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A longma (lower left corner) on a rubbing from the Wu Liang shrines' reliefs. Longma or "dragon horse" connects with other creatures in Chinese folklore.While longma sometimes applies to the Qilin, [13] the closest relative is the legendary tianma 天馬 "heavenly horse" or the "Chinese Pegasus", which was metaphorically identified with the hanxuema 汗血馬 "blood-sweating horse" or Ferghana ...
The history of this picture can be traced right back to the beginning. Vasari mentions it as being in the house of a Modenese doctor, Francesco Grillenzoni; in 1582 Cardinal Luigi d'Este bought it, and presented it to Catarina Nobili Sforza, Countess of Santa Fiora and grand-niece of Pope Julius III.
Longma: winged horse similar to the Qilin; Luduan: can detect the truth; Xiezhi (also Xie Cai): the creature of justice said to be able to distinguish lies from truths; it had a long, straight horn used to gore liars; Qilin: chimeric animal with several variations. The first giraffe sent as a gift to a Chinese emperor was believed to be the ...
Marguerite Porete (French: [maʁɡ(ə)ʁit pɔʁɛt]; 13th century – 1 June 1310) was a Beguine, a French-speaking mystic and the author of The Mirror of Simple Souls, a work of Christian mysticism dealing with the workings of agape (divine love).
The full title of the work is The Mirror of the Simple Souls Who Are Annihilated and Remain Only in Will and Desire of Love. The meditations were originally written in the Picard dialect of Old French [2] and explore in poetry and prose the seven stages of "annihilation" that the Soul goes through on its path to Oneness with God through love.
A Deep Dive on All Things Clara Bow Getty Images Expect to hear "Clara Bow" come up a lot in the coming days, because she's the (extremely iconic) namesake of track 16 on Taylor Swift's album The ...
Paolo Veronese, Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, 1571, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine is a c.1575 oil-on-canvas painting by Paolo Veronese, produced as the high altarpiece for Santa Caterina church in Venice.
Mystikal also previously pleaded guilty to and was convicted of sexual battery in 2003. He spent six years in prison for the crime and is a lifetime registered sex offender. He was sentenced to 90 ...