tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21432259.post3210337791398140588..comments2023-09-07T18:57:41.344+01:00Comments on Early Modern Whale: The Wise Virgin: Martha Hatfield, 1652DrRoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01351695058512676554noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21432259.post-29697016409588722492008-04-22T09:39:00.000+01:002008-04-22T09:39:00.000+01:00Ah, my two dear readers! I liked Martha too: she c...Ah, my two dear readers! I liked Martha too: she could so easily have decided some poor old woman down the road had bewitched her, and wound the adults up to persecution. But she didn't. She seems to me to be dressed for visitors, with an elaborate head attire that is nun-like (the twin babies in Salomon de Bray's double portrait wear something similar for their big day in front of the artist). My many thanks. RJB.DrRoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01351695058512676554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21432259.post-88970712654300234612008-04-21T22:55:00.000+01:002008-04-21T22:55:00.000+01:00This is one of my favourite of your posts. Anyway,...This is one of my favourite of your posts. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I saw this and thought of you: http://lolmanuscripts.blogspot.com/ <BR/>Just in case you've been living in a cave on Mars with your eyes closed and your fingers in your ears for the past decade, it's based on LOLcats: http://icanhascheezburger.com/<BR/><BR/>LauraLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02859947751877893853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21432259.post-5867289292153464212008-04-21T20:16:00.000+01:002008-04-21T20:16:00.000+01:00Another fascinating post, Roy.So, is that a shamel...Another fascinating post, Roy.<BR/><BR/>So, is that a shameless bid for ratings, leading the post with a picture of a hot virgin <I>in bed</I> ...?<BR/><BR/>I say 'hot' since I have to assume she'd be sweltering all swaddled up like that. Actually her face reminds me, a little oddly, of the Tenniel illustrations of the garden of talking flowers ... a tulip, or something, with a human visage tucked in amongst the petals.Rachel Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09514816247989239714noreply@blogger.com