#relic of empire

[redrcs]

" Nay! " said the cannoneer on the castle wall,

" But Iron - Cold Iron - shall be master of you all! "

[thesilicontribesman]

Iron Age Romano-Native Hare Brooch, Newport Museum and Galleries, Wales

[burningvelvet]

A Roman doll with moveable joints and accessories was found in the sarcophagus of Crepereia Tryphaena, an unmarried 20-year-old woman. The sarcophagus is dated to the late 100s (2nd c. AD) making the ivory “Crepereia Doll” nearly two thousand years old.

[more-relics]

Pink Floyd - British Winter tour, Empire Pool Wembley, London England, November 1974. Photos by Barrie Wentzell

[desillutionbitch]

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, 5th century.

Theodosius's daughter, Galla Placidia, is forcibly married to the successor of the Visigoth king Alaric who dies quickly. She was returned to her brother Honorius who married her by force in 416 with a of his generals who dies. From there, she joins Arcadius in Constantinople to escape Honorius who wants to marry her by force. She returns to Ravenna to ensure the regency of her son, the future Valentinian III. She is behind the construction of several buildings in Ravenna.

This mausoleum is near the basilica of the Holy Cross, where the relic of Saint Laurent remains, making the mausoleum an ad sanctos burial. But there is no certainty that Galla Placidia rests there.

The structure of the mausoleum is designed in the shape of a cross, with a high drum supporting a central dome. Pediments are created on the arms of the cross, with one branch being slightly longer than the others.

The interior decorations are extremely rich, featuring precious marble paneling and mosaic decorations on a blue background. The windows are obstructed by alabaster panels that diffuse a golden light inside the structure.

Winged animals represents the evangelists and decorative elements includes rosettes, scrolls, and deer drinking from water sources. The lunette portrays Christ with youthful features, wearing a gold mantle and a purple laticlave (a broad stripe indicating senatorial rank). The good shepherd representation is an archaic iconography that dates back to the 3rd century, often accompanying the deceased.

In front of the representation of the Christ is the depiction of saints with iconography summarizing episodes from their lives, featuring cabinets with four books symbolizing the Gospels. Iron grilles with a brazier symbolize Saint Lawrence, who is dressed in white, holding scriptures, and leaning on a jeweled cross.

Saint Lawrence's History : A 3rd-century deacon of Pope Sixtus II, who was persecuted along with the pope and other deacons but not initially arrested. Saint Lawrence was eventually arrested and condemned to the torture of the gridiron when he refused to hand over the Church's treasures. The depiction of Saint Lawrence’s story in three stages, rather than a singular scene of martyrdom.

[jorgesantiagojr]

Relics of Ruin came out today! Here’s some of my inks for a promo illustration I was commissioned to make by the awesome author, Erin M Evans!

Relics of Ruin is the sequel to Empire of Exiles, and it’s a fantasy mystery series set in a world of intrigue and scheming factions. This world is really interesting and the mystery is an absolute page turner! Erin is also the writer of the Brimstone Angels Saga, which are some of the best D&D novels ever written!

Check out Empire of Exiles and Relics of Ruin, they can be found at any bookstore thru Orbit Books, as well as in ebooks and audiobook!

I hope you’ll check them out because I have more art for this series coming soon, so follow along with me!

[izolyn]

This is OI' Pegleg Piet. Ol' Pegleg Piet has the Maimed trait*, thanks to an archaeological dig gone wrong, which reduces his lifespan by 40 years.

That was something like a century ago, minimum. Ol' Pegleg Piet has outlived everybody else from his generation. He's on track to outlive everybody from the next generation, with the singular exception of Big Esmeralda, who was granted godlike power and immortality from the Shroud. Science cannot explain Ol' Pegleg Piet. Shroud entities also cannot explain Ol' Pegleg Piet. Whenever Death comes for Ol' Pegleg Piet he simply says Not Today and that is that.

*Not actually related to him being Pegleg Piet. Pegleg is a very traditional title among the Saloran people, and need not be related to pegs, legs, or any combination thereof. He absolutely took the chance to get a peg leg for real though.

[erinmevans]

It's been one week since RELICS OF RUIN came out, and it's one week until RUNESCAPE: THE GIFT OF GUTHIX arrives! Brace yourselves.

[empirearchives]

Josephine visits Aachen Cathedral in 1804

“Berdolet presented Joséphine with the Talisman of Charlemagne featuring an emerald and a sapphire surrounded by some four dozen gems and pearls. The hair relic of the Virgin Mary behind the jewels had been transferred to the Agnus Dei reliquary and replaced with a cross relic. But Joséphine politely declined a grimy bone said to be from the emperor’s [Charlemagne] right arm, telling Berdolet that she already had ‘the support of an arm just as strong as Charlemagne’s.’”

— Susan Jaques, The Caesar of Paris: Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession that Shaped an Empire, pp. 128

[aroacettorney]

au where bretus kindom took marias selmore as hostage to blackmail casey and have her track down heathcliff van bretus for them

[redrcs]

Remains of the pithead at Lake George Mine,

Captains Flat

[thesilicontribesman]

Chesters Roman Fort Headquarters Courtyard and Roman Phallus Relief, Chesters Roman Fort, Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland

[voiceoutofstars]

Fan narration of a Relic entry in HSR’s Data Bank. This is the story of all four pieces of the Iron Cavalry Against the Scourge set.

Music is “Serious Dark Ambient Atmosphere” by Ashot-Danielyan.

[valena-nedela]

I've been putting my glams up on Eorzea Collection recently, and I've been thinking I really ought to share them on other sites if I'm going through the trouble of making the posts in the first place. So going to start sharing glams on here, and maybe make it a regular thing.

FFXIV Healer Glamour: "Wisdom of Allag"

A hidden Allagan facility is discovered, full of examples of the wondrous and terrible knowledge of that ancient empire. A lone scholar ventures within to battle both the once-slumbering defenses as well as modern intruders who would unleash its horrors again.

I wore a variation on this glam back when I was fairly new (when I was playing through Heavensward mostly), using the Star Velvet Hood of Healing and Dalmascan Draped Bottoms in red, and I think the Glade Shoes in white, but I really like the darker, more "warrior" element the recent FF16 crossover glam gave it.

While the Thyrus staff is a great fit to the overall look, there's nothing else keeping it from being general Healer glam. The old version was mostly an Astrologian glam for me.

I only have a few images of that original look, and this is probably the clearest of those:

Also for the life of me I can't remember what those gloves were.

[more-relics]

David Gilmour Pink Floyd, Empire Pool Wembley, London England. October 21 1972. Photo by Neil Libbert

[whats-in-a-sentence]

This particular crown, an odd relic of Europe's messy Middle Ages, was a mixed blessing; as Voltaire famously remarked in the 1750s, the Holy Roman Empire "was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire."

"Why the West Rules – For Now: The patterns of history and what they reveal about the future" - Ian Morris