Ma Vie est un Enfer

Or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Inferno.

centuriespast:

An Inuit otter amulet. Engraved and pigmented ivory, c.1870-1880.

saltwort:
“the cherubim and seraphim within the Empyrean in Dante's Paradiso.
”

saltwort:

the cherubim and seraphim within the Empyrean in Dante's Paradiso.

(via theshyghost)

armthearmour:

image
image

The intricately carved ivory-inlaid Wheelock Musket of Philippe de Croy, Prince of Chimay,

  • OaL: 41.1 in/107 cm
  • Barrel Length: 27.6 in/70.2 cm
  • Calibre: .56 in/14.2 mm
  • Weight: 8.7 lbs/3917 g

Flanders, possibly Antwerp, 1551-1556, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.