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Sweet chestnut leaf with gold calligraphic inscription, Turkey, 19th century
The leaf is inscribed with a Qur’anic verse from Surat al-Isra’ (“The Night Journey,” Q17:80): “And say, ‘Lord grant me a good entrance and a goodly exit, and sustain me with Your power.”
Aga Khan Museum
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Mother-of-pearl icon of the Last Supper, circa 1900, Russia.
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Louisa Gagliardi (Swiss, 1989) - Swamped (2024)
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Polar bear on board a Soviet icebreaker, 1970.
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theres like a guarantee that if someone’s url ends in “course” or “discourse” theyre an asshole
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“Преданный”
— a Russian word that means both “devoted” and “betrayed” (via tiny-loudness)
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something about being out of reach sits right with me
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what is the first thing that comes to ur mind when u think of the person u rb'd this from?
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