Pair of Romantic 19th Century Engravings Medal Notre-Dame

Notre-Dame

Papilio ulysses (Ulysses swallowtail)A flash of impossible blue—like a slice of summer sky captured and pinned

its contours catch the light as though breathing

it feels like something a wandering naturalist might have presented to a queen—half devotional object

There are various versions of Pope Joan's life but most present her as a precocious and educated woman who disguised herself as a man totten at the behest of a lover) to ultimately be elected Pope

Pair of Romantic 19th Century Engravings Medal Notre-DameBy the late 16th century enemas were all the rage. The common belief was that a good clyster would cure everything from skin blemishes, to constipation, to aging. Fashionable aristocrats could have about four of these a day. It was not uncommon for apothecaries to walk the streets with their clyster tubes thrown casually over their shoulders so that all could see. Louis the XIV, predecessor to Louis the XVI, aka the Sun King, is rumoured to have been