Mesocosm

"Segne den Becher, welcher überfließen will, daß das Wasser golden aus ihm fließe und überallhin den Abglanz deiner Wonne trage!" – Nietzsche

Etre au lit au Moyen Age

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The weekend edition of Le Monde carries a beautiful slide show of paintings of people in bed in the Middle Ages. My favorite is the bed painted like the sky to warn off the dangerous rays of the moon (no. 3).

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Written by Mesocosm

May 27, 2011 at 5:17 pm

Posted in Ephemera, Links

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