Comments on: Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo http://boingboing.net/2008/06/20/capuchin-catacombs-o.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 08:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Beanolini http://boingboing.net/2008/06/20/capuchin-catacombs-o.html#comment-217354 Beanolini Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-217354 #2, Zombie (and everyone else): <a href="http://eternallycool.net/?p=728" rel="nofollow">Some pictures of the Rome crypt</a>. #2, Zombie (and everyone else):

Some pictures of the Rome crypt.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/06/20/capuchin-catacombs-o.html#comment-216590 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-216590 The town of Guanajuato (birthplace of Diego Rivera) has mummies as well. http://www.pbase.com/zymans/the_mummies_of_guanajuato The town of Guanajuato (birthplace of Diego Rivera) has mummies as well.

http://www.pbase.com/zymans/the_mummies_of_guanajuato

]]> By: Enochrewt http://boingboing.net/2008/06/20/capuchin-catacombs-o.html#comment-216107 Enochrewt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-216107 "Ahhhh! My hat sucks!" “Ahhhh! My hat sucks!”

]]> By: Zombie http://boingboing.net/2008/06/20/capuchin-catacombs-o.html#comment-216124 Zombie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-216124 I had the benefit of seeing the Capuchin tomb in Rome. It is beautiful the respect this order has for death. I had the benefit of seeing the Capuchin tomb in Rome. It is beautiful the respect this order has for death.

]]> By: yannish http://boingboing.net/2008/06/20/capuchin-catacombs-o.html#comment-216130 yannish Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-216130 been there. Incredibly creepy, especially the infants. Apparently all the corpses were treated with arsenic as a preservative, which is why they are in relatively good condition. The Caputin monks also have a site in Rome chock full of bones, no corpses. been there. Incredibly creepy, especially the infants. Apparently all the corpses were treated with arsenic as a preservative, which is why they are in relatively good condition. The Caputin monks also have a site in Rome chock full of bones, no corpses.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/06/20/capuchin-catacombs-o.html#comment-216135 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-216135 a fitting metaphor for organized religion a fitting metaphor for organized religion

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2008/06/20/capuchin-catacombs-o.html#comment-216142 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-216142 It's a Lich! Or maybe just a barrow wight. I could never get those straight . . . It’s a Lich!

Or maybe just a barrow wight. I could never get those straight . . .

]]> By: Anselm http://boingboing.net/2008/06/20/capuchin-catacombs-o.html#comment-216143 Anselm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-216143 Someone needs to macro that picture. om nom nom nom I can has cheezeburger? I can see for ever! Anyone, anyone? I'm at work and can't do it myself. Someone needs to macro that picture.

om nom nom nom

I can has cheezeburger?

I can see for ever!

Anyone, anyone? I’m at work and can’t do it myself.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/06/20/capuchin-catacombs-o.html#comment-216171 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-216171 <i>Apparently all the corpses were treated with arsenic as a preservative</i> Did you catch that Tak-kun? No snacking! Apparently all the corpses were treated with arsenic as a preservative

Did you catch that Tak-kun? No snacking!

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/06/20/capuchin-catacombs-o.html#comment-216177 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-216177 not even a little jerky? not even a little jerky?

]]> By: nihilarian http://boingboing.net/2008/06/20/capuchin-catacombs-o.html#comment-216204 nihilarian Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-216204 ...and backstage at Leonard Cohen's comeback tour... god i love cabinet. …and backstage at Leonard Cohen’s comeback tour…

god i love cabinet.

]]> By: padster123 http://boingboing.net/2008/06/20/capuchin-catacombs-o.html#comment-216259 padster123 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-216259 Went there on a school trip, in my teens. Interesting and retty damn creepy. And kitsch, and silly, and tasteless, all the other things you kind of expect from catholicism. Went there on a school trip, in my teens. Interesting and retty damn creepy. And kitsch, and silly, and tasteless, all the other things you kind of expect from catholicism.

]]> By: fennel http://boingboing.net/2008/06/20/capuchin-catacombs-o.html#comment-216273 fennel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-216273 I think I saw footage of this during the opening sequence of Werner Herzog's Nosferatu... scared the crap out of me more than anything else in the film. I think I saw footage of this during the opening sequence of Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu… scared the crap out of me more than anything else in the film.

]]> By: Santa's Knee http://boingboing.net/2008/06/20/capuchin-catacombs-o.html#comment-216290 Santa's Knee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-216290 Unicorn, stat! Unicorn, stat!

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