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  • Benvenuto Cellini - Head of Medusa (detail) (1545-54)

    Benvenuto Cellini - Head of Medusa (detail) (1545-54)

  • Cadaver tomb in Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire, England. The tomb belongs to Bishop Richard Fox (1501-1528). A cadaver tomb or transi (or “memento mori tomb”, Latin for “reminder of death”) is a type of gisant (recumbent effigy tomb) featuring an effigy in the macabre form of a decomposing corpse.

    Cadaver tomb in Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire, England. The tomb belongs to Bishop Richard Fox (1501-1528). A cadaver tomb or transi (or “memento mori tomb”, Latin for “reminder of death”) is a type of gisant (recumbent effigy tomb) featuring an effigy in the macabre form of a decomposing corpse.

  • This large wax disk, the ‘Seal of God’ (Sigillum Dei) corresponds exactly with a drawing in John Dee’s manuscripts. It was used to support one of Dee’s ‘shew-stones’, the polished translucent or reflective objects which he used as tools for his occult research. http://goo.gl/6MPxD

    This large wax disk, the ‘Seal of God’ (Sigillum Dei) corresponds exactly with a drawing in John Dee’s manuscripts. It was used to support one of Dee’s ‘shew-stones’, the polished translucent or reflective objects which he used as tools for his occult research. http://goo.gl/6MPxD

  • derpdederp: SHEEEIT, I want this. Ugh yes

    derpdederp:

    SHEEEIT, I want this.

    Ugh yes

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  • Eternal sorrow (by NRG Photos)

    Eternal sorrow (by NRG Photos)

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  • darkface: Cementiri de Montjuïc (by juanloboluna)

    darkface:

    Cementiri de Montjuïc (by juanloboluna)

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  • vyrkin: Perseus slaying Medusa, Laurent-Honoré Marqueste - 1903

    vyrkin:

    Perseus slaying Medusa, Laurent-Honoré Marqueste - 1903

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