An everyman, as descendant of Adam, who toils for his living after the fall. Or 'old adam' (unregenerate Man) himself: and as for orbs and crowns and mitres, they are but the vanities of Old Adam in new apparel in the town of deceit, the tools of a cup and ball game for our Ephesian juggler playing...

I recently jokingly said, "Scratch the pagan veneer and there is catechism", rather than the other way around which is more typically suggested. To scratch beneath the pagan wrapping to reveal Christian truth was called Integumentum / Involucrum (veiled, wrapped, hidden) : In general term...

test test test test test test 2 test2 test2 Try again. re: #9 and ....no messages not understandable by anyone of 'average' education... The earliest triumphal cards appear in the Northern Italian courts where we find some of the great humanist pedagogues of the period; and while we do not know who...

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Tom Robbins

Love your sig Nicole;)

After re-reading some of the threads in this forum, and while thinking on the subject of historical inquiry, a few questions came to mind: Is there a difference between seeking to understand something and seeking to proof something? Which one are we pursuing? Need there be a dichotomy, can't we do ...

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t212/kwaw/fools-cheats-murders.jpg That's a great image Steve. Where is it from?? I love how the bateleur is using the hats as the cups! Kings and Bishops and Emperors perhaps? It is from an edition of Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress published in 1860 with illusrations...

I see to recall some crackpot theory about restoring hidden eggs on the Camoin. Why in the world would someone want to hide eggs? Was it Easter ? Ah-HA! It's a rabbit chasing the fool on the Fool card! \:D/ The rabbit this fool has on his breast coat? http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t212/kwaw/fo...

An everyman, as descendant of Adam, who toils for his living after the fall. Or 'old adam' (unregenerate Man) himself: and as for orbs and crowns and mitres, they are but the vanities of Old Adam in new apparel in the town of deceit, the tools of a cup and ball game for our Ephesian juggler playing...

* So you are right Stevie ! - Sphinx with such huge bobs are a frenchie invention... The so called 'French' Mannerist style of Sphinx (aka:the one's with big boobs) is not actually a 'frenchie invention'. The model for the French Mannerist sphinx is one from the "Golden House" of Nero une...

* Steve: The beast has not boobs and I know that sphinx also have them like Salma Hayek... As you know Eugim I have already answered this objection many times. Not all Sphinxes are portrayed with 'boobs' as in the French Mannerist style of sphinx. They are not even always shown with the body of a l...