McDermott’s Castle on Castle Island, County Roscommon, Ireland
A castle has stood on Castle Island in Lough Key since the 12th century. The present castle is a folly that was built around 1800 by the King family. It was built as a summer house but it burned during the Second World War. Read more about McDermott’s Castle here.
Shield of Sarduri II, King of Urartu, 8th Century BC
Decorated with images of lions and oxen. A cuneiform inscription on the edge reads: “Sarduri, son of Argishti dedicates this helmet to god Ḫaldi.”
Sarduri II (ruled 764-735 BC) succeeded his father Argishti I to the throne. The Urartian Kingdom was at its peak during his reign, campaigning successfully against several neighboring powers, including Assyria. Sarduri II was so confident in his power that he erected a massive wall at Tushpa (modern-day Van) with the following inscription: “The magnificent king, the mighty king, king of the universe, king of the land of Nairi, a king having none equal to him, a shepherd to be wondered at, fearing no battle, a king who humbled those who would not submit to his authority.” He was succeeded by his son, Rusa I.
Wedding Ensemble. Late 19th–early 20th century, Serbian.
//Do not fear my friends, The Adventure Zone is keeping me company whilst my shoulder and I make peace with each other.
blame @misbehavingmaiar again
*SCREEEEEEEECH*
THIS LOOKS AMAZING *A* this is coming along so good~ i’m so excited to watch it progress owo
Nicholas Godby and Simon Peers, Spider Silk Cape, 2009
11’x14’photo via
Serving as the largest existing textile made from spider silk, fashion designer Nicholas Godby and art historian and textile expert Simon Peers decided to make this 11×14 foot cape after living for years in Madagascar. Eighty-two people worked for four years collecting the silk of 1.2 million golden orb spiders to create the piece. The fabric is undyed, displaying the natural color of golden orb spider silk.
Spider silk’s incredible elasticity and strength (greater than that of steel of equal diameter) has lead many to unsuccessfully attempt to replicate the fiber. In 2000 a Canadian biotech company injected DNA from a spider into a goat. That goat’s kid had a significant amount of genetic material in its milk to slightly mimic the properties of spider silk.
Ancient Coin with the Image of the Persian God Baaltars
This silver stater was struck around 379 to 374 BC under the rule of the Persian satrap Phanabazos II at Tarsos (Tarsus) in Cilicia. The obverse bears the image of Baaltars seated and holding a lotus tipped scepter with ‘BLTRZ’ inscribed behind. The reverse shows a bearded and helmeted male head (possibly Ares) with the inscription ‘FRNBZW HLK’. Stunning natural iridescent toning. Extremely Fine.
Baaltars (combination of “Baal” and “Tarsus”) was a deity of the Persian Empire, the Baal or Zeus of the city of Tarsus. His depiction appears on coins of the Persian kings or satraps of Cilicia at Tarsus before Alexander the Great in the 5th and 4th century BC and also on the coins of the early Seleucids.
//Sorry for the recent lack of Wesley, our shoulder feels like we’ve been hanging off the slopes of Thangorodrim for a year. x_x
Headcanon:
Carnistir cree que él no es tan
talentoso como sus hermanos; Maitimo es el mayor, el alto, el gran
orador. Makalaure es un virtuoso de la musica y puede componer toda
una sinfonía en el aire, y Tyelkormo habla el lenguage de todos
los animales.Comparado con ellos, Carnistir no
cree ser una persona con mucho talento. No es ni tan elocuente como
Maitimo ni tan creativo como Makalaure ni mucho menos tan aventurero
como Tyelkormo, e incluso en la habilidad que lo separa de sus
hermanos – la costura- palidece en comparación a los trabajos de su
abuela paterna, y Carnistir pasa muchas horas trabajando para
terminar con algo moderadamente aceptable.En esta imagen, Carnistir espera
hasta que la luz de Telperion esta en su cenit para bajar uno de los
tapices de su abuela Miriel, y asi copiar el diseño y el estilo del
bordado sin que el resto de su familia se entere.…La verdad es que Carnistir tiene
mucho talento para el arte del bordado, sus trabajos hasta ahora han
sido pequeños pero cada uno es una obra de arte, pero como todo buen
artista, debe invertir tiempo en eso.Feanaro y Nerdanel conocen muy bien
este aspecto de Carnistir y por eso pretenden que no escuchan cuando
éste baja los tapices. Maitimo, Makalaure y Tyelkormo notan cuando
Carnistir se enconde por los rincones para practicar su bordado, pero
no dicen nada porque saben que a Carnistir le da verguenza que lo
vean trabajar.=)
PD1: ¿A quién se le ocurrió primero la idea de que Carnistir sabe bordar? ¡no se, pero és mi héroe!
PD2: Feliz Dia de Acción de gracias a quien lo celebre. =D
Celebrimbor from The Shadows of Mordor [and the Silmarillion] for @silverblue-stag
Palette #10
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