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Crown found after, like, 300 years

///In 1685, Vittoria della Rovere (portrait on the right), the Grand Duchess of Tuscany and the wife of Grand Duke Ferdinando II commissioned a gem-studded gold crown that she donated to the Carmelite nuns of Borgo Pinti in Florence as a symbol of her devotion to a new canonized saint, Maria Maddalena dè Pazzi, famous for her spiritual ecstasies.

That crown, embellished with 412 diamonds, 114 rubies, and 80 emeralds, was thought to have been lost–hidden away during the Napoleonic raids of the early 19th century–but it has been recently rediscovered in a convent in Florence, according to Piero Pacini, a scholar of Santa Maria Maddalena dè Pazzi, who has published photographs and an article about the crown in Medicea. Rivista interdisciplinare di studi medicei, an academic journal devoted to the study of the Medici family.

The crown for the saint was made by Giovanni Comparini and Giuseppe Vanni–the two goldsmiths that most often had the privilege of serving the Medici family in the 17th century–and cost 1800 scudi. It was begun in the summer of 1684, when Vittoria della Rovere, along with her goldsmiths, paid an unexpected visit to the Carmelite convent at Borgo Pinti and ordered the nuns to show her all the jewels that “belonged” to the saint. The Grand Duchess told the nuns that she intended to use the jewels to have a crown made for the saint and the project was completed in 10 months. For about two centuries after the crown was finished, it displayed to the saint’s faithful devotees on occasions when the saint’s incorruptible body was exposed and venerated.\\\
-eternally cool

I WANT A CROWN!!!! WITH A BIG PINK DIAMOND ON IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Till Human Voices Wake Us

Now move forward a couple of years. you will find yourself in a season. it may be a little cooler than usual, and the skies may be threatening gray, but it is the heaven that you have dreamt of and helped to create with a blue and golden sunset in the distance. and here you will swing between trees and arches where you first felt love. and in your December youth of ignorance, you will look back and convince yourself it must have all been a dream.

Bang

mmmmmm. where can i get a free sample of summa THAT?!? boop boop HOOP yea!!

~!*JK*!~

asian

i never thought asian women were pretty until i realized i could never be one. now i think they are kinda pretty and i want to be one. and NO BODY denies me something i think i might want.











i still can't tell em apart though.

BoneTown

man i haven't been this excited about a video game since the sims 2. oh wait, are we talking about video games or computer games? i'm confused. if this shit plays on an xbox or N64, i'm in. from what i gather it is pretty much just a virtual porn game, which kinda makes me feel like a lezzy. does this make me the gay? i hope not. it just seems like a good clean safe night at home, ya know? like playin Rogue Squadron and listenin to J.Lo when you know you should be doin your homework instead.




4 u this is just a good time, but 4 me, this is what i call life. uhh.

i'm tired.

hi. i have been at work everyday all day since tuesday. i am including the one day i had off because i was in the midst of a 48 hours hangover. kinda like a 48 hour bug. the only time i've ever felt that sick in my life was when my mexican dad took me to louisville once ands we ate chicken at some mexican restaurant on the highway and pretty much right after that i became a vegetarian. neway. now im looking good, feelin great except for the fact that i broke one of my nails at work which meant i had to cut all of them. there is nothing cute about short nails, i keep them long to distract from my dirty hands and self esteem issues. but good news! i found one of my favorite songs that i thought i would never hear again; Notorious B.I.G. FT David Bowie Rock N Roll Suicidal Thoughts. it was my 3rd most played song of all time on i-tunes, passed only by sublime and a HE IS LEGEND song that i left playing on repeat at maximum volume for an entire weekend once when i went home cause i was mad at my roomates. ALL SHALL BE PUNISH-ED.