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billycw

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Group of Nautch Girls and Musicians, India c.1860-1880


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Women are retting hemp (soaking it in water) in the river, to loosen the fiber from the stem. Serbia, 1903


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"Non Mudera" translated 'I won’t change'

- Queen Anne of Brittany




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Anna di Bretagna (dettaglio) by Jean Bourdichon



Holy Cannabis

In 1503 a special holy book was commissioned by Queen Anne of Brittany, who was the only women to be Queen of France... Twice...

The special book Queen Anne wanted? A holy book of hours...

A book of hours was a christian devotional book, usually filled with texts, prayers and psalms in Latin.

The book was illustrated by Jean Bourdichon between 1503 and 1508.

The book Jean Bourdichon would create for the Queen was exceptional...

Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany (Les Grandes Heures d'Anne de Bretagne) was decorated in lavish artwork fitting a Queen. But this book had some special artwork missing from most surviving holy books... Cannabis...

Intermixed with religious scenes were a mixture of daily life choirs. Working on the farm, making wine, sowing fields...


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Pages from Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany 1503-1508
 

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Holy Cannabis continued...


But in this holy book, these daily life scenes were mixed with a unique addition...

Bourdichon would paint realistic representations of 337 plants spread throughout the ornate pages. When it came down to the choices of which plants to illustrate, Bourdichon chose an interesting plant indeed... Cannabis!


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Male cannabis


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Female cannabis



Not satisfied with just a simple cannabis drawing, he would paint the plant twice... Cannabis would be the only plant to illustrate both the male and female... Cue angel music...


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It makes you wonder what else is hiding for us to find...

Who brought the cannabis infused anointing oil? Oh there it is...


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Page from Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany 1503-1508
 

Elmer Bud

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G `day BCW

The Artist has the sexes of the herb back to front .
Cool post bro .

Thanks for sharin

EB .
 

billycw

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G `day BCW

The Artist has the sexes of the herb back to front .
Cool post bro .

Thanks for sharin

EB .


I looked through 400 plus pages of that book over a couple weeks, looking through all the detailed pictures and edging. Really marveling in the artwork of it all. I can not believe I missed that:laughing:
 

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An unidentified chemist holds a container of marijuana plants found by police in an apartment in Northwest Washington in 1973.



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(Bob Burchette/The Washington Post)
 

Elmer Bud

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I looked through 400 plus pages of that book over a couple weeks, looking through all the detailed pictures and edging. Really marveling in the artwork of it all. I can not believe I missed that:laughing:


G `day BCW

Who says OCD doesn`t have uses ? lol .

I used to like the One of These Things Is Not Like The Other on Sesame Street .

Thanks for sharin

EB .
 

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"Narcotics ring broken...$30,000 worth taken". Los Angels, California. March 11, 1952


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A.V. Beckner poses with loot. Los Angels, California. March 11, 1952
 

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Zulu tribesmen smoking Dagga (cannabis) using “The Earth Pipe”, South Africa. Around 1900


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I've looked a long time to find a photo of the earth pipe in Africa in use, finally found one!

Looks like this one has a bowl outside the hole, going into a hole filled with water. Straws above waterline and bam, earth bong!

I also touched up my post #42 on page 5.
 

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New meaning to the phrase "dirt weed" :laughing:



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Also.......

Ginji Lacki Lucki
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That's when you know you're baked..





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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Also, the dude figured it all out in 1826!

Also... That point about the holy book and the cannabis sexes, that is due to misnaming and erroneously assigning sexes until later on... I may have posted a slide on that point, which further makes those excellent finds confirming this![/FONT]
 
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