Grotesques of the Amiens Cathedral, Picardy region of France
French vintage postcard
Unknown Artist
Hekataion (Hecate, goddess of the Moon and the underworld, was depicted with three bodies), 3rd. cent AD, Roman sculpture of triple Hecate, after a Hellenistic original, marble
Vatican Museums (Chiaramonti Museum),Β Inv. 1922
Night is not less wonderful than the day . . . it is lit by the splendor of the stars and it reveals things to us that the day does not know. Night is closer than day to the mystery of all beginning. The abyss is open only by night: day spreads a veil over it.
Nicolas Berdyaev, "The Middle Ages"
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