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Sculpture automate du diable en bois polychrome, fin XVIII siècle.

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The entombment

Antonio Ciseri⏤ 1864-70

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Vittore Carpaccio - The Annunciation. Detail. 1480 - 1500

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Weeping and wailing, are soon abandoned-- sorrow and mourning, not so soon. A woman may decently express grief in public; a man should nurse his in his heart.

Tacitus, Germania

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Christ with the Theotokos and John the Baptist in prayer (Deisis) and the surrounding four Evangelists, an illumination from an early Sinai Gospel Codex, the Library of Saint Catherine's Monastery

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Ambrogio Bergognone, The Virgin and Child with Saints

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Whatever good works a man undertakes if he perseveres in it he will attain rest. But prayer? Prayer is warfare until the last breath.

Abba Agathon

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Simeon Polotsky (1629-1680) Poem "From the abundance of the heart,the mouth speaks" (1661)

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St. Denis Carrying His Own Head

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(海苔@Ｔ♡C(福岡、長野、岩手) on Twitter: “ここですか？… ”から)

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Habit rosary of a Religious Sister of Mercy.

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Anto Carte (Belgian, 1886-1954), Pieta, 1921. Monotype and watercolour on paper, 47 x 38 cm.

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Mircea Eliade, Bengal Nights