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Dried mistletoe appears to be a Golden branch...
Dried mistletoe appears to be a Golden branch...
(Nouveau Testament, Évangile selon Matthieu, 2)
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manuscrit "Légende des Trois Rois Mages" (date 1401-1500) folio 4v
(Nouveau Testament, Évangile selon Matthieu, 2)
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manuscrit "Légende des Trois Rois Mages" (date 1401-1500) folio 4v
Here's a tree that really impresses me, standing in the middle of a field in south-west France: the Oak of La Bélonie, Marzens (Tarn).
Here's a tree that really impresses me, standing in the middle of a field in south-west France: the Oak of La Bélonie, Marzens (Tarn).
To start the day, a short animated film - a 2024 graduation film from the Gobelins school in Paris.
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To start the day, a short animated film - a 2024 graduation film from the Gobelins school in Paris.
youtu.be/aiQC-8E_7lE?...
Long live the trees!
Le gros chêne du Baou de La Gaude, Saint-Jeannet (Alpes-Maritimes / France)
Long live the trees!
Le gros chêne du Baou de La Gaude, Saint-Jeannet (Alpes-Maritimes / France)
Les Fables d'Ésope / illustrées par Arthur Rackham 1913)
Conservé à la Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
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Les Fables d'Ésope / illustrées par Arthur Rackham 1913)
Conservé à la Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
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Hêtre de Reinhardsmunster, forêt domaniale de Saverne (Bas-Rhin, France)
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Hêtre de Reinhardsmunster, forêt domaniale de Saverne (Bas-Rhin, France)
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A mysterious lime tree, Bois Ricard, Heudreville-sur-Eure (Eure - France)
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A mysterious lime tree, Bois Ricard, Heudreville-sur-Eure (Eure - France)
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The Peter Pan Portfolio (1914), Arthur Rackham
(limited to 300 numbered copies, of which this is N° 87)
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The Peter Pan Portfolio (1914), Arthur Rackham
(limited to 300 numbered copies, of which this is N° 87)
This is one of the last old elms in France, as all have been decimated by graphiosis. A century ago, these trees flourished all over the country, and were among the largest and oldest.
This is one of the last old elms in France, as all have been decimated by graphiosis. A century ago, these trees flourished all over the country, and were among the largest and oldest.
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The wonderful wizard of Oz
Lyman Frank Baum - edition 1900
"The Branches Bent Down and Twined Around Him"
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The wonderful wizard of Oz
Lyman Frank Baum - edition 1900
"The Branches Bent Down and Twined Around Him"
A mysterious lime tree, Bois Ricard, Heudreville-sur-Eure (Eure - France)
A mysterious lime tree, Bois Ricard, Heudreville-sur-Eure (Eure - France)
Manuscrit SÁM 66 folio 75v
Melsteðs-Edda ; Iceland, 1765-1766
Loki manages to pierce Balder's heart using an arrow made of mistletoe, and by fooling on Balder's blind brother, Hödr. (Balder's death leads to Ragnarök)
Manuscrit SÁM 66 folio 75v
Melsteðs-Edda ; Iceland, 1765-1766
Loki manages to pierce Balder's heart using an arrow made of mistletoe, and by fooling on Balder's blind brother, Hödr. (Balder's death leads to Ragnarök)
In the name of what conception of humanity and faith would it be acceptable to kill thousands of children?
If we follow the madness of this supremacist and messianic state, we will all be plunged into darkness
In the name of what conception of humanity and faith would it be acceptable to kill thousands of children?
If we follow the madness of this supremacist and messianic state, we will all be plunged into darkness
The old yew tree in the Mandeville cemetery (Eure - France).
A secular tree inseparable from the church and cemetery, this yew has all it takes to serenely watch over graves for many centuries - 6.60m circumference (photos from my friend Damien)
The old yew tree in the Mandeville cemetery (Eure - France).
A secular tree inseparable from the church and cemetery, this yew has all it takes to serenely watch over graves for many centuries - 6.60m circumference (photos from my friend Damien)
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“Yggdrasill, the Mundane tree”, Baxter’s Patent Oil Printing, from a plate included in the english translation of the Prose Edda by Oluf Olufsen Bagge 1859
Copied after the illustration of Yggdrasil in "Eddalaeren og dens oprindelse" Finn Magnusen 1824
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“Yggdrasill, the Mundane tree”, Baxter’s Patent Oil Printing, from a plate included in the english translation of the Prose Edda by Oluf Olufsen Bagge 1859
Copied after the illustration of Yggdrasil in "Eddalaeren og dens oprindelse" Finn Magnusen 1824
Jacob George Strutt, Sylva Britannica, or Portraits of Forest Trees, Distinguished for their Antiquity, Magnitude, or Beauty (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830).
Jacob George Strutt, Sylva Britannica, or Portraits of Forest Trees, Distinguished for their Antiquity, Magnitude, or Beauty (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830).
Kay Nielsen (illustrator). East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North. New York: G.H. Doran (1922 edition)
Kay Nielsen (illustrator). East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North. New York: G.H. Doran (1922 edition)
The plane tree at Château le Kinnor, Fervaques (Calvados).
France's largest plane tree, ‘platanus orientalis’, with a circumference of 12.50 m at a height of 1.30 m.
The plane tree at Château le Kinnor, Fervaques (Calvados).
France's largest plane tree, ‘platanus orientalis’, with a circumference of 12.50 m at a height of 1.30 m.
If that doesn't revolt you, don't follow me any more because you've lost your humanity
The 10 stages of genocide, take the time to read.
If that doesn't revolt you, don't follow me any more because you've lost your humanity
The 10 stages of genocide, take the time to read.
This is the Peridexion, a legendary medieval tree, widely described and illuminated since the 13th century. This tree, also known as Zilanim, grew in India.
Kongelige Bibliotek, Gl. kgl. S. 1633 4º, Folio 49r
This is the Peridexion, a legendary medieval tree, widely described and illuminated since the 13th century. This tree, also known as Zilanim, grew in India.
Kongelige Bibliotek, Gl. kgl. S. 1633 4º, Folio 49r
"I trow I hung on that windy Tree
Nine whole days and nights,
stabbed with a spear, offered to Odin
myself to mine own self given"
The Elder or Poetic Edda; commonly known as Saemund's Edda. Edited and translated by Olve Bray. Illustrated by W.G. Collingwood
"I trow I hung on that windy Tree
Nine whole days and nights,
stabbed with a spear, offered to Odin
myself to mine own self given"
The Elder or Poetic Edda; commonly known as Saemund's Edda. Edited and translated by Olve Bray. Illustrated by W.G. Collingwood