Sweetpea Path

mondaysprojects:

Anasazi/MAnasazi/Mogollon Tularosa Black-on-White Olla

mondaysprojects:

Three pairs of hinged bracelets (26.8.125–.130) are associated with the tomb of three foreign wives of Thutmose III. They are all made of burnished gold inlaid with carnelian and glass that was originally turquoise and dark blue, but has faded. Each is inscribed on the inner surface with the cartouches and epithets of Thutmose III suggesting that they were a gift of the king.

theancientworld:

Gold lunula, 2400 BC-2000 BC, Found in Ireland, Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age

The British Museum

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gothiccharmschool:

 17th century embroidered velvet book cover. by Aria Nadii on Flickr.

(via calyx)

beverleyshiller:

#antiquebooks

acheiropoietos:

Mosaic Icon with St. Demetrios and Reliquary

While the mosaic dates to 14th century Constantinople, the above ampulla is from 13th-14th century Thessalonike, and would have borne holy oil drawn from the well in which the body of Demetrios reposes, according to the inscription. The metal revetment dates to mid-15th century Italy.

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eclektic:

Caftan, c. XVI Century

Topkaki Museum, Istambul, Turkey

heracliteanfire:

Relief plaque with face of an owl. Egypt, 400–30 B.C. 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

letterology:

A Booklet of folded circular pages holding communications from Prophetess Anna and a native spirit named Carifick P., 1843

leslieavonmiller:

Manuscript annotations in Avicenna: Canon Medicinae (by University of Glasgow Library)

(Source: teachingliteracy, via moonlightrainbow)

acheiropoietos:

The best hand-bound books presented to the Royal Library of the Netherlands.

via http://www.deliciarum.info/27/02/2010/

suchasensualdestroyer:

Anglo-Saxon, Disc Brooch from Kingston Down, enamel/gold, c. 650 AD.

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mrscaravaggio:

Brevarium Romanium - Antwerp - 1606

(Source: simonerein, via rivergardenstudio)

haruenishikawa:

Italy
1600-1660 (made)
Piccolomini, Gullia (maker)

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