These fragments have I shored against my ruins

shredsandpatches:

Hal-slapping: almost as satisfying as Joffrey-slapping.

(I mean, Hal is not nearly as awful as Joffrey! But he could still use a good slap!)

torrilla:

Henry IV clip: Prince Hal is Summoned to Court

shredsandpatches:

downtothelastbullet:

bamfsinireland:

 #sometimes i forget anyone on this show has a dick#because #these women are just #i can’t 

Someone on the GoT tag the other day was like “ugh I can’t believe people call this show feminist a couple of strong female characters doesn’t make a show feminist”

and then I shrieked “a couple?”

and my head spun around in circles for awhile.

Seriously, I feel like the moral of the show is “In Westeros you can have a brain OR a penis, not both. Unless you are Tyrion, but that option is taken.”

More 1600s jewelled saints….

St. Vitalan

St Gratian

missfolly:

Art and Curio Cabinet, ca. 1625, by Fran Francken II

(via centuriespast)

mitochondria:

Various works by Roberto Ferri

(via malebeautyinart)

oldrags:

Dress, ca 1867 France (Lyon), Les Arts Décoratifs

(via fuckyeahvictorians)

book-aesthete:

The Ship that Sailed to Mars
William M. Timlin, 1923.

First edition, calligraphic text with decorations and 48 colour plates by Timlin all mounted on card as issued, original parchment-backed boards, spine titled in gilt, very slightly rubbed at corners, but overall an excellent copy, 4to,

B-A Note: This picture is clearly a stock image from the book that appears many places on the web, rather than a picture of the actual book on auction, which is disappointing. Still worth an entry though. For further images of a similar book as well as more history and trivia, please visit this excellent and comprehensive Monster Brains entry from June. The full text of the book is available here. It really is a gorgeous publication.

“Upon a certain day it happened, just as the stars came flocking after the Sun, that he finished a design for a ship that would really fly. He knew in his heart that this was The Ship, and already he seemed to feel the dawn on Mars, and anon see its double moons wheeling through its ancient burnt-out stars. “

So luxurious….

omgthatdress:

Tea Gown

Worth, 1905

The Metropolitan Museum of Art