A few days ago I browsed Wikipedia and found a story about "Ars Moriendi", the art of dying, a series of european books from the 1400's, detailing the procedures and customs of passing in a grand manner and not making a fool out of yourself in the process. Many of the do's and don'ts were apparently intimately connected to Dante's seven deadly sins, which almost the people of my generation knows about (fat men, razor dildos and wunderbaums). Mustn't succumb to vanity or greed during your last hours and no regretting your past deeds.
Very interesting it was and they had even added a picture found in one of the books, showing the metaphysical and supernatural events taking place at the deathbed, according to the authors.
One detail in this picture surprised me, I wonder if you people notice it too? My second thought was "did Nostradamus paint this?"
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
The guy in the bed kind looks like Dubya...
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
If you're ever in a commercial airliner that's going down, break into the cockpit and yell: "Is that a French fighter plane? Hey! They're SHOOTING AT US!!!"
For those black box guys to puzzle over, of course.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
This random thought brought to you by Jason Abbadon and number 666.
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
Anyone have a transcription/translation of those ribbons?
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
This brings back some rather unfond memories of Medieval Latin classes, but the trinity gang and the hellspawn appear to be in a verbal tugging match over Poor Dying Slob there: the top-left banner says "gloriare" ("be proud"), the top-right one "tu es firmus in fide" ("you are strong in faith"), the one on the bottom-left "exalta teipsum" ("exalt yourself"), the one on the bottom-right "in paciencia perseuerasta" (doesn't translate well, "you are hardened in patience" or something), and the middle one "coronam meruisti" ("you have earned the crown").
The anachronism that the mighty Rod of Nim is apparently seeing, though, even on this larger version, is, I think, only visible if you have eaten from the same turnips as he. B)
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Yah.. if he's not talkign about the guy looking slightly like George W. Bush, then I'm not sure what he's seeing either.
Posted by Home Decor and Gardening (Member # 239) on :
THAT IS WHAT HE SEEING
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Nope, still can't see anything.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
What on earth is this about? Is "achronistic" a clever play on words, or a typo?
Posted by Nim' (Member # 205) on :
Yes.
Thanks for the translations and the bigger pic, Cartman, you were going all "Marcus Brody" there for a while. I'm taking a spanish-class right now and I make constant references to english words when hearing new spanish ones. "Perseuerasta" reminds me of "persevere".
I thought I saw Bush in there. There are three crowns in that bed and he looks ready to grab one, so the clerics seem to be on the losing side. Maybe Bush will try to fix that bad decision Washington made all those years ago.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
The fellow in front of Jesus does look a bit like Cheney...