Picta Poesis (1552) Barthélemy Aneau

The Witch, 2015.

Charles Baudelaire, from The Flowers of Evil: Poems; "A Former Life,"

The Holy Mountain

© Nona Limmen {via Instagram}

You would have taken my soul spellbound into your embracing arms as into a magic circle.

— FRIEDRICH HÖLDERLIN ⚜️ Hyperion, transl. by Ross Benjamin, (2008)

Philosophia imaginum id est sylloge symbolorum amlissima, 1695

The Sleep of Sorrow and the Dream of Joy by Raffaelle Monti

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 02 IX 2017

antique silver dragon chainmail clasp purse

Guarded Dagger (Katar), Arms and Armor

Medium: Steel

Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/31415