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Apr 6 '13
biomedicalephemera: cabbagingcove: Sainte Valérie, by Jaques Laudin II St. Valerie of Limoges was one of many Catholic early Christian saints who was a cephalophore - a martyr who carried their head in their hands. Many of these cephalophores supposedly spoke, prayed, or walked somewhere, after being beheaded. Painting circa 1700, via Wikimedia Commons. “Cephalophore” is an interesting word - it means “head-bearing”, and has the same Greek root as “cephalopod,” which means “head-foot”. For a while, there was a family of molluscs with distinct heads, and a family of filiform mushrooms that were called “cephalophores”, but both uses of that term in taxonomy are obsolete by a couple centuries. ETA: Cephalophores are recognized by the Catholic church as saints, but they were well-known before the Reformation, and even before the real organization of the Catholic church, so they’re more early Christian than Catholic, I guess.

biomedicalephemera:

cabbagingcove:

Sainte Valérie, by Jaques Laudin II

St. Valerie of Limoges was one of many Catholic early Christian saints who was a cephalophore - a martyr who carried their head in their hands. Many of these cephalophores supposedly spoke, prayed, or walked somewhere, after being beheaded.

Painting circa 1700, via Wikimedia Commons.

“Cephalophore” is an interesting word - it means “head-bearing”, and has the same Greek root as “cephalopod,” which means “head-foot”.

For a while, there was a family of molluscs with distinct heads, and a family of filiform mushrooms that were called “cephalophores”, but both uses of that term in taxonomy are obsolete by a couple centuries.

ETA: Cephalophores are recognized by the Catholic church as saints, but they were well-known before the Reformation, and even before the real organization of the Catholic church, so they’re more early Christian than Catholic, I guess.

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Apr 6 '13
death-ray: theinfamousdyke: she’s feelin it #2turnt

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theinfamousdyke:

she’s feelin it

#2turnt

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Apr 5 '13

slowartday:

Collages by Michel Keck

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Apr 4 '13

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Apr 2 '13
art-and-fury: Scarmiglione - Felix Labisse

art-and-fury:

Scarmiglione - Felix Labisse

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Apr 1 '13

bigmeowski:

Heath Ledger behind the scenes of the The Dark Knight (2008)

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Apr 1 '13
“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.”
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Mar 31 '13

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Mar 31 '13

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Mar 27 '13

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Weston Doty - Melt

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