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Silver reliquary with a fragment of a garment of Saint Anne, grandmother of Jesus, 18th century, wax seal with threads
Silver reliquary with a fragment of a garment of Saint Anne, grandmother of Jesus, 18th century, wax seal with threads. FOR SALE ON EBAY for $399.9. It raises a good many questions, of course
NB! · Art · Humour
Portrait of a Russian Nationalist, Bartholomeus van der Helst, 1642
NB! · Faith · Art · Observations · Humour
Whatever Catholics choose to call the banner with the Madonna, oriflamme or gonfalon, I merely wanted to show what a splendid contraption the youth has between his legs: for redistributing the weight of the heavy staff, so to speak
NB! · London · Monarchies · Observations · Humour
The lavatory at Kensington Palace, as I understand it, is for heirs to the crown only
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The Last Supper, as I Would Have Painted It
The East · Books · Nature · Humour
The word “strafokamil” in the Egyptian travel account of Hierodeacon Jonah
Strafokamil: strafo (bird) + kamil (camel) = strangely enough, an ostrich. The word was introduced by the hierodeacon Iona, who travelled through Egypt in the seventeenth century: "The bird is like a camel and very large, its hoof has two toes."
NB! · Observations · Humour
The Person We ❤️ Most
The person we ❤️ most. As though my grandmother had written it
NB! · Archive · In the Press · Society · Paris · Humour
Communist daily L'Humanité on mourning for Stalin on the day of his death
The daily Communist newspaper L'Humanité mourns Stalin on the day of his death: MOURNING FOR ALL MANKIND, boundless love for the GREAT STALIN. Though it would, of course, be better to change DEUIL to DEVIL.
NB! · Archaeology · Monarchies · Rome · Humour
Castration as punishment for crimes against the emperor in Ancient Rome and China
In Ancient Rome and China, insulting the ruler, rebellion and other crimes against the emperor were punished by castration. Here, by way of illustration, are some Roman castration tongs. These ones, admittedly, were for animals. Something to ponder at your leisure
NB! · Nature · Humour
Pandas Come in Such Varieties, Too
NB! · Archaeology · Art · Humour
Mosaic from a fourth-century villa shows young women in bikinis at sport
A mosaic of girls in bikinis from a fourth-century villa. They run, lift weights and play ball. And judging by the tummies so carefully depicted, the aim of the exercise is weight loss. A girl in a toga presents a palm branch and a crown to the best of