The Things We Do

1. the divan of hafez shirazi

2. the conference of the birds, fariduddin attar

3. the divan of nasimi

4. the khamsa of nizami ganjavi

okay okay one more quiz, this is your American Christian denomination based on your taste in secular things and get ready because I got dead on bullseye Episcopalian LMAO

And then I got MY BABYGIRLS

I got Boethius, whom I know nothing about. But it's clear the quiz doesn't really know where to put me, which is fine--

Street Scene, 1990s (detail)

Color Photograph by Ejlat Feuer

Roman lararium (tufa, c. 1st to 2nd century AD)

Designed like a temple in miniature with pilasters, steps leading up, an eagle in the pediment and a different fruit behind each palmette acroterion, this would have stood in a wealthy Roman house or garden. From the time of Augustus onwards every Roman household would have had a lararium for the lar familiaris, the household deity that protected the members of the family, ensuring their health and prosperity, as well as other gods favoured by the family.