During refurbishment of Paisley Abbey, Scotland a number of the gargoyles had to be replaced. Being quite high up, it took a while to realize that the stonemasons had modeled one on the xenomorph from the Alien films. The church saw the funny side. Via Elveri.
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This gorgeous woman is WWII Soviet fighter pilot Lydia Litvyak! She’s credited with 12 solo air victories, which makes her one of only TWO female flying aces ever. She was known as the White Rose of Stalingrad, and the last time she was ever seen alive, her plane was disappearing behind clouds, pouring smoke, and outmaneuvering up to 8 enemy aircraft.
She’s a great pilot, one that displayed extraordinary skill as well as innate talent, and one that set new aviation records and inspired many other pilots to follow in her footsteps. Also, THOSE EYES! I could drown in them!
Racovian Catechism in English
Here’s a peek into this lovely (but at one time, banned!) little book holding the teachings of an early antitrinitarian community in Poland. It is an important and rare document in the history of English Unitarianism.
The imprint is almost certainly false–it was intended to throw the authorities off the trail, since printing books against the doctrine of the Trinity could bring big trouble for a printer in England, where the book was formally banned in 1652.
Arrowhead (Yanonē), Arms and Armor
Medium: SteelThe Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, 1932 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Gothic fireplace at the museum of Dijon, France
With its fanciful decoration of scrolling and interlacing figures and foliage in the antique style, the drawing room from Lansdowne House in London is an archetypal example of the work of the architect Robert Adam. This type of Neoclassical ornament was so popular in this work that it has since been identified with his name.
“Drawing Room from Lansdowne House,” c. 1766–75, designed by Robert Adam
Gladstone’s Library in Hawarden, Wales. It was founded in 1894 by former Prime Minister William Gladstone and built by John Douglas in the late 1890s-early 1900s.
Residences on Pierrepont Street in Brooklyn Heights, New York City
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The Gallery of Busts inside the Palais du Luxembourg, Paris