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So, fun fact, most of the army that conquered the Aztecs were actually made up of other peoples in Mexico who decided they hated the Aztecs more than the newly arrived Spanish

The Parish Church of Arronches is a XVI Century temple that started to be built during according to the Portuguese Style (ie, Manueline) and was finished when the Roman Style (ie Renaissance) already dominated the European Architecture.

The plan of the church is 100 pc Manueline - it’s a hallenkirche, a solution that is common in Portuguese temples from this period. The side portal (upper photo) is also Manueline, but the main portal (all the lower photos) is a fine example of the Renaissance style; at first glance, they may look completely different, but, if you look closely, you shall notice that both have semi-circular arches and both are framed by a straight lintel portal - and both sign a rupture with the pointed arches of the Gothic architecture. The big differences between these two styles are in the iconography and the aesthetic language - the structure of Renaissance portals is, indeed, an evolution of the Manueline doors and this is a good evidence of that. Sadly, many art historians are too dumb and too blind to see this.

By way, the sentence in the front portal “Paraíso para sempre, Inferno para sempre” means: “Paradise forever, Inferno forever”.

Had a last minute notion to make an Elizabethan-inspired embroidery pattern to celebrate the eclipse. I originally thought of doing a coif pattern, but thought the eclipse would get lost in the folds of the cap, so I ultimately went with a sweet bag. Since it was cloudy throughout totality, I thought it would be fun to incorporate the stars & clouds embroidery from a c.1600 waistcoat at the Bath Fashion Museum. The sun design is inspired by various period illustrations of sun motifs, minus the face they always seemed to put on every sun/moon design because I just couldn't make it not look silly.

I have no idea what stitches I would use for this bag, since sweet bags tend to use all sorts of different stitches. The original stars & clouds design is in blackwork, but I haven't seen any evidence of blackwork used on sweet bags. I'd probably do the background in a black or darkest blue metallic gobelin stitch (also ahistorical, but pretty!), the clouds/stars in silver stem stitch, the corona and rays in satin stitch or plaited braid, and the moon in black detatched buttonhole or some other fill stitch. Or I'd do the entire thing in blackwork except the corona and rays of the sun, which I'd do in gilt, documentation be damned.

Stag with Herb Branch Mounted as a Ring

1550-1600

German or French

Gold, enamel, ruby, opals, and pearls

Art Institute of Chicago

Archduke Ernest of Austria (c. 1580) by Alonso Sánchez Coello. Museo del Prado.

Portrait of Johann Georg, prince-elector (Kurfürst) of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1564) by Lucas Cranach the Younger. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister.