dabble in dirt

Dr Hugh Welch Diamond (1809-1886) - Pevensey Castle, ca.1855

from Hermann Historica

As seen at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 28 December 2023

The Met

Details from The Book of Kells, (x)

Kraków, MNK 3025 I, p. 469-470

Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 1527.   Biblia cum concordantijs veteris et noui testamenti et sacrorum canonum … –  [Lugdini : Jacobum Mareschal], 1527.

St John the Baptist medieval church, Inglesham. A series of paintings, from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century, cover the walls often with one painted over another, in places seven layers thick. While it is not always easy to puzzle out the subjects, you can see fifteenth-century angels above the chancel arch.

Presentation key commemorating the opening of the Hebrew National Orphan's House in 1914, New York, United States, painted wood.

Weapons-grade disappointment. Ca. 1860. Source.

Of course it goes without saying that I am hopelessly dependent on the monolith