Lightning Struck A Flock Of Witches (William Holbrook Beard, 1824 - 1900)

The solar eclipse on Wednesday, April 17th, 1912, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Luna and Venus

Hidden allure.

John Ryland’s Library, Manchester.

The Beautiful Woman Soothes the Serpent-King, from Andrew Lang’s The Violet Fairy Book by Henry Justice Ford (1901)

The World’s First Female Author, Enhedu’anna

This ancient clay tablet from Babylonia is inscribed in Sumerian cuneiform and dates to the 20th-17th centuries BC. It mentions King Sargon’s daughter Enhedu'anna as the author of a hymn to the goddess Inanna. The tablet has lines written first by the teacher in the first column, with 2 students repeating the hymn in columns 2 and 3.

Enhedu’anna was the daughter of King Sargon of Akkad (2334-2279 BC), founder of the first documented empire in Asia. Enhedu’anna emerges as a genuine creative talent, a poetess as well as a princess, a priestess and a prophetess. She is, in fact, the first named, non-legendary author in history. As such she has found her way into contemporary anthologies, especially of women’s literature.

Gray wolves (Canis lupus) by Tom Vezo

Nona Limmen

Georg Winkler, Magdalena, 1901

Wrought iron key, Germany, 15th-16th century

from The Museum of Applied Arts Budapest