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THE EXCITEMENT I FELT LAST NIGHT I WAS SHAKING THE TOMES I TELL YOU THE TOMES
Gilt bronze fragment from "the Temple Pyx", Germany, mid 12th century
from The Burrell Collection, Glasgow
After the nativity of Her child Ninush, the goddess Sylvian laid the newborn god upon a bed of flowers, blessing them with her love. It is said that Her grace bestowed upon the blooms a fraction of Her extraordinary powers, giving them Her name - "Sylvium".
Mankind had availed themselves of this flower for as long as we have existed, for it had found many uses in our hands, such as the making of medicine, perfumes, philtres, or even delicious meals. But as great civilizations formed, their demand for this illustrious plant grew to such heights that the supply slowly but surely ran dry, just as the old gods left this world.
Some say that Silphium, as people had come to know the flower in the age of the new gods, can still be found in places forgotten by humanity, where the powers of the old gods remain strong.
Giotto di Bondone - Legend of St Francis - Renunciation of Wordly Goods, 1295. (Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi)
Manticora. A beast with a man's face, a lion's body, and the stinger of a scorpion.
The best and The siren
Inspired by Alfred Tennysonโs The Lady of Shallot, in her final moment when she finally sees Camelot. I heavily referenced Pre-raphaelite paintings and old fairytale illustrations.
๐๐ฆ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐, ๐ผ๐ก ๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐, ๐ผ โ๐๐ฃ๐๐'๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐กโ. ๐ผ โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ข. ๐ผ โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ , ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐กโ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ข๐โ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ผ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐; ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐กโ๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ก๐๐. ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ก ๐ก๐, ๐กโ๐ โ๐๐๐๐ก โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐. ๐ผ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐ผ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐กโ๐๐๐. ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐โฆ ๐ผ๐ก ๐๐ ๐คโ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ข๐โ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ก. ๐โ๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐โ๐ก, ๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข. ๐๐๐กโ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐ผ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ , ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐๐ . ๐โ๐ ๐พ๐๐๐โ๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐ก.
โWilliam Thatcher, A Knightโs Tale -Theย Letter
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด, ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ค๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅโ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ.
โEphesians 6:13-18
If I cannot love you openly like I wish, if I cannot hold your hand when walking Or wrap you in my arms late at night. Then I will love you silently, in my mind and behind closed eyes For there, there is no rejection or heartbreak. And surely it is better to love silently than to not love at all?
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โJoan of Arc
Made this drawing of me and my boyfriend as medieval lovers for an assignment. I havenโt drawn in a while and Iโm kinda proud of how it turned out so I thought Iโd share it here.
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Some Robin Hood designs! Heroes and villains!
Left to right is Maid Marion, Little John, Robin Hood, Friar Tuck, (then bottom to top) Alan-a-Dale, Much the Millerโs Son, and Will Scarlett; and for the villains Guy of Gisborne, the Sheriff of Nottingham, and Prince John
First 18 lines of the Canterbury Tales, illustrated
A Golden Shrieker, a creature for D&D that was inspired by illustrations from medieval manuscripts. I updated my rpg-related blog today with some stats and a description, which you can read here.
I`m still incredibly stressed out because of exams so these semi-medieval dogs are my only hope to stay adequate
