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MY SKULL CUP FLOWETH OVER

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Dave

Lord Byron composed this poem shortly after he received a skull back from London as a drinking vessel, mounted upon an engrave pedestal with a silver rim round the edge : “Start not – nor deem my spirit fled In … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Alboin, Alboin and Rosamund, Buddhist skull cup, Cunimund, Cunimundus, Edward Gibbon, G.J. Monson Fitzjohn, Guy Halsall, Historia Gentis Langobardorum, Historian Strabo, king Ratchis, Leslie Webster, Lord Byron, Michele Brown, Mount Calvary, Paul Gardiner, Peter Paul Rubens, Skull cups, skull cups tibetan art, skull cups tibetan ritual, Stefano Gasparri, Walter Goffart, Wilfried Menghen | Leave a comment

WHO SPIKED THE PUNCH

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Dave

When discussing the fall of Rome, there is a desire to latch onto the shortest, the most accessible, and the most direct and dramatic answer to the question lurking in many minds: mind: what does it actually mean for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Adrian Goldsworthy, Alboin, Alec Guinness, Anthony Mann The fall of the Roman Empire, Arianism, Bryan Ward Perkins, Charlemagne, Chomsky, Conversion of Clovis, David Frum, Dom Deluise, Dr. Peter Heather, Edward Gibbon, frumforum.com, John Belushi, Jordanes, Julius Nepos, Justinian, lawrence Alma-Tadema, Mel Brooks, Mel Brooks History of the World Part I, National Lampoon Animal House, Noam Chomsky, Orestes, Pepin the Short, Peter Paul Rubens, Rubens, Sam Bronston, Skull cups, Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd | Leave a comment

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