Quite possibly out of order.

Collection of things that I find aesthetically pleasing or interesting.
uryru-works: シルエラ・リモンこの世とあの世を繋ぎ、亡骸にかりそめの命を与えたという魔術師、モスカテル・リモンの息子。今は亡き父の研究と才能を受け継ぐ。黒豹の獣人を母親に持ち、獣の体に変わることが出来る。カスターニャという兄がいる。

uryru-works:

シルエラ・リモン
この世とあの世を繋ぎ、亡骸にかりそめの命を与えたという魔術師、モスカテル・リモンの息子。今は亡き父の研究と才能を受け継ぐ。黒豹の獣人を母親に持ち、獣の体に変わることが出来る。
カスターニャという兄がいる。

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We wear clothes, and speak, and create civilizations, and believe we are more than wolves. But inside us there is a word we cannot pronounce and that is who we are.

—Anthony Marra, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena (via farewell-kingdom)

(Source: larmoyante, via farewell-kingdom)

smithsonianmag: Photos of New York City’s Most Dangerous Neighborhood “Bandit’s Roost,” pictured above, was once considered the most dangerous part in all of New York City. Jacob A. Riis was a police reporter in 1877 and decided to document the people living in New York’s East Side slum district. His book, How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York, was the result of these photographs and was published in 1890. Head over to Petapixel for more incredible photographs and info on Riis.

smithsonianmag:

Photos of New York City’s Most Dangerous Neighborhood

“Bandit’s Roost,” pictured above, was once considered the most dangerous part in all of New York City.

Jacob A. Riis was a police reporter in 1877 and decided to document the people living in New York’s East Side slum district. His book, How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York, was the result of these photographs and was published in 1890.

Head over to Petapixel for more incredible photographs and info on Riis.

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art-of-swords:

Cup-Hilted Rapier

  • Cup signed Carlo Piccinino (Italian, Milan, active circa 1650–75)
  • Dated: circa 1650–75
  • Culture: Italian, Milan
  • Medium: Steel, chiseled in relief; iron wire
  • Measurements: Length of quillons 12 1/16 in. ( 30.63 cm) Length of blade 37 1/4 in. ( 94.62 cm) Length overall 44 in. ( 111.76 cm) Gr. width of blade 0 1/2 in. ( 1.27 cm) Gr. thickness of blade 0 1/4 in. ( 0.64 cm) Weight 2 lb. 5 oz. ( 1049 gm) Hardness of blade 52-60
  • Provenance: Ex coll.: Marquis de Villahermosa; Baron Giulio Francheti, Florence

There is an inscription on both side of the ricasso. Stamped at base of outer side of cup stands “CARLO / PICININO” while stamped on both sides of blade stands “xx XIN x SOL x IN x GEN x”.

Source: © 2000–2013 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

art-of-swords:

Swords & Daggers

  1. Dagger with scabbard - Middle East, 17th century
  2. Rapier - Italy (Milan), 1605
  3. Sword - Germany, early 18th century
  4. Rapier with matching parrying dagger - Germany, 1562
  5. Rapier - Spain, 1575
  6. Rapier - Spain, 1575
  7. Dagger with scabbard - Germany, 18th century
  8. Sword of Elector Augustus - Germany (Nuremberg), 1566

Ceremonial/presentation swords and daggers from the Dresden Museum Armoury.

Source: © Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden 2013