Notices by eribosot (eribosot@mastodon.social)

#Art #RenaissanceArt The Assumption of St. Mary Magdalene, 1506-1507, by the Master of the Assumption of St. Mary Magdalene. Here's another medieval painting that feels vaguely surrealist.

#Art #ItalianArt #RenaissanceArt City view (1520) attributed to Girolamo Marchesi, called Cotignola.

#Art #ItalianArt #MedievalArt Saint Jerome by Bartolomeo Vivarini (1432-1499)

#frogs #Frogstodon #frogsofmastodon Deaf Rainfrog (Pristimantis baryecuus) Photo credit University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute

#Fedefine

Game 238:

1. Primogenitor

A. In biology, the nearest common ancestor of two species
B. The earliest ancestor, forefather, or founder of a family, race, or lineage
C. The heir apparent; the next person in the line of succession to the throne

2. Feldspar

A. A group of rock-forming minerals, containing, among others, sodium, calcium, potassium, or barium
B. A species of spruce
C. A javelin used in medieval jousting competitions

#Fedefine

Game 215:

1. Goldbrick

A. To shirk duty or responsibility
B. To portray (a thing) as being worth more than its actual value
C. To offer (a person) money in order to incentivize them to quit their job

2. Gwyniad

A. A Celtic lyrical poem about a female warrior
B. A fish (Coregonus pennantii) from North Wales, related to the lake whitefish
C. A general in a Gothic army

#Fedefine

Game 213:

1. Inguinal

A. Of, relating to, or situated in the region of the groin
B. Highly viscous; thick or sticky
C. In zoology, having spikes running along the spine

2. Aristate

A. A nation ruled on the basis of inherited power
B. In ancient Rome, the grounds belonging to a villa
C. In biology, having a slender sharp or spinelike tip

#Fedefine

Game 190:

1. Affiance

A. To be engaged to marry
B. (Of people) Proximity; being physically close to
C. Acquiescence; submission to a superior force or power

2. Suzerainty

A. A half-dome shaped canopy above a window to provide shade from the sun
B. A dessert topping made with sweetened, whipped crème fraîche
C. A relationship where one state exerts control over the foreign affairs of another state, the vassal state, while the latter maintains internal autonomy.

#frogs #Frogstodon #Frogsofmastodon Noblella ritarasquinae photographed by Teresa Camacho-Badani

#Fedefine

Game 173:

1. Excogitate

A. To delegate (a decision) to a higher power or to fate
B. To think out, plan or devise
C. To extract or detach

2. Gudgeon

A. A simple wooden club that tapers off toward the handle
B. A socket-like, cylindrical (that is, female) fitting attached to one component to enable a pivoting or hinging connection to a second component
C. (Scottish) An advisor to a thane

I hope that everyone appreciates the fact that "The Emperor's New Clothes" is a fairy tale from Denmark.

#Art #RomanArt A gilded silver helmet, around 310 CE. Found in 1910 buried in a peat bog in the south of the Netherlands. It was initially thought that a man and horse had drowned in the bog. Today, however, experts believe that the helmet was given a ritual burial after its owner had completed his military service. An inscription tells us that the helmet was made by Marcus Titus Lunamis.

#frogs #Frogstodon #Frogsofmastodon Waxy Monkey Treefrog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) photographed by Artur Tomaszek

#frogs #Frogstodon #Frogsofmastodon American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) photographed by Mastodon user @judahhansen who contacted me to proudly share this photo of his frog!

If you have a frog of your own and would like to see it featured on my feed, just send me a pic, the name of the species, and I'll toot it.

#frogs #Frogstodon #FrogsofMastodon Wilcox's Frog (Litoria wilcoxii) photographed by iNaturalist user teejaybee

@fesshole What's even cheaper is not traveling at all and staying in your house fully naked with all the windows drawn forever. You won't even need to own clothes. It's inconvenient, but money is money.

I just watched a video explaining that there’s a big lake called Lake Vostok some 4 kilometers under the ice sheet of Antarctica that has been cut off from the rest of the planet for the last 15-25 million years. Its existence was only proven in 1993, and in 2013, Russians drilled down to it and retrieved a sample. The water was full of unknown bacteria. It must be like a different planet down there.

Wikipedia is really a treasure trove of images that make no sense out of context

#Art #EtruscanArt More Etruscan sarcophagi

#Art #EgyptianArt Statues of Neferronpet