a small, essentially eyeless spider

allaboutmary:

A room with wax votive offerings in Fatima, Portugal.

It is common for pilgrims to the shrine to offer and burn wax body parts, or sometimes whole bodies, to Mary as a token of thanks or prayer.

compendium-of-beasts:

Rhinoceros illustration from Naaukeurige en uitvoerige beschryving van kaap de Goede Hoop by Peter Kolbe, 1727

wilburwhateley:

Winged fish, from the Wonders of Creation of Muhammad Ibn Mahmud Tusi, Turkey, 16th Century

thefabulousmomo:

Lisbon photographed on the top of Saint George Castle, by Stanley Kubrik (the 50’s).