#imperial glass

[dozydawn]

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Unguentarium.

Date: A.D. 1st-2nd century

Period/Culture: Roman Imperial

Medium: Transparent, almost colorless, slightly greenish glass.

[darth-kote]

[tagedeszorns]

All of them.

They are available as stickers/shirts/on mugs/whatever in my Redbubble-shop.

[didoofcarthage]

Mold-blown glass flask with janiform decoration

Roman, 1st century A.D.

J. Paul Getty Museum

[riseandfallofsecunit]

What happened next was largely my own fault.

[blueiscoool]

Roman Glass Bowl 1st half of 1st century CE Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian

[blondebrainpowered]

"Beauty-Spot Box" Imperial Russia, mid-18th century.

Material: gold, lapis lazuli, rock crystal and glass

[serpentface]

Palo and Tigran standing casually in place to provide an outfit reference.

They are wearing the most typical day to day clothing for Galenii monks. This consists of three main parts:

-A simple, ankle-length sleeveless robe (white in initiate monks and black in the fully initiated). -A dark woolen cloak, which doubles as a blanket. This cloak is the foundational item of clothing throughout much of Imperial Wardin as a whole, and worn by all social classes. They tend to be cut shorter and highly decorative in the upper classes, serving only the practical purpose of shielding the arms from the sun. Poor laborers may wear only the cloak and a loincloth and nothing else. In the case of Galenii monks, it is standardized, simple, and dark blue-gray. -The sash. This is a very long scarf that is the primary visual signifier of a Galenii monk. Its open ends drape down the front side of the body and are tied at the chest. It is slung over the shoulders and hangs in a loop around the back. These sashes are dyed an expensive royal blue, indicating the significance and relative esteemed status of this religious order.

Additional elements:

-The sign of the horns: a small iron pin used to fasten the cloak. This is the symbol of the Lunar Face Of God (the specific aspect to which the Galenii are devoted, which is primarily associated with fertility and the cycles of sacrifice and rebirth). This is very common among monks but not standardized wear. Galenii priests wear the sign of the triple horns (though more commonly as an amulet).

-Ear piercings: Galenii monks and priests wear thick earrings of dark meteoric iron and stretch their earlobes. One is added to each ear for each year of the initiatory process. Palo is a year in, and Tigran is fully initiated and has five bands per ear. Body modification is exceptionally rare in Imperial Wardi culture, largely in relation to taboos surrounding body integrity. The exception here is done with great significance and care- these earrings can be made only with true meteoric iron, considered to be the blood of God Itself. Permanently marking their bodies with this metal signifies this priesthood's integral connection to maintaining the continual cycle of sacrifice/rebirth that is believed to keep God's domain stable, and binds them to this role.

-Sandals: usually very simple in construction. Monks are often expected to go barefoot, but the cities are quite dirty so most prefer to avoid this if possible.

-Ceremonial dagger: a sign of a fully initiated monk. It is curved and its sheath is decorated with a tuft of lion's mane (a signal of the Galenii order's close connection to the Odonii order). Most of its uses are ceremonial, but it will be periodically used to perform animal sacrifices. A smaller razor blade is kept in the home for personal bloodletting.

-Hair: Fully initiated monks shave their heads, while those in the process of initiation have relative freedom with hair dressing. Palo is wearing his hair in a single braid tucked around the front. Broadly speaking, braiding the hair is associated with female beauty standards throughout much of Imperial Wardin (though generally in two braids). There is no cultural convention Against men doing so, but it is regarded as mildly effeminate (particularly in the south and southeast).

-Lore Friendly Sunglasses: Palo has photosensitive epilepsy. No effective treatments for epilepsy exist in the setting (most 'treatments' in Imperial Wardin are alchemical in nature, ie: ambiguously helpful at best or literal poison at worst), but understanding of the Nature of epilepsy as a neurological disorder is relatively accurate, and the concept of photosensitivity is loosely understood (though not with great accuracy, it's assumed to be caused by light in General). Palo had this pair of (VERY expensive) sunglasses commissioned as a youth, which Do slightly reduce the frequency of his seizures. Devastatingly stylish as they may be, his glasses do not offer much visual clarity so he only wears them in bright conditions.

[dozydawn]

imperial “candlewick” & heisey’s “lariat” glassware

[aylameridiandrawsstuff]

These are all the Imperial Staint stained glass windows from this illustration.

From top left to right: Imperator Divinitatus, St Celestine, St Alicia Dominica, St Euphrati and St Gerstahl

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Oval gem with bust of Io.

Culture: Greek or Roman

Period: Late Republican or Early Imperial Period

Date: 100 B.C.–A.D. 50

Medium: Glass

[mossydice]

13-E outfit layers and main weapon :3!! I love designing for the HA aesthetic, ,, ▿ triangles ▵

[diemelusine]

Photograph of Alim Khan, Emir of Bukhara (1911) by Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky. Library of Congress.

[earl-grey-teacake]

Oooo is Imperial Topaz and Blue Sapphire the Victorian Loscar fic?? 🧡💙

+ Fluted Glass Cups, Chilli Oil and Golden Rings please

Yes! Imperial Topaz and Blue Sapphire is the Victorian Loscar fic.

The former heir of the House of McLaren has suddenly married a Spanish duke and left poor Oscar, the newly titled Earl of McLaren, scrambling for a spouse. It’s such a shame that while well-titled and wealthy, the young earl possesses neither the social grace that would make one successful in the marriage market nor a desire to fall in love in the first place. Meanwhile, The House of Mercedes’s grandchild, Logan, was unsuccessful during his first social season and now enters this one in hopes of finding love. Though considering his parent’s and grandparent’s love story, he might have better luck being single.

Fluted Glass Cup, Chili Oil and Golden Rings is about Alex and George moving in and the struggles of packing up their respective apartments and shopping for furniture. It was inspired by my struggles of packing and moving in college and my realization that rugs are way more expensive than I thought the were.

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“We should move in together.” Alex had brought it up after dinner. One where he overestimated George’s spice tolerance and spent a good minutes laughing at him as the Mercedes driver was downing milk in between bites of Pad Thai.

“Is this your way of apologizing?”

“Apologizing? I’m sure I have better ways to apologize.” He winked and George felt as if he had taken another bite of the noodles.

“I just thought it would be nice. We could save money since Monaco is crazy expensive and we could carpool together and hangout a lot more. It doesn’t have to be a romantic thing. It could be like back then, you know like back when you were staying my place.” Alex’s words sputtered off like the air escaping from a balloon. George could always read Alex, could always tell when he was preparing for rejection.

“I don’t know about it not being romantic. I had a massive crush on you back when I was staying at your place too.” The comment made Alex laugh, the kind of laugh that lit his heart ablaze and would echo in his ear when he came across something he thought Alex might like.

“Well, how about helping your boyfriend save money then? We both know Mercedes pays a lot more than Williams after all.” George couldn’t help but laugh as arms wrapped around his neck and pulled him in for a kiss.

If Alex wanted his money, he would happily sign over everything. He would give Alex everything.

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Please enjoy 🥰