderism]

What are the weirdest, coolest, cutest, and most transgender creatures you’ve found in manuscripts?

I will give you beasts from my favorite manuscript:

weirdest contender #1: beaver cutting its own bawls off

weirdest contender #2 and also coolest contender #1: pelican feeding its babies its own blood (<-due to the allegorical meaning of the pelican)

coolest contender #2: the humble roly poly

cutest: my smiley bat and mole and also this little blob newt

most transgender: this salamander. due to how it feels to be trans given the general state of things

[teathattast]

[cowabummer97]

Thank you hen of prosperity