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Armored breastplate crafted by Filippo Negroli (fl.1532-51), made of metal. Currently part of the collection at the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy.

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THE GREEN KNIGHT (2021) dir. David Lowery

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Joanna the Mad, 1877 - oil on canvas — Francisco Pradilla (Spanish, 1848-1921)

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So I've been doing fake instagram feeds for my OCs and...I could not resist making one for this version of Nikolai! Hehe.

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when you find that one paper or article that is in itself an informative pot of gold for your research topic and on top of that leads you to a pile of other highly relevant sources its like finding and following a rainbow utter academia bliss i have found god he is a leprechaun brandishing a beautiful index of relevant primary and secondary literature

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🐉 Ulyssis Aldrovandi . . Bononiæ, apud C. Ferronium, 1640.

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Byzantine Influence - House of the Dragon (credit to u/denadon on reddit)

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The Borgias (2011–2013)

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Etched and guilded parade sword from Ferarra, Italy, circa 1500-1525

from The Cleveland Museum of Art

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Some of the biggest fantasy worldbuilding fails that I see, in no particular order

Gods without religion. The Gods are real and a known historical fact, but virtually nobody is religious.

Cultural racism/discrimination without structural racism/discrimination. Discrimination that exists only in microagressions or mean comments, without existing in any sort of structural way.

Secret history with no clear reason for it to be secret and no clear method for maintaining that secrecy. Major parts of the world's history are kept entirely secret, even though there's not an obvious reason to do so and even when history has shown this is virtually impossible to enforce (especially in a world with any movement or communication across borders).

Large, homogeneous countries. Even without immigration, virtually no country larger than the Vatican will be fully homogeneous in terms of culture, dialect, beliefs, traditions, etc., much less a large one with limited communication technology as is often seen in fantasy. The Planet of Hats problem.

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Becoming Elizabeth 1.07

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• 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘐 •

𝖻𝗒 𝖫𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺 𝖡𝖾𝗇𝗌𝗈𝗇

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Drafted guidance of refinement, Rune Guneriussen, 2014