Cabbage - [kab-ij] Chiefly British 1. a. cloth scraps that remain after a garment has been cut from a fabric and that by custom the tailor may claim. 2. slang - verb. To steal; pilfer: He cabbaged whole yards of cloth.

Cove - (kəʊv) Brit, Austral 1. old-fashioned , slang - a fellow; chap.

Cabbaging Cove: A scoundrel keen on pilfering [from the annals of not-so-distant history]!

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Posts tagged religion

  1. The Avatars of Vishnu

    1. Matsyu, the fish
    2. Kurma, the turtle
    3. Varaha, the boar
    4. Narasimha, the half-man, half-lion
    5. Vamana, the dwarf
    6. Parashurama, the sage, “Rama with an axe”
    7. Rama, Sri Ramachandra, the prince and king of Ayodhya
    8. Krishna, the “dark colored”
    9. Buddha, the founder of Buddhism
    10. Kalki, the timeless, the eternal, the destroyer of foulness

    The Faiths of the World. James Gardner, 1856.
    Mahabhrata. Published ca. 1890. Ancient Hindu Epic.

    (Source: openlibrary.org)

  2. Sainte Valérie, by Jaques Laudin II St. Valerie of Limoges was one of many Catholic 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.

    Sainte Valérie, by Jaques Laudin II

    St. Valerie of Limoges was one of many Catholic 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.

  3. wehrwolf asked:

    re: post/27342697124/, scene depicts presentation of the child Christ at the temple (en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Presentation_of_Jesus_at_the_Temple). over a decade of Catholic schooling on my end, can't help myself.

    Thanks! I love learning more about the weird things in illustrations that I don’t understand.

    This is the post referenced, if people haven’t seen it. I still think it looks like Mary giving Jesus a duck.

  4. The Death of Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor

    The life of Otto IV was interesting enough, but his end and request to be “mortally expiated” to atone for his sins made his death overshadow everything else.

    From historian Ernst Kantorowicz, Otto IV was:

    “…deposed, dethroned, he was flung full length on the ground by the Abbot, confessing his sins, while the reluctant priests beat him bloodily to death. Such was the end of the first and last Welf Emperor.”

    Drei Lieder von der Magd. Priest Werner, ca 1200-1250. [First Publication of Part I believed to be 1192. Republished 1925, by Hermann Degering]

    (Source: openlibrary.org)

  5. Large twelfth-century religious illumination Given that the Virgin Mary and Jesus were the only figures regularly given halos in pre-14th century illumination, I can only assume that the infant Christ demanded a pair of ducks from his mum. Drei Lieder von der Magd. Priest Wernher, 1192.

    Large twelfth-century religious illumination

    Given that the Virgin Mary and Jesus were the only figures regularly given halos in pre-14th century illumination, I can only assume that the infant Christ demanded a pair of ducks from his mum.

    Drei Lieder von der Magd. Priest Wernher, 1192.

  6. i12bent: G.K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936) was a versatile English writer. Chesterton wrote around 80 books, several hundred poems, some 200 short stories, 4000 essays, and several plays. He was a literary and social critic, historian, playwright, novelist, Catholic theologian and apologist, debater, and mystery writer. His best-known character is the priest-detective Father Brown, who appeared only in short stories. (Wiki) “To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.” Photo by Herbert Lambert, 1920s - silver gelatin print (NPG, London)

    i12bent:

    G.K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936) was a versatile English writer. Chesterton wrote around 80 books, several hundred poems, some 200 short stories, 4000 essays, and several plays. He was a literary and social critic, historian, playwright, novelist, Catholic theologian and apologist, debater, and mystery writer. His best-known character is the priest-detective Father Brown, who appeared only in short stories. (Wiki)

    “To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.”

    Photo by Herbert Lambert, 1920s - silver gelatin print (NPG, London)

    (via libraryland)

  7. Forgive me Father, for I have sinned… Un Chapitre inedit de l’Histoire du Costume: Le Pantalon Feminin. Pierre Dufay, 1916.

    Forgive me Father, for I have sinned…


    Un Chapitre inedit de l’Histoire du Costume: Le Pantalon Feminin. Pierre Dufay, 1916.

  8. Bedouin Chief of Palmyra, Holy Land “Palmyra” included the region around modern-day Tadmur, Syria. This photochrome print was produced as a postcard in 1890.

    Bedouin Chief of Palmyra, Holy Land

    “Palmyra” included the region around modern-day Tadmur, Syria. This photochrome print was produced as a postcard in 1890.

  9. Arab Woman ca. 1920 Photographer unknown

    Arab Woman ca. 1920

    Photographer unknown

  10. theossuary: Syrian bishop’s remains (funeral). Corpse seated in church. Matson Photo Service, [between 1940 and 1946]. Source: Library of Congress.

    theossuary:

    Syrian bishop’s remains (funeral). Corpse seated in church. Matson Photo Service, [between 1940 and 1946]. Source: Library of Congress.

    (via theossuary)

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