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Eugène Thivier

L'incubo (Le Cauchemar)

The Nightmare, 1894)

From: Galileo Galilei, Sidereus nuncius, Tommaso Baglioni, Venezia, 1610

Martin van Maële (1863–1926) - Illustration for Anatole France's 'The Well of Santa Clara', 1903

“I am the forest, I am ancient. I treasure the stag, I treasure the deer. I shelter you from storm, I shelter you from snow. I resist the frost, I keep the source. I nurse the earth, I am always there. I build your house, I kindle your hearth. Therefore, you people, hold me dear.”

— Inscription found in a 17th century forester’s house in Lower Saxony, Germany (via inatt)

Claude Paradin, Devises Héroïques, 1551

Kutna Hora.

Arthur F. Kales, The Thirty-Nine Steps. (1882-1936)

Hand and a half sword, Germany, circa 1510

from The Victoria & Albert Museum

Sandrine Pelletier, White snake (2007), created using lace making techniques

From the Walker Collection:

Hollis Frampton A Visitation of Insomnia 1970-1973 Black-and-white photograph mounted on foam core board 41-5/8 x 41-5/8 inches overall installed

Hollis Frampton: A Visitation of Insomnia (1970)

A Visitation of Insomnia (1970) © Hollis Frampton.

Alchemist workshop in "The Golem" (1920)

The Witch, 2015.

The Alnwick Poison Garden is pretty much what you’d think it is: a garden full of plants that can kill you (among many other things). Some of the plants are so dangerous that they have to be kept behind bars. [x]

L'angelo, la morte e il diavolo (detail), Roberto Ferri, 2018.

Chapelle de l'abbaye de Beaulieu located in Haute-Marne, in France

Picta Poesis (1552) Barthélemy Aneau

Babs Webb

'Witches' Conclave' from the book "The Phynodderree, and other legends of the Isle of Man" (1882)

Grief, Theodor Kittelsen

‘A sleepless Night’ by Babs Webb

Sedlec Ossuary, Czech Republic

one of my favorite pics i took this year ♡

© Nona Limmen {Instagram / Bluesky}