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Dr. Christina Hotalen
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Roman historian who works as a Program Manager at a university. Metal head & maker of chain maille. Credentials and links to my other pages: linktr.ee/infestissima
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Home is where the doggo is

Happy German shepherd dog
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Moroccan Tajine with good company before heading back home tomorrow for the holidays.

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The state of Massachusetts is so damn finicky about everything 😭 They should be paying me to get my windows re-tinted.

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It’s been awhile since I posted a maille update. I made a Sansa Stark inspired necklace. 🔗 inchaininthemembrane.etsy.com

My own take on the necklace Sansa Stark wears on Game of Thrones. A slip chain necklace with a large o-ring and spike at the end.
Still of Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones wearing her necklace
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Took my partner to Harvard and Salem, ticking off two items off his bucket list.

The Long Hall(?) building at Harvard University.
The red Hooper-Hathaway house at the House of the Seven Gables in Salem.
The black house of the seven gables in Salem
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My partner and I saw Whitechapel (not pictured), In Flames, and Meshuggah tonight in Boston.

In Flames performing on stage
Jens Kidman (vocalist) of Meshuggah
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Pilgrim's flask, 4th-6th cen. Menas was a Roman soldier martyred ~295 for his belief in Christ. His remains were legendary for cures. Flasks depicting the Saint were sold to pilgrims at his shrine at Abu Mena. Flasks were made to hold the holy water collected from the cistern near the church.

Pilgrim's flask. Saint Menas with arms outstretched with two crosses on either side.

 Menas was a Roman soldier martyred ~295 for his belief in Christ. His remains were legendary for cures. Flasks depicting the Saint were sold to pilgrims at his shrine at Abu Mena, near Alexandria. Flasks were made to hold the holy water collected from the cistern near the church.
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Bronze duck-shaped lamp dated to the 5th-7th century CE & peacock-shaped lamp dated to 6th-7th century CE Late Roman/ Byzantine, Egypt

Left: bronze duck-shaped lamp, head tilted down 
Right: bronze peacock-shaped lamp
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Salvador Dalí, “Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach,” 1938. Trained in Madrid, Dalí went to Paris in 1928 where he met other influential painters such as Picasso and Miró, and further developed his distinct style.

At first glance the spectator sees a desolate beach. As the viewer studies the work, a face appears, then a dish filled with pears, then the profile of a dog. These images are fragmented further as the dog's collar becomes a bridge and his head a hill. The instability of appearances fascinated DalĂ­, who sought to evoke the world of the unconscious by creating these simultaneous images.
The meticulously painted objects and fragments make the metamorphoses and unexpected juxtapositions of the objects even more startling.
At first glance the spectator sees a desolate beach. As the viewer studies the work, a face appears, then a dish filled with pears, then the profile of a dog. These images are fragmented further as the dog's collar becomes a bridge and his head a hill. The instability of appearances fascinated DalĂ­, who sought to evoke the world of the unconscious by creating these simultaneous images.
The meticulously painted objects and fragments make the metamorphoses and unexpected juxtapositions of the objects even more startling.
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Back of a truck with the text “can’t afford healthcare? Sorry, gotta give Israel billions to bomb children. #ceasefirenow by taxpayersforpeace.com”
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Dr. Christina Hotalen
@drchristinah.bsky.social
Roman historian who works as a Program Manager at a university. Metal head & maker of chain maille. Credentials and links to my other pages: linktr.ee/infestissima
357 followers294 following92 posts