Filled with the most amazing art.. This is just one of many that has grabbed me. St John the Baptist... This is early one. The lamb a constant reference associated with John the Baptist. Here is offering water in a shell to Christ. It didn't go so well later in life in the end. But life was like that. Mariana Glass from 1530. Should you not know the story... Prompted by her mother, Herodias, who was infuriated by John's commendation of her marriage, Salome demanded the head of John the Baptist on a platter. Herod was forced by oath to have him beheaded. Salome gave the head to her mother. Happy Mother's Day.
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hyphen31hyphen31 (Don Collins) has been playing with technology since the days of the Apple+. On the web well before www, he continues to savour the richness of the webiverse in small bytes. He finally leapt from the couch and created this own domain & website forsaking all earlier incarnations... Archives
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